A scientist at http://www.amtamassage.org/infocenter/adhd.html
says: "I have yet to find a case of ADHD where a child has not either undergone some necessary medical procedure, or suffered abuse resulting in one or more of the major senses being blocked or a prolonged period of immobilization."
Very few children have had medical procedures performed upon them, which makes this correlation particularly profound. Let us consider Emma Morgan, for example. This child has ADHD. One would not expect, probabilistically, for Emma to have had a medical procedure performed. However, our sources reveal that she has been . . .
VACCINATED.
Vaccinations are an often-necessary medical procedure during which the child is given small doses of an illness in order to facilitate building an immunity . . . and, on occasion, ADHD. Some children also develop 'superpowers' from vaccination, such as 'Kitty Pryde', whose vaccinations made her able to 'phase' through solid substances, and Superman, whose vaccinations actually made him the last survivor of a dead planet, able to absorb near-infinite power from Earth's yellow sun!
Batman, contrary to popular belief, was not created through a medical procedure. His powers come entirely from the bite of a radioactive bat. Accordingly, one would not expect Batman to suffer from ADHD, which a brief study of the comic canon appears to bear out.
Science marches ever onwards, and I'm proud to have been a part of this breaking story.
Rebecca
Yes.
The allowable breadth of specialties depends upon your game
contract and what the Storyteller allows. If appropriate to
both of these, you can take broken things with WSAV. It
becomes absurdly powerful.
Nor is it the only thing. I'm going to tell a parable about
Resources; and you can take from it what you will.
**
Prince Glory, a starting Solar Eclipse, has Resources **.
Casting about for a suitable application for his talents and
his mandate of greatness, he travels to Nexus. "Surely," he
says, to his loving companion Flicka, "the market there will
give me a sign."
Flicka adjusts her ears, which Prince Glory immediately
understands to mean, "What are you expecting to find?"
"I'm not sure," he says. "Possibly a deeply discounted Eye
of Autochthon."
Flicka nods her head, almost as if she understands.
Soon Prince Glory is in Nexus, and faces a difficult choice.
There are many things he wishes to buy, but he only has
Resources **. "That Primordial Eye on the table," he says.
"How much?"
"Resources ***," explains the shopkeeper, who knows the
universal trade language of dots.
"I cannot afford that," says Prince Glory, and rolls his
magnificent social skills. "Will four successes change your
mind?"
"For Resources ** and four successes, I will consider it."
"Done!" says Prince Glory, and claims the Eye. Sadly, his
Resources are now depleted, and he cannot purchase the
Mantle of Brigit or the magnificent bondage-slave Chejop
Kejak, with his Perfection in Life slave dancing. In
reflection and sorrow, Prince Glory leaves Nexus, and holds
up the Eye.
"I wish to totally flip out and kill everyone," says Prince
Glory.
"LO!" booms the Eye. "IT IS DONE!"
"Cool."
"Er, except for the Exalted," says the Eye in a small voice.
"And certain other entities who I could not kill without
specific attention."
"That is all right," says Prince Glory, in a lordly fashion.
"I wish to forcibly transform Ma-Ha-Suchi into a show angora
(http://home.pacbell.net/bettychu/2003allbreedbisris/BIS.html) who will live in my pocket."
"PROCESSING," booms the eye. "DONE."
"Cool," says Prince Glory, rubbing the lucky foot of the
rabbit in his pocket, and taking his dead horse Flicka's
reins. "Then let's go be heroes!"
"ROCK," says the Eye.
Standing lonely and underdressed in an empty market, the
oldest of all Exalts performs a high kick.
Rebecca
P.S. I'm sorry about E:Kombat, though. I'm not really
guilty, because I write for E:the RPG, but . . . yah.
Barring some sort of house rule, I figure you *can* get
three picks in 'one-on-one dueling'.