07-30-2018, 04:06 PM | #21 | |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Dyslexia
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It's essentially full or partial Illiteracy in your native language, plus a generic Incompetence Quirk or just a Feature which limits your ability to learn the written forms of a whole bunch of languages, including your own. |
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07-30-2018, 04:28 PM | #22 | |
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07-31-2018, 10:29 AM | #23 |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Dyslexia
On this, I think it would be full speed for someone who lacks literacy in any language - essentially that there's no additional penalty. After all, the non-Dyslexic illiterate character can't really take notes either.
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07-31-2018, 12:32 PM | #24 |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Dyslexia
You can be bad at things without having any specific syndrome; the question is whether you're unusually bad in comparison to other people who have spent similar effort trying to learn the same thing.
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07-31-2018, 01:49 PM | #25 | |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Dyslexia
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I don't think there is a GURPS representation for dyscalculia, though I guess you could call it Innumerate + Taboo Trait: Not Innumerate.
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07-31-2018, 04:32 PM | #26 | |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Dyslexia
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No syndrome or such, just lack of practice. |
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07-31-2018, 05:59 PM | #27 |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Dyslexia
Practice only goes so far. Of my two brothers one, naturally has flowery aesthetic handwriting, and the other writes like a drunk eight year old. Mine's in the middle closer to the second brother.
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08-01-2018, 12:23 AM | #29 | |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Dyslexia
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I have noticed that the only thing that truly improves handwriting is the study of some form of calligraphy. People I've known who took old-fashioned drafting or technical illustration classes, or who taught themselves comic book lettering can write in a legible, even attractive printed script. People I know who have artistic training (and maybe even a talent) sometimes have attractive, if not legible, cursive handwriting. People I know who have actually studied Western-style calligraphy will use some form of calligraphy as their everyday script, which results in an attractive script. Conversely, Millennials/post-millennials I've worked with, who have never been taught cursive handwriting, usually produce some form of more-or-less legible, more-or-less attractive, printed script. There are also different expectations for handwriting legibility by profession. Historically, at least in the US in the late 20th century, physicians were notorious for their illegible handwriting. Allegedly, lawyers of the period had better handwriting. It's also possible that any scientist or engineer who is expected to keep a hand-written lab notebook will have legible, if not attractive, handwriting. |
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08-01-2018, 12:35 AM | #30 |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Dyslexia
The US Army estimates that about 10% of trainees, officer and enlisted both, are unable to comprehend maps. No matter how much training or practice is given they are unable to relate the graphic to the real world.
I don't know how that relates to the ability to understand graphs, pie charts and the like but I suspect it's similar... but there is usually other data available so the inability is camouflaged by the ability to understand words and numbers. When you're out in the field alone the inability to relate to the graphic information on a map can't really be hidden. A person from a stone age culture is likely to be Innumerate as GURPS defines it, and a three-year-old is almost certain to be Agreed, I think... They may not understand numbers having not learned about them... but they aren't incapable of learning. A dyslexic, by GURPS standards, is incapable of ever learning to read or write. A dyscalculate would be incapable of _ever_ comprehending numbers. Last edited by tanksoldier; 08-01-2018 at 12:42 AM. |
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