Patrice's Personal Story reads, "Each time Patrice draws a Unique Item, put a Clue token on this card. If there are 2 Clue tokens on this card, place "Rhythm Restored" in play." It doesn't state that she has to keep the items. Patrice starts at the Curiositie Shoppe. She starts with $2 making her eligible to perform the shop action during the Arkham Encounter phase. Since shopping at the Curiositie Shoppe makes the investigator draw three cards from the unique item deck, does this instantly fulfill Patrice's personal story?

That and other PS's have been discussed and I think the consensus is that 'draw' = draw an keep (so have to buy the item). