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Thread : Looking for Scent
Started at 03-23-04 05:34 PM by Megamanfan
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[Post 1]
Author : Megamanfan
Date : 03-23-04 05:34 PM
Thread Title : Looking for Scent

3e has a scent ability for some monsters and a race on my homebrew world are wolf people and would have it.  But I can't find anything for 2e.  Anyone know of a Scent ability or can make a good one up for me to use?

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[Post 2]
Author : Sildatorak
Date : 03-23-04 05:53 PM

The closest thing that 2e has is the minotaurs' ability to track as a ranger using their sense of smell.

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[Post 3]
Author : Xx Spider xX
Date : 03-24-04 03:18 PM

I've run into the same problem in the past Megamanfan. And developed a fairly quick and simple method. First I researched various animal varieties, and created a base average per type(treated like a thief ability:Hear Noise,ect).

Canine: 60%

Feline: 50%

Rodent : 70%

Bear/Wolverine : 60%

Herding(Deer/Elk/Moose/ect) : 60%

Weasel(Badger/Ferret/Hyena/ect) : 65%

Reptile : 30%

Beyond this, I take the characters wisdom and modify his/her base with the MDA(Magical Defense Adjustment). Granting +10% per point of MDA(max 95%).
EXAMPLE: 
Race: Kzinti(Feline type) Base: 50%
Wisdom: 16 MDA+2(+20%)
TOTAL: 70%

I have my characters label it as follows:
AS-Smell: __%(AS=Acute Sense)
AS-Taste:
AS-Hearing:
AS-Sight:
AS-Touch:

I hope this helps....

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[Post 4]
Author : Hiryu
Date : 03-25-04 03:13 PM

Keen sense of smell from Skills & Powers

Intuition Subability from Skills and Powers

+2 bonus to surprise checks

Tracking proficiency with bonus of +2

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