Value of a Memory

JCurwen3 · 11-06-2011, 08:43 PM

If you have Possession or Mind Probe or some other access to the entirety of the memories of an individual, how long does it take to "learn" them? I imagine Eidetic or better yet Photographic Memory helps with retention and speed of recall, and also that it depends on how long the person lived (and was aware, forming memories), and such (e.g. how many of the memories can just be condensed into "same... stuff... different day").

I'm not talking about skills - those it's established you need to pay for, and that makes sense. I'm talking about memories, specifically episodic memory.

How would you build a power that just scooped up all of a person's episodic memory and deposited a copy into your own head in such a way that you could recall the target's memories as though they had happened to you, but you wouldn't get them confused with your own (and also, what if you sometimes could be confused by them, like some very specific, unusual, and cumulatively worse set of Delusions that can often be useful)?

What's the value of "downloading" someone's episodic memory (minus skill) into your head, once and for all?

Should an episodic memory (or the entirety of another person's) be worth any points?

Refplace · 11-06-2011, 08:47 PM

I would call it a M/E skill personal history (target)
And I would let it default if you have not paid any points in it but studied the persons memories for a significant time.

munin · 11-06-2011, 09:34 PM

See the Memory Bank enhancement for Mind Probe (p. P62). It allows you to take a "snapshot" of a person's mind for later use. There's no point cost for each snapshot, but the lesser +100% version limits you to snapshots equal to your IQ (+150% for unlimited snapshots). You have to roll against IQ to recall a saved memory, but that's true for your own memories too (p. B51)!

Walrus · 11-06-2011, 09:47 PM

And remembering any event in a past is plain IQ roll (see Eidetic Memory for mechanics).

11-06-2011, 08:43 PM	#1
JCurwen3 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY	Value of a Memory If you have Possession or Mind Probe or some other access to the entirety of the memories of an individual, how long does it take to "learn" them? I imagine Eidetic or better yet Photographic Memory helps with retention and speed of recall, and also that it depends on how long the person lived (and was aware, forming memories), and such (e.g. how many of the memories can just be condensed into "same... stuff... different day"). I'm not talking about skills - those it's established you need to pay for, and that makes sense. I'm talking about memories, specifically episodic memory. How would you build a power that just scooped up all of a person's episodic memory and deposited a copy into your own head in such a way that you could recall the target's memories as though they had happened to you, but you wouldn't get them confused with your own (and also, what if you sometimes could be confused by them, like some very specific, unusual, and cumulatively worse set of Delusions that can often be useful)? What's the value of "downloading" someone's episodic memory (minus skill) into your head, once and for all? Should an episodic memory (or the entirety of another person's) be worth any points? __________________ -JC

11-06-2011, 08:47 PM	#2
Refplace Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Yukon, OK	Re: Value of a Memory I would call it a M/E skill personal history (target) And I would let it default if you have not paid any points in it but studied the persons memories for a significant time.

11-06-2011, 09:34 PM	#3
munin Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Vermont, USA	Re: Value of a Memory See the Memory Bank enhancement for Mind Probe (p. P62). It allows you to take a "snapshot" of a person's mind for later use. There's no point cost for each snapshot, but the lesser +100% version limits you to snapshots equal to your IQ (+150% for unlimited snapshots). You have to roll against IQ to recall a saved memory, but that's true for your own memories too (p. B51)!

11-06-2011, 09:47 PM	#4
Walrus Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chelyabinsk, Russia	Re: Value of a Memory And remembering any event in a past is plain IQ roll (see Eidetic Memory for mechanics). __________________ MH Setting. Welcome to help.