Difference between revisions of "Psychic foil helmet"

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The psychic foil helmet is a piece of headgear that decreases the psychic sensitivity of the wearer, and is primarily useful for protecting an individual pawn against psychic phenomena.

Acquisition[edit]

This item cannot be crafted. It can only purchased through trade or found on raiders.

Summary[edit]

A psychic foil helmet reduces a pawns Psychic Sensitivity by 90%, regardless of quality. This means it dampens the effect of psychic drones, as well as certain psycasts and psycasting ability. If a pawn is already psychically dull, then this will make them completely immune to all psychic effects, which also include psychic shock lances and psychic insanity lances.

Analysis[edit]

The psychic foil helmet is a niche item primarily useful to reduce the mood impact of psychic drones, especially on your psychically sensitive colonists. However, it will also reduce positive psychic effects, such as from the psychic emanator. They also have some worth in protecting pawns from your own psycasts, especially in a melee, where friendly fire is possible.

Despite being called a helmet, its protection is comparable to a bowler hat made of weak materials. It only blocks minimal damage and, with its low HP, wouldn't last very long either. Quality does not affect its psychic protection, so an Awful foil helmet blocks psychic effects just as well as a Legendary foil helmet.

They can appear on some raiders, which will make them resistant to psycasts, and if combined with the psychically dull trait, the psychic lances. It is thus important to check a target's gear before attempting such tactics.

Stats table

Psychic foil helmet	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Quality	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Awful	5.4%	5.4%	16.2%	80	-1.6 °C (-2.9 °F)	+0.8 °C (1.4 °F)	125
Poor	7.2%	7.2%	21.6%	80	-1.8 °C (-3.2 °F)	+0.9 °C (1.6 °F)	188
Normal	9%	9%	27%	80	-2 °C (-3.6 °F)	+1 °C (1.8 °F)	250
Good	10.35%	10.35%	31.05%	80	-2.2 °C (-4 °F)	+1.1 °C (2 °F)	310
Excellent	11.7%	11.7%	35.1%	80	-2.4 °C (-4.3 °F)	+1.2 °C (2.2 °F)	375
Masterwork	13.05%	13.05%	39.15%	80	-3 °C (-5.4 °F)	+1.5 °C (2.7 °F)	625
Legendary	16.2%	16.2%	48.6%	80	-3.6 °C (-6.5 °F)	+1.8 °C (3.2 °F)	1250

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

Stat	Increase
Psychic Sensitivity	-90%
Neural Heat Limit	-72

Version history[edit]

0.9.722 - added.
At some point post A14 - texture updated.
At some point (1.1?), the armor rating was increased from Sharp/Blunt/Heat of 5/5/0 to 9/9/27 and the HP was doubled

Previous texture as of A14

Apparel

Torso | Clothing: Button-down shirt • T-shirt (Kid ) • Tribalwear (Kid )
: Corset • Eltex shirt • Eltex vest • Formal vest • Formal shirt
: Slave collar
: Sash • Kid romper
Armor: Flak vest
Legs | Clothing: Pants (Kid )
Armor: Flak pants
Shell | Clothing: Duster • Jacket • Parka (Kid ) • Robe
: Cape • Eltex robe • Prestige robe
: Burka • Slave body strap
: Heavy bandolier
: Lab coat
Armor: Flak jacket • Marine armor (Prestige , Grenadier ) • Plate armor • Recon armor (Prestige , Locust , Mechlord ) • Cataphract armor (Prestige , Phoenix )
Head | Clothing: Bowler hat • Cowboy hat • Hood • Psychic foil helmet • Tuque • Tribal headdress • Veil • War mask
: Beret • Coronet • Crown • Eltex helmet • Eltex skullcap • Ladies hat • Stellic crown • Top hat
: Authority cap • Blindfold • Broadwrap • Flophat • Headwrap • Shadecone • Slicecap • Tailcap • Torture crown • Visage mask
: Airwire headset • Array headset • Gas mask • Face mask
: Ceremonial hood • Ritual mask
Armor: Flak helmet • Marine helmet (Prestige/Samurai helmet ) • Recon helmet (Prestige , Mechlord ) • Simple helmet (Kid ) • Cataphract helmet (Prestige ) • Gunlink • Integrator headset • Mechcommander helmet

