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I am, I think, absent minded, and that doesn't mean I forget things, so much as I simply don't think of them, and it doesn't occur to me to think of them, and my attention gets tugged toward other things.

Alyksandrei

I don't remember what the description of Eidetic Memory was, but something about an additive roll to remember something.

doppelgreener

So, yes, keeping track of things + drawing connections becomes tricky. Remembering things is not exactly the issue.

Alyksandrei

12:53 AM

@doppelgreener And that's what I thought of when I saw the name

doppelgreener

If you're a dude who forgets things but has a major boost to remember things, you might be investing in two features for no significant net benefit ;P

Alyksandrei

That's what I'm afraid of...

Adeptus

nwod.org/wiki/index.php/Eidetic_Memory

Alyksandrei

@Adeptus That looks familiar...but I didn't read the actual rule, just my GM's paraphrase...

Adeptus

mistsofmemory.net/wiki/doku.php?id=general_flaws

doppelgreener

12:58 AM

> Absent-Minded (3pt.): Though you do not forget things such as Knowledges or Skills, you do forget things such as names, addresses, and the last time you gained Glamour. In order to remember anything more than your own name and the location of your freehold, you need to make a Wits roll, or, as a last resort, spend a Willpower point. This Flaw may not be taken with the Merit Concentration.

This doesn't sound like it should be called "absent-minded" so much as "severe memory problems" or "borderline retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia"

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Alyksandrei

@doppelgreener agreed

doppelgreener

so amnesia + eidetic memory = ?????

Alyksandrei

@doppelgreener a very interesting character which may be too advanced for a first-character-in-the-system player like me

DuckTapeAl

1:32 AM

@Wibbs Are Action Cards and Initiative the same thing?

Adeptus

> Your character has a near-photographic memory, being able to recall vast amounts of observed detail with astonishing accuracy. You do not normally need to make a roll for your character to remember an obscure fact or past experience, unless he is under stress (such as in combat). ... Though you do not forget things such as Knowledges or Skills, you do forget things such as names, addresses, and the last time you gained Glamour.

While it may not be expressly forbidden by the rules, it doesn't make much sense to have both.

unless you make some arbitrary judgements, eg, you can remember everything but "things such as names and addresses"

DuckTapeAl

Maybe you need to make a Wits roll to remember most things, but if you remember it, you remember in stunning detail?

You might not remember much about that gunfight last week, but if you do, you can remember what the street address was, for example.

Adeptus

"I was in a library, I think, can't remember which one. I read this book on theoretical physics, don't know who the author was. But chapter 10, page 145, second line, third word, was atomic"

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DuckTapeAl

Lol.

It's going to be a weird combo no matter what you do.

Pixie

2:51 AM

Absent-minded can definitely be used to mean forgetful. However, it can also mean inattentive.

Grubermensch

@Adeptus I have a very strong desire to play in a game with someone who could pull this role off. It would be very hard.

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