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<blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6855504" data-attributes="member: 6701872">Forget what &quot;makes sense&quot;, do what makes it fun - which is to say, if you are using amnesia in a role-playing game, don't have it be a hindrance to the player in how it hinders their character.For example, I present my take on an amnesiac spell caster:Handling amnesia well: The character has no idea what they are capable of or who they are, but when it comes to a moment like combat and the player says &quot;I want to try and hurt these things/people trying to hurt me&quot; the DM looks at the list of prepared/known spells for the character and picks one beneficial to cast in this situation towards that stated goal, and the character casts the spell.Handling amnesia poorly: The character has no idea what they are capable of or who they are, and when it comes to a moment like combat and the player says &quot;I want to try and hurt these things/people trying to hurt me&quot; the DM says &quot;How?&quot; and leaves the player to guess what their character is good at, meaning their character the spellcaster not having any access to their spells because &quot;makes sense, he has amnesia.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AaronOfBarbaria, post: 6855504, member: 6701872"] Forget what "makes sense", do what makes it fun - which is to say, if you are using amnesia in a role-playing game, don't have it be a hindrance to the [I]player[/I] in how it hinders their [I]character.[/I] For example, I present my take on an amnesiac spell caster: Handling amnesia well: The character has no idea what they are capable of or who they are, but when it comes to a moment like combat and the player says "I want to try and hurt these things/people trying to hurt me" the DM looks at the list of prepared/known spells for the character and picks one beneficial to cast in this situation towards that stated goal, and the character casts the spell. Handling amnesia poorly: The character has no idea what they are capable of or who they are, and when it comes to a moment like combat and the player says "I want to try and hurt these things/people trying to hurt me" the DM says "How?" and leaves the player to guess what their character is good at, meaning their character the spellcaster not having any access to their spells because "makes sense, he has amnesia." [/QUOTE]

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