Total Recall

[KillWatch]

Going through the book and reading up on the abilities. I need someone to tell me either the definition or their interpretation of a "block" of information.
is it a page? a chapter, a book, a movie, 10 minutes of an event? what is a block?

I thank you kindly in advance.

[Killer Cyborg]

Going through the book and reading up on the abilities. I need someone to tell me either the definition or their interpretation of a "block" of information.
is it a page? a chapter, a book, a movie, 10 minutes of an event? what is a block?

I thank you kindly in advance.

A lot of the time, simply using a dictionary provides us with the information we need:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Block

block (blk)
n.
1.
a. A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.
b. Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.
c. Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done: a butcher's block.
d. Such a piece upon which persons are beheaded.
e. One of a set of small wooden or plastic pieces, such as a cube, bar, or cylinder, used as a building toy.
f. Printing A large amount of text.
g. Sports A starting block.
2. A stand from which articles are displayed and sold at an auction: Many priceless antiques went on the block.
3. A mold or form on which an item is shaped or displayed: a hat block.
4. A substance, such as wood or stone, that has been prepared for engraving.
5.
a. A pulley or a system of pulleys set in a casing.
b. An engine block.
6. A bloc.
7. A set of like items, such as shares of stock, sold or handled as a unit.
8. A group of four or more unseparated postage stamps forming a rectangle.
9. Canadian A group of townships in an unsurveyed area.
10.
a. A usually rectangular section of a city or town bounded on each side by consecutive streets.
b. A segment of a street bounded by consecutive cross streets and including its buildings and inhabitants.
11. A large building divided into separate units, such as apartments.
12. A length of railroad track controlled by signals.
13. The act of obstructing.
14. Something that obstructs; an obstacle.
15.
a. Sports An act of bodily obstruction, as of a player or ball.
b. Football Legal interference with an opposing player to clear the path of the ball carrier.
16. Medicine Interruption or obstruction of a physiological function: nerve block.
17. Psychology A sudden cessation of speech or a thought process without an immediate observable cause, sometimes considered a consequence of repression. Also called mental block.
18. Slang The human head: threatened to knock my block off.
19. A blockhead.

That's a lot to sift through, but the relevant definition is pretty obvious:
8. A group of four or more unseparated postage stamps forming a rectangle.

[KillWatch]

so,... total recall allows you to memorize,.... 4 joined stamps worth of information at a time,..... Are we at least talking microdot information

[Killer Cyborg]

lol

Seriously, I think that 1-F is the best answer:
Printing: A large amount of text.

Which isn't very helpful.

Except that it gives you an official reason to just use your own judgment on what a "large amount" is.

[Blindscout]

And here I was all set to tell my players that they could only recall a 2 inch grid(?) of information.

Seriously though, I tend to base how much I give them off of a second percentile roll and compare how well they rolled to how much they read and make a judgment call from there on how much to give said player.

[Killer Cyborg]

And here I was all set to tell my players that they could only recall a 2 inch grid(?) of information.

Yeah, it was a bad joke and I need to stamp out that kind of behavior, post haste.

[Blindscout]

Special Delivery for one Mr. Killer Cyborg:





Just too pun-y

[Killer Cyborg]

Special Delivery for one Mr. Killer Cyborg:



Just too pun-y

Hey, no need to go postal about it!

[Blindscout]

Ok, now you are REALLY pushing the envelope!

[Cinos]

For shame. For shame.

Sticking with the postage puns when "Knock his block off" was sitting right there?

I defined it as one Page, or 2 Minutes of time, depending on what's being recalled.

[Killer Cyborg]

Ok, now you are REALLY pushing the envelope!

Nice!



You're quite the card!

[Blindscout]

I'm starting to get tired of being FED EXcessive puns

Cinos, I tried something with knock his block off, but it was returned to sender .

( I know, I'm really reaching here. )

[Spinachcat]

Shouldn't Total Recall be total recall of information?

People with total recall have no problem reciting an entire play, most can quote chunks of books verbatim, some even reciting the entire novel. This isn't that uncommon among stage actors whose memorization skills are often really impressive. I've read discussions of medieval intellectuals who could recite monstrously huge texts from memory. Supposedly Vincent Pricehe memorized all of Edgar Allan Poe's work and I knew a guy in college who could put on a one-man Hamlet, MacBeth and a Star Wars. Yup, every line and sound effect of the movie. And even more surprising, the dude had a girlfriend.

[KillWatch]

yes but that is through practice, recital and obsession. this is a one and done thing. So it could be a pamphlet your glanced at, a book you wish you didn't read, a book that really had no impact on you at all. And the power says a block

[Cinos]

There's a difference between hard study and memorizing every last detail at a flick of a glance no matter what it was. People with true Eidetic Memory don't spend any time or real work in to it beyond just seeing it once and being able to bring it up years later without a hitch, which is what this power is intended to represent.

[KillWatch]

Its pretty much like photocopying. All of the information, without necessarily understanding what it means

[The Dark Elf]

"Get your ass to Mars"

[Blindscout]

"Get your ass to Mars"