Some questions about Telepathy

[PepsiWhirda]

I'm thinking about using Jace Beleren from M:tG as the remake for my alt.  If you're unfamiliar with him he's a mind mage with abilities like telepathy, clairvoyance, and illusion.  I'm going to be mostly non-combative so I can explore Coruscant and Camelot and try to collect some artefacts and learn about different types of magic.  Just looking for some clarification on powers descriptions from the rules.

1) In Telepathy it says: "Characters with this can send messages to anyone they can see or sense (for example to ask for help during a fight if your ally is in the verse and you have Life Detect), though they will not be able to receive them without a Communicator unless that person also has telepathy."  

Does this mean I can convey a message to them but they can't understand it?  Or that they can't send messages back to me without a Communicator/Telepathy?

2) To use moves with Telepathy that "invad[e] their minds with disruptive thoughts" do I need Homing Proficiency and/or Debuff Proficiency?

Thanks in advance.

[Sarah_Kerrigan]

1. That is mostly in regards to calling people into fights or telepathy at a great distance. They can't receive it at all without a communicator if you are directing a message across a verse.

2. Debuff for disruptive stuff. Homing isn't necessary - unless your Move for some reason requires the target to stay still but that person is moving or something so your 'psychic' waves need to adjust. To be able to 'hit' with mind based attacks you typically need a high tech stat.

[PepsiWhirda]

Okay, so regarding number 1, as long as I can see or sense them nearby I can send them telepathic messages and read their thoughts to understand their answer?

[Sarah_Kerrigan]

If they are in your immediate vicinity, I'd say yes. It would essentially be like talking to them if they are that close. In fact, I had to do that with Dark Link because he is a mute and that is how our characters communicate. Reading thoughts would take effort obviously, like you'd have to focus on that person or individual. You just can't be actively reading thoughts all the time. The Omniverse would dampen that a bit. Like my character Sarah found it relieving to NOT be reading minds constantly for the first time ever. And found she had to say focus on Stormtrooper A over there in order to 'hear' his surface thoughts. Anything deeper than Surface thoughts would require a Move and maybe the Insight Power as well.

[PepsiWhirda]

Got it, thanks for the clarification.