[Basic] Disadvantage of the week: Absent-Mindedness and Short Attention Span

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by ericthered

Its worth remembering "Focused" in this discussion. It gives a +3 for certain tasks, but in effect gives a temporary absent mindedness effect.

If I took both, would I get -10 to notice my surroundings, or would it just be -5 at all times? would you as a GM allow it?

I did once. It was fine, I did the "stacking" not the "all the time" method.

But then that character was IQ 16 and I think Per 14, so he wasn't suffering badly when not absolutely Focus driven.