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| name = Psychic reader | | name = Psychic reader | ||
− | | image = Health item archotech.png | + | | image = Health item archotech.png|Psychic reader |
| type = Medical Items | | type = Medical Items | ||
| type2 = Body Parts | | type2 = Body Parts | ||
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| description = Gives limited mind-reading ability, improving the user's ability to get the upper hand in negotiations and social situations. The effect is proportional to the user's psychic sensitivity. | | description = Gives limited mind-reading ability, improving the user's ability to get the upper hand in negotiations and social situations. The effect is proportional to the user's psychic sensitivity. | ||
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− | The ''' | + | The '''Psychic Reader''' gives a pawn that's been implanted with it a bonus of +50% [[Negotiation Ability]] and +10% [[Trade Price Improvement]] based on the pawn Social stat, both scaling proportionally with the user's [[psychic sensitivity]]. Negotiation Ability affects the speed of prisoner recruitment, impact on faction relations when giving gifts, and the outcome of peace talks, while Trade Price Improvement obviously improves trade prices. |
− | == Acquisition == | + | ==Acquisition== |
Psychic Readers can only be acquired through [[trade]] or as a [[quest]] reward. They cannot be crafted. | Psychic Readers can only be acquired through [[trade]] or as a [[quest]] reward. They cannot be crafted. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
− | The psychic reader applies an offset of | + | {{stub|section=1}} |
+ | The psychic reader applies an offset of +50% [[Negotiation Ability]] and +10% [[Trade Price Improvement]] of the pawn it is installed in. Note that this is a multiplicative modifier of the [[Skills#Social|Social]] skill. A Social 20 pawn will have its Trade Price Improvement go from 30% to 33%, the 2% bonus for being Faction leader or trading in other settlements is not affected by the Psychic Reader. Negotiation Ability also scales multiplicity with the pawn's Social skill. | ||
− | Negotiation Ability | + | This improvement greatly enhances Negotiation Ability but gives at most the equivalent of two Social skill levels at 100% Psychic Sensitivity for the Trade Price Improvement. |
− | + | ===Installation=== | |
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+ | Installing the part requires ?? of work, ?x medicine of ?? quality or better, and a [[Skills#Medical|Medical skill]] of ??. | ||
− | + | Removing the part requires ? of work, ?x medicine of ?? quality or better, and a [[Skills#Medical|Medical skill]] of ?. | |
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− | + | If the operation fails, the part has a chance{{Check Tag|What Chance?}} to be destroyed. | |
− | + | ==Analysis== | |
+ | With the addition of trade price improvement offset, the psychic reader is an important tool for any colony that trades heavily. Even with a pawn with a standard psychic sensitivity, it will pay for itself as long as you have a pawn with a very high Social skill or Psychic Sensitivity or ideally both. For colonies that do not trade, the value of {{Icon|silver|1000}} and the limited niche for its application makes it a low priority for targeted acquisition. However since there are no negative effects of having one installed, if one is available, installing it on the colony's [[Skills#Social|Social]] pawn is a good idea, as they will likely be recruiting [[prisoners]] and be the one giving gifts when on caravan. | ||
− | + | As both effects scales with psychic sensitivity, it performs best on pawns with the [[Traits#Psychically sensitive|Psychically Sensitive and Hypersensitive traits]] and synergizes with equipment that buffs sensitivity such as the [[psychic sensitizer]] and [[Eltex]] equipment. At the maximum possible psychic sensitivity of 408%, it provides the equivalent of about 8 levels of Social skill for a Social 20 pawn for trading, as well as more than doubling the Negotiation Ability of that pawn. | |
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− | + | Should the player wish to employ a strategy involving recruiting pawns with with high recruitment resistances, such as hiring [[Tribes|Tribal]] pawns as a New Arrivals colony to exploit the [[Anima tree]] for [[Psycast]]ing, or hiring large numbers of pawns over the soft limits imposed by their [[AI storyteller]] then the value of the psychic reader increases. | |
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− | == Version history == | ||
* [[Royalty DLC]] Release - Added. | * [[Royalty DLC]] Release - Added. | ||
* [[Version/1.3.3066|1.3.3066]] - Now improves [[Trade Price Improvement]], previously it had no effect on trade prices. | * [[Version/1.3.3066|1.3.3066]] - Now improves [[Trade Price Improvement]], previously it had no effect on trade prices. |