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-<onlyinclude>
+{{Infobox main
-{{infobox main
+| name = Psychic foil helmet
-|name = Psychic foil helmet
+| image = PsychicFoilHelmet.png
-|image = PsychicFoilHelmet.png
+| description = A thin helmet containing finely-tuned sheets of psychically-absorptive foil. Reduces the impact of psychic waves.
-|description = "A thin helmet containing finely-tuned sheets of psychically-absorptive foil. Reduces the impact of psychic events."
+| type = Gear
-|type = Gear
+| type2 = Clothing
-|type2 = Armor
+| tech level = Medieval
-|hp = 40
+| hp = 80
-|mass base = 1
+| mass base = 1
-|marketvalue  = 350
+| marketvalue  = 250
-|armorblunt  = 5
+| armorblunt  = 9
-|armorsharp  = 5
+| armorsharp  = 9
-}}</onlyinclude>
+| armorheat  = 27
+| insulationcold = 2
+| insulationheat = 1
+| lifestage = Adult
+| coverage = Head, Left Ear, Right Ear
+| layer = Headgear
+| has quality = true
+| thingCategories = Headgear
+| tags = IndustrialMilitaryBasic, IndustrialMilitaryAdvanced, SpacerMilitary
+| tradeTags = Clothing
+}}
+The '''psychic foil helmet''' is a piece of headgear that decreases the [[psychic sensitivity]] of the wearer, and is primarily useful for protecting an individual pawn against psychic phenomena.
 == Acquisition ==
-This item cannot be crafted but only purchased through trade. It reduces the mood impact of [[Events#Psychic Drone|psychic drone]]s.
+This item cannot be crafted. It can only purchased through [[trade]] or found on [[raiders]].
-=== Usage ===
+== Summary ==
-It's a niche item that is only useful during psychic drones, especially on your [[Traits#Psychic Sensitivity|psychically sensitive]] colonists. It only blocks minimal damage, and with its low HP, couldn't last very long, either.
+A psychic foil helmet reduces a pawns [[Psychic Sensitivity]] by 90%, regardless of [[quality]]. This means it dampens the effect of [[Events#Psychic Drone|psychic drone]]s, as well as certain [[psycasts]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} and psycasting ability. If a pawn is already [[psychically dull]], then this will make them completely immune to all psychic effects, which also include [[psychic shock lance]]s and [[psychic insanity lance]]s.
-It can be worn by psychically dull colonists to make them immune to the effects of [[psychic shock lance]]s and [[psychic insanity lance]]s. This is not much use however, as enemies never use artifacts.
+== Analysis ==
+The psychic foil helmet is a niche item primarily useful to reduce the mood impact of psychic drones, especially on your [[psychically sensitive]] colonists. However, it will also reduce positive psychic effects, such as from the [[psychic emanator]]. They also have some worth in protecting pawns from your own [[psycasts]],{{RoyaltyIcon}} especially in a melee, where friendly fire is possible.
-Quality does not affect its psychic protection, so an Awful foil helmet protects just as well as a Legendary foil helmet.
+Despite being called a helmet, its protection is comparable to a [[bowler hat]] made of weak materials. It only blocks minimal damage and, with its low HP, wouldn't last very long either. Quality does not affect its psychic protection, so an Awful foil helmet blocks psychic effects just as well as a Legendary foil helmet.
-{{nav|clothing|wide}}
+They can appear on some [[raiders]], which will make them resistant to psycasts, and if combined with the psychically dull trait, the psychic lances. It is thus important to check a target's gear before attempting such tactics.
-[[Category:Equipment]]
+{{Apparel Stats Table}}
+{{Psychic Sensitivity Quality Table|-0.90|noQuality=1}}
+== Version history ==
+* [[Version/0.9.722|0.9.722]] - added.
+* At some point post A14 - texture updated.
+* At some point (1.1?), the armor rating was increased from Sharp/Blunt/Heat of 5/5/0 to 9/9/27 and the HP was doubled
+<gallery>
+Psychicfoilhelmet.png|Previous texture as of A14
+</gallery>
+{{Nav|clothing|wide}}
+[[Category:Clothing]]