(02-28-2013, 03:05 AM)Darkfae Wrote:(02-03-2013, 09:37 AM)Weffrey Wrote: Weffrey1. What if IC I am supposed to remember something, but OOC I have forgotten. Should I use the (( )) to ask to be reminded, or should I roleplay that my character has forgotten too?
This is the only question I'm really going to answer, as the rest are pretty well covered - I just have an interesting addendum to this sort of thing.
As mentioned, it's up to you if you're character has ICly forgotten something. It might not be a good idea to have this forgetful trait for all your characters.
As an example, I have severe memory surpression issues due to medical stuffs, to the extent of where common things I know are suddenly no there; sometimes I'll be in the shower, and forget if I washed my hair literally minutes after doing so, or I'll forget how to spell a word/name that I've never had a problem with. Over the years, this has presented a lot of problems with role playing, as even though I try to keep notes of things that have happened, I still end up forgetting things my characters should not.
While I have had a character or two who had memory problems as bad as my own (didn't keep notes with that character, so that it was natural XD), it just doesn't work for every character I ever play in every MMO or table top or LARP.
I would be utterly appauled if anyone ever hardlined the "you don't remember, your character doesn't remember" thing if someone asks OOCly for reminders. Even my hardcore Gygax style DM for D&D is kind about it, and has me roll an intelligence check to see if I really did forget it. For the more part, people know that memory is ultimately flawed in every human, to an extent, and are understanding about it.
Where this gets to be a problem...instances where you don't realise you're forgetting something till after a bit of RP has happened. At that point, I strongly suggest pausing the RP, explaining you forgot and asking for a bit of a soft ret-con on the situation; I really hope most people will be understanding of this, as if not in my own case, it would quickly lead to just not RPing at all. For the more part, most people I've encountered across a variety of games over the past few years are okay with this, which is why I strongly suggest the pause/ret-con request.
Just my whole 2 gil on the subject, even though it was pretty well covered previously.
Thank you Darkfae! It seems best if I forget something OOC that asking OOC shouldn't be a problem. The other person probably would rather have questions asked anyway to ensure the "RP scene" goes in the right direction rather than a jumbled mess.
