06-16-2009, 08:29 AM | #21 |
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Re: Missing Prereq on Speed-Reading
well nerdvana I guess there is no really strong argument against your point. speed reading does require someone to read. heck a person can't even learn the skill in the first place without being able to read for practice!
although the psych test for memory is made up of recalling random non-representative symbols arranged in the proper order. I get what kromm means that one can try to memorize quickly alien symbols. (Memorize meant only only for temporary memory) Maybe Observation (according to the description of the more recent clarification of it) may be the proper skill in that feat. |
06-16-2009, 08:57 AM | #22 | |
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Re: Missing Prereq on Speed-Reading
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Question though... how would this memorizing quickly not be a form of Eidetic memory (already covered in the rules)? Last edited by nerdvana; 06-16-2009 at 09:05 AM. Reason: added a follow up question |
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06-16-2009, 09:31 AM | #23 |
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Re: Missing Prereq on Speed-Reading
Buy it up as an Average technique defaulting to Observation, and let the points be converted to Eidetic Memory once you reach Observation+5. The art of memory is eminently learnable.
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06-16-2009, 09:35 AM | #24 |
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Re: Missing Prereq on Speed-Reading
Just make Eidetic Memory leveled [1/level] if you like. The first level is effectively a perk; you automatically succeed at ordinary memory tasks and get +1 for attempting to remember precise details.
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06-19-2009, 10:47 AM | #25 |
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Re: Missing Prereq on Speed-Reading
*shrug* I’m OK assuming that Kromm knows what he is talking about in his earlier response. I’d say that if someone wanted to memorize characters that he couldn’t comprehend (whether due to Illiteracy, or just unfamiliarity), that he would be slower than a person who knew the language, but Speed-Reading would improve that.
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06-20-2009, 01:17 PM | #26 | |
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Speed-reading is a task of overlearning. In fact, I can show you some areas where learning to speed-read will make you less efficient at observing non-word phenomena. The classic example is the Stroop test. |
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06-20-2009, 05:45 PM | #27 | |
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06-20-2009, 07:30 PM | #28 | |
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06-20-2009, 07:32 PM | #29 |
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Re: Missing Prereq on Speed-Reading
Inborn eidetic/photographic memory ought to work differently from an aquired mnemotechnique.
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06-22-2009, 10:40 AM | #30 | |
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