The Bug Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Would Amnesia be a physical or psychological disadvantage? I want to say physical but after thinking about it it seems more psychological. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmakaze Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Re: Physical or Psychological Disadvantage? My general guideline is whether it can be overcome by an act of will. If the character can focus hard and bring back wisps of memory, then its a psychlim. If the memories are hard and fast gone, then a physlim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Re: Physical or Psychological Disadvantage? Amnesia is listed as a psychological disorder in the DSM-IVTR. So if you're going by the literal definition, it's a psych lim. If you want a more game-friendly definition, it depends. If it's something you can't physically overcome, no matter how hard you try, it's a physical limitation, like Karmakaze said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Omega Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Re: Physical or Psychological Disadvantage? I would tend to say a type caused by brain damage would be closer to physical. If the memories are repressed and you can make an ego roll to remember something, then psych. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEmerged Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Re: Physical or Psychological Disadvantage? My rule of thumb: if it affects how a character acts, it's psychological. If it affects what a character does -- or doesn't -- it's physical. If it affects how people react to the character, it's social. My "rule of pinky" as I jokingly call it goes like this: if the above rule causes conflicts, rule by the kind of problems this causes the character. Take myself as an example. I'm noticeably eccentric, to the extent it causes social problems for me (I annoy people, people stop bringing up certain topics around me, etc.). On the surface this might sound more psychological, but the problems it causes are not of the "do I do this, or this?" variety -- they're of the "who and how badly do I annoy?" As such, this is properly a social disadvantage. I'm somewhat nearsighted & mildly 'cross eyed'. This does not affect me socially -- it's slight enough to be imperceptible to anyone but an eye doctor doing a test on me. However it definitely affects my abilities, such as hitting a moving baseball with a bat (because I have to guess which ball is real). As such this is a physical disadvantage, and a slight one at that. I have an associate who is manic depressive; she is (mostly) able to control it with medication. While the cause of the symptom is physical and could be perceived as being a Dependency, I'd rule it as Psychological -- because the problems are caused in decision making. ================================= One major cavaet to the above is that I'm very careful about allowing either "double dipping" or "tomato effect" -- allowing the character to get disadvantage points for the same thing twice, or allowing 'extra' disadvantage points for a category by redefining the category (the way tomatoes are legally considered vegetables in order to avoid a tax). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Re: Physical or Psychological Disadvantage? If a mentallist can mind control the person to remember, it's psychological. If he can't, it's physical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haven Walkur Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: Physical or Psychological Disadvantage? Gary's sig file: Kinky is with a feather, perverted is with the chicken. And if it's with Gary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: Physical or Psychological Disadvantage? If it's something can can be overcome by an Ego check (even at some hideous penalty) then it's Psychological. If it can't, it's Physical. (No matter how much you make your Ego check by, you can't walk if you're missing both legs.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: Physical or Psychological Disadvantage? Anterograde or Retrograde Amnesia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: Physical or Psychological Disadvantage? Also it would depend on whether it was due to organic damage vs. psychological trauma I think... big difference between your medial temporal lobe being damaged vs. post-traumatic stress induced memory loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: Physical or Psychological Disadvantage? Gary's sig file: Kinky is with a feather' date=' perverted is with the chicken.[/i'] And if it's with Gary? I plead the Fifth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: Physical or Psychological Disadvantage? I plead the Fifth. Which beverage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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