[MoM] Proficiency reshuffling, some crafts require that you are a psion #78992
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Summary
Mods "[MoM] Proficiency reshuffling, some crafts require that you are a psion"
Purpose of change
I've been wanting to add makeshift matrix technology, the kind of things that survivors with matrix crystals and time on their hands might be able to figure out, but I'd also like to make a distinction between matrix technology that requires that you yourself are a psion and can use psi when making the craft, and crafts that just channel psi by virtue of incorporating matrix crystals into their design. That's what this PR tries to accomplish.
Describe the solution
Add a new proficiency,
Noetic Crafting
, that cannot be learned and cannot be taught, and gate currently psionic crafting proficiencies behind this one. You gain it automatically if you have any psi powers through a recurrence 1 EoC.Add another new proficiency,
Principles of Matrix Technology
, and removePsionic Channeling
and its follow-ups from recipes that do not require you to be a psion, replacing them withPrinciples of Matrix Technology
Reshuffle some recipes. I'm planning a follow-up to this PR that adds similar locking proficiencies for specific psionic paths (so you'll need to be a vitakinetic if you want to manufacture
morphic reversion serum
, for example, but can still find some in the world otherwise), but I'll do that separately.Describe alternatives you've considered
Testing
Loaded game as a non-psion, did not gain Noetic Crafting. Debugged in the Telepath trait, immediately gained Noetic Crafting.
Loaded game as a non-psion, debugged Metaphysics 5 and the tools and materials for the Psionic Channeling practice recipe. Practiced 10 times, did not gain even 1% toward the proficiency (because it's now locked behind Noetic Crafting)
Additional context
Another idea I had is that in ruined labs, perhaps you can find machines that can grant you these proficiencies temporarily, but one thing at a time.
My goal is that eventually there will be enough stuff that you can play through MoM without using any of the powers and feel like it meaningfully adds to the game.