Enemy Scan: Difference between revisions

== Tabletop Games ==

 

** In at least some of the editions there are the knowledge skills, some of which will tell you information about a creature you encounter upon a successful roll. How much info depends on the roll.

 

** Libra is also vital in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''. It is a technique so it costs no MP to use and it lasts quite a while. Libra will show a targeted enemy's HP, reveals any weaknesses they have, and also reveals any traps in the field. Some accessories grant Libra status automatically.

** ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2]]'' doesn't have abilities that let you read enemy HP since you can see their HP at all times, but it did have abilities that let you scan enemies for what kinds of loot they were carrying.

** Its predecessor ''[[MOTHER]]'' had Check, which worked the same, but could be used by anyone and also provided a comment about the enemy.

** Likewise, Boney in ''[[Mother 3]]'' can Sniff an enemy to deduce their type and vulnerabilities. Some enemies have no scent, and some are too pungent for Boney to handle sniffing them.

* The power Surveillance from ''[[City of Villains]]'' and ''[[City of Heroes]]'', which not only lowers the defense and resistance of a single target, but allows you to see the scanned enemy's "real numbers".

* ''[[Xenosaga]]'' games have the "Analyze" Ether.

* ''[[Blue Dragon]]'' has a magic book which lets you do this. Surprisingly, it's often the best (or only) way to find out the boss's weakness.

* Tohsaka gives Shirou an unnamed book in ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' that scans the abilities of a Servant and puts it into a form that the reader will easily understand if they look at it. Shirou's mind apparently puts things into RPG stat formulas with letter ranked abilities and bizarre numerical descriptors for Noble Phantasms.

* The PKE Meter and [[Goggles Do Something Unusual|Ecto Goggles]] in the modern ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' video games have this feature. The more thoroughly you scan a ghost, cursed artifact, spectral emanation, or any other from an assortment of supernatural entities, the more gameplay hints and quirky trivia you will discover in the [[Tome of Eldritch Lore|Tobin's Spirit Guide]].

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