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#1 DavidFoxfire Dec 25, 2013 17:12:12	I have a question that I have a hunch that Ed Greenwood takled at least once.   I'm creating an adventure story set in Cormyr during the sundering where one of the characters, an eladrin Mage and fortune teller, has developed a case of what we might call OCD--Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  She ends up being a D&D version of Andrian Monk, so to speak, always cleaning up stuff, organizing things into order, wearing gloves to keep her hands clean, and many other quirks to keep that psychic itch she can't scratch from overwhemling her.   That got me wondering.  Has anyone--Ed of Greenwood or someone else--ever made an article or talked about the Forgotten Realms versions of mental illnesses and how they play out in the game.  I'm curious on how conditions like OCD, Depression, Shizophrenia, Autism Spectrum, and the others play out in a fantasy setting.   It could be for a quite informative and sometimes elightening discussion, or at least I hope so.
#2 Diffan Dec 27, 2013 0:32:22	The only thing that springs to mind is that there is an asylum in Waterdeep (to which a certain vampiric Gold elf would frequently feed from). This says to me that they view such Illnesses in similar fashion as we do currently. Especially if it can't be cured by herb or magic.
#3 fmalchemist Dec 27, 2013 13:01:36	DavidFoxfire wrote:
#4 neomahakala108 Feb 02, 2014 10:53:49	i think that getting into mentally ill character, or identifying with it, IS actually dangerous to the player's mental health.
#5 Kait Mar 31, 2014 10:35:51	DavidFoxfire wrote:
(Reply to #4) Kait	neomahakala108 wrote:
#7 DavidFoxfire Mar 31, 2014 11:30:24	Kait wrote: