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I knew a guy in college that could do this. I've no idea how he discovered his ability (and don't want to know). Another real-life example: former WWE wrestler Droz made it a part of his ring persona.

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Oh, I think it makes a good house-rule too, I just thought it was a good example of a Perk that gives you access to a rule that's not normally in force in the campaign.

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Owns a 7-sided die: One 6-sided die that YOU roll can be replaced with the (aforementioned) 7-sided die.

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I like this one:

Reliable Name Memory
This a scaled-down version of the Eidetic Memory advantage.
The character has a good memory for names of people (and people only). If the player has forgotten the name of a specific known NPC, the GM rolls vs. IQ.
If the roll succeeds the GM tells the correct name. A failure means that the GM does not tell the name. A critical failure means that the GM tells a wrong name.

Greetings,
Zarkon

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I've used Strong Memory in the past, which gives +1 to IQ rolls to recall the general sense of past events (but not specific details), and +1 to other specific memory related rolls that Eidetic Memory would help with.

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Hrmm, I'd be using the IQ roll to see if the character remembered a name for a normal character (with a ballparked TDM, but IQ-0 would be the baseline). For someone who was supposed to be good with names, regarding someone they were actually introduced to (not "I'm good with names, so I remember the name of the guy who invented Post-Its because I read about him on Wikipedia five years ago" - that's not what I think of as "good with names"), I'd give a real bonus to IQ or probably not roll at all. It's not like it comes up in-game all that often.

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We live in a really sick world.

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No, sick world is that some people have vomit fetishes!

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Is there any possible reason I would want to do this on anything other than damage? I can't think of one. If I really want to fail a roll, usually the GM will let me :)

So, assuming it is only useful for damage, it seems balanced. Possibly even a little underpowered, as it roughly translates to: 14% of the time I get +1 damage.

Anyway: There's such a thing as a d7?

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Nor can I, off hand - but if one could require the GM to use it for reaction rolls related to one's character, that'd be another benefit.

I have one, for the curiosity value. It's a short pentagonal prism. I've never really tested it rigorously for statistical randomness.