Re: A Character Prone to Seizures when at High Levels of Energy
As a person who has suffered seizures in the past i know that there are some questions that need to be answered:
petite/grand: grand mal totally incapacitates a person both physically and mentally. These people tend to loose track of everything (time, location, people, etc) for a min of thirty minutes after and are worn out for the remainder of the day both physically and mentally. Think of this as having run 1.5 marathons in the time of the seizure. Petite mal is similar, just not as severe (they only ran 0.5 marathons).
Trigger: most people think that flashing light triggers seizures, but these are only the most common trigger. Others could be triggered by tiredness, or stress, or time, or environmental factor. Basically work with the gm to determine some trigger that will work for this char.
Frequency: Just because someone's trigger has been tripped does not mean that they will have the seizure. If they just had a seizure, then they will be siezure-free for a time. However, as time passes if they are not doing something that releases the stress in the mind, eventually another seizure will occur. Frequently doctors prescribe meds that do this job, but the have problems of their own.
These are some points to think about when dealing with seizures, each one can receive its own complication. Hope that it helps you.