Diagnose
"Your body tells me everything."
- Cost
- 1 Strain
- TN
- 9
- Tempo
- T3
- Steps
- Yes
- Resist
- —
Effect
Touch a creature. You learn:
- Current HP and any Grievous Wounds
- Any diseases, poisons, or parasites
- Any Psionic effects currently affecting them
- General health (age, chronic conditions, recent injuries)
Steps
+1 piece of hidden information per Step (secret injuries, pregnancies, old wounds that never healed right).
Special
Iron Will (BS R1) does not block Diagnose — this reads the body, not the mind. The target may sense the touch as warm pressure, but cannot prevent the read short of refusing contact.