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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7794278" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>So when remembering something about trolls, the following is okay.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">"I draw upon my historical knowledge of the Troll Moors, learned in the greatest libraries in the world, to try to recall the weaknesses of trolls."</p><p></p><p>What about</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">"I draw upon my historical knowledge of the Troll Moors, to try to recall the weaknesses of trolls."</p><p></p><p>Or</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">"I draw upon my historical knowledge to try to recall the weaknesses of trolls."</p><p></p><p>Or</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">"Based on my knowledge of history what do I know about trolls?"</p><p></p><p>I guess I'm asking because it's two-fold. One, it seems like it's just flowery "I make a history check on trolls". Maybe not magical words, but certainly required grammatical structure.</p><p></p><p>Second, and more important, if there were any other pertinent information about trolls, would you also provide it? If this were a more complicated monster such as a dragon, if you asked about weaknesses would you get resistances? Would you know about their breath weapon or flight?</p><p></p><p>Because this is where the "you perceive the rats but not stabby the clown" comes from. If you have to specify exactly what you're thinking about (which is not how memory works) then either it doesn't matter and it's just more "stuff" you have to add on or it does and you only remember exactly what you asked about.</p><p></p><p>If I ask "I draw upon my historical knowledge of the Troll Moors, learned in the greatest libraries in the world, to try to recall if trolls have <strong>an effective ranged attack</strong>." would I get the fact that they regen?</p><p></p><p></p><p>[SPOILER='I don't really expect an answer, just more deflection and "you don't understand". But hope springs eternal.'][/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7794278, member: 6801845"] So when remembering something about trolls, the following is okay. [INDENT]"I draw upon my historical knowledge of the Troll Moors, learned in the greatest libraries in the world, to try to recall the weaknesses of trolls."[/INDENT] What about [INDENT]"I draw upon my historical knowledge of the Troll Moors, to try to recall the weaknesses of trolls."[/INDENT] Or [INDENT]"I draw upon my historical knowledge to try to recall the weaknesses of trolls."[/INDENT] Or [INDENT]"Based on my knowledge of history what do I know about trolls?"[/INDENT] I guess I'm asking because it's two-fold. One, it seems like it's just flowery "I make a history check on trolls". Maybe not magical words, but certainly required grammatical structure. Second, and more important, if there were any other pertinent information about trolls, would you also provide it? If this were a more complicated monster such as a dragon, if you asked about weaknesses would you get resistances? Would you know about their breath weapon or flight? Because this is where the "you perceive the rats but not stabby the clown" comes from. If you have to specify exactly what you're thinking about (which is not how memory works) then either it doesn't matter and it's just more "stuff" you have to add on or it does and you only remember exactly what you asked about. If I ask "I draw upon my historical knowledge of the Troll Moors, learned in the greatest libraries in the world, to try to recall if trolls have [B]an effective ranged attack[/B]." would I get the fact that they regen? [SPOILER='I don't really expect an answer, just more deflection and "you don't understand". But hope springs eternal.'][/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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