Toxin-Sense

Taste/smell toxins, tainted air, spoiled food, and drugs.

The gene-psion tastes or smells toxins, tainted air, spoiled food, and drugs, sensing rough potency. Touch a substance or draw air across the tongue and know whether it carries toxin or narcotic, and the rough grade of potency (mild, dangerous, lethal). Grants +2 to resist any ingested poison for the remainder of the scene.

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Area Of Effect	Self or one touched substance / sampled air
Duration / Base	0
Duration / Type	instant
Duration / Unit	instant
Perils Trigger / Additional Conditions
Perils Trigger / On Catastrophe	false
Perils Trigger / On Natural1	false
Range / Base	0
Range / Unit	self
Saving Throw	None
Talent Cost	1
Tier	minor

Notes

Effect: Identify poison or narcotic in a touched substance or sampled air, and its rough potency (mild, dangerous, lethal). +2 to resist ingested poison this scene. Instant.

Effect Params

script

Field	Value
name	script
value	apply-toxin-sense

detects

Field	Value
name	detects

value: poison|narcotic|tainted-air|spoiled-food

potencyKnown

Field	Value
name	potencyKnown
value	true

ingestedPoisonResistBonus

Field	Value
name	ingestedPoisonResistBonus
value	2

durationScope

Field	Value
name	durationScope
value	scene

Prerequisites

type: trait

Field	Value
value	Latent Helix-Psion

type: level

Field	Value
value	1