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

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

Summary

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

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. Thy 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 and only one of low-mid tier 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

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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-The '''psychic hoil 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.
+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. It can only purchased through trade or found on [[raiders]].
+This item cannot be crafted. It can only purchased through [[trade]] or found on [[raiders]].
 ==Summary==
-A psychic foil helmet reduces a pawns [[Psychic Sensitivity]] by 90%. 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 [[Traits#Psychic_Sensitivity|Psychically Dull]], then this will make them completely immune to all pyschic effects, which also include [[psychic shock lance]]s and [[psychic insanity lance]]s.
+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.
 == Analysis ==
-The psychic foil helmet is a niche item primarily useful to reduce the mood impact of psychic drones, especially on your [[Traits#Psychic Sensitivity|psychically sensitive]] colonists. However, it will also reduce positive psychic effects, such as from the [[psychic emanator]].
+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]]. Thy also have some worth in protecting pawns from your own [[psycasts]],{{RoyaltyIcon}} especially in a melee where friendly fire is possible.
 Despite being called a helmet, its protection is comparable to a [[bowler hat]] and only one of low-mid tier 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.
-In [[Royalty]]{{RoyaltyIcon}}, they also have some worth in protecting pawns from psycasts, especially in a melee where friendly fire is possible. They can appear on some [[raiders]], which will make them resistant to your psycasts. It is thus important to check a pawns gear before attempting such tactics.
+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.
 {{Apparel Quality Table}}