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Zankue 04-24-07, 03:52 PM	I was wondering, b/c my next character may be like this what problems would there be for having lost memory, or from having amnesia? Obviously no knowledges, and I thought that i should lose intelligence too. I could see losing wizard abilities, but would a sorcerer lose his abilities, considering that they came upon him, he didn't study to get them. Thx in advance
Pegasos989 04-24-07, 04:54 PM	Amnesia is veeery wide thing. What kind of amnesia? Does he not remember his past? Does he occasionally have blackouts he doesn't remember about? What? But well, I don't think knowledges would become unavailable. Many people suffer from diffrent kinds of amnesias but still remember geography, history... So more defining. That is like "I concider my next character would have some disability. What kind of penalties would there be?"
bobothechimp 04-24-07, 04:55 PM	First of all, grammar. Ouch. Second, go to a library, pick out a book, and look up amnesia. Learn about it before you try anything with it. Third, it is a cliched idea, and not a very creative one.
Pegasos989 04-24-07, 05:04 PM	Well, I all ideas have been used to cliched point. If it is new enough for the player and his group, why not. I also don't think that anyone should do all that much library study for some DnD character... But look up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesia
Zankue 04-24-07, 05:05 PM	Sorry about that... so I plan on him being a psionic, or sorcerer and not remember anything, I mean like anything from more than 20 days ago when this farmer found him wandering around his yard. That would be the general back story of the character after his loss of memory, the rest would be up to the DM.
Pegasos989 04-24-07, 05:10 PM	Well... He could have knowledges. You know, remember nothing from his past or why he knows what color are the dragons' eyes but he just knows. I wouldn't necessarily do stat changes at all. :/
Mock26 04-24-07, 06:44 PM	Huh. I was going to reply to this thread, but I forgot what it was about. Oh well.
Prator_the_Legendary 04-24-07, 09:24 PM	Make him totally innocent. Like a toddler who doesn't understand what war is when he plays war-games, your innate caster will have good language skills but little actual experience with the complicated concepts he may know the words for. Asking questions like "What is money and why do you trade these tiny bits of metal for weapons?" is a good way to do this. Also, people may ask him how he remembers how to use magic. A sorcerer might know on instinct, but I'm not sure about other classes...
Kouk 04-24-07, 10:40 PM	It would be infinitely easier on you, and everyone else in your group, if you have amnesia only pertaining to your own past. You know how the world works, you know what everything is (that you had experienced in the past) even things you learned in school, but you don't know where or how you learned these things specifically. If you forget all your Knowledge you would be completely like a baby and bother everyone to the point it would be easier to just leave you with a kind-hearted priest somewhere. "What is this called? Why does that green hairy thing look angry? Is that man sleeping?" would get pretty tiresome, the other guys are adventurers, not parents of a newborn. Just go for a fugue state and forget your personal past and not anything about how the world works. The downside of any amnesia is you completely sign your soul over to the DM unless you work something out in advance.
Vharuck 04-24-07, 11:05 PM	Just go for a fugue state and forget your personal past and not anything about how the world works. Key word "fugue." This is different from amnesia, but isn't as widely known and so is mistaken for amnesia. When a person suffers from fugue, they selectively forget (subconsciously on purpose). Most often forgotten are the person's name, friends and family, and their "life" (as in, they were born here and went to school there and now work as a something). They'll remember anything that doesn't tie them to their past. Academics and skills, really.
allenchan 04-24-07, 11:16 PM	Key word "fugue." This is different from amnesia, but isn't as widely known and so is mistaken for amnesia. When a person suffers from fugue, they selectively forget (subconsciously on purpose). Most often forgotten are the person's name, friends and family, and their "life" (as in, they were born here and went to school there and now work as a something). They'll remember anything that doesn't tie them to their past. Academics and skills, really. The Bourne Identity is a perfect example in pop culture
Vharuck 04-24-07, 11:18 PM	The Bourne Identity is a perfect example in pop culture But it's worth noting that in the majority of cases of a person suffering from fugue, the person is actually happier being ignorant.