Precognition

[Promestein]

We need to differentiate between the different kids of Precognition.

The main distinction would be actual future sight, where you're seeing the future or possible ones, versus predictive precognition, when you're predicting the future based on what you know. Of course, there's other types of precognition (like Spider Sense), so it needs to be judged on a case by case basis, but it should still be better differentiated and explained on the precognition page. There's also various levels of precog, which should also be described.

This is relevant for several reasons; a character immune to future sight can still be predicted by someone with predictive precognition, for example, though predictive precognition is not as immediately reliable as good enough future sight (eg. future sight that isn't uncontrollable visions that only lead to everything getting worse or only in dreams).

 

[The_Everlasting]

Predicting the future isn't exactly a form of precog, though. It's just being really smart.

 

[Promestein]

Characters who predict the future like this and are able to use it reliably in combat are given Precognition here, from what I've seen.

 

[The_Everlasting]

It shouldn't be, I don't think. Like I said, you're not actually seeing the future, you're just guessing it with what knowledge you already have.

 

[Promestein]

Well, I disagree. If it's reliable enough to use in combat it should be listed even if just as a subsect of regular Precog.

Besides, we have quite a lot of pages that link to it as such, the precognition page itself calling it precognition, and so on. I'm not against changing these things if enough people agree to, but we should keep that in mind.

 

[Reppuzan]

Hmm... wouldn't it just be easier if we explain the extent and mechanics of the precog on the individual pages?

I mean, I wouldn't mind differentiating between them, but then we'd have to start another project.

 

[Promestein]

We wouldn't have to. It'd just be specification for the page, to better explain the mechanics generally.

 

[The_Everlasting]

@Prom

I think Rep thought you meant to create new pages.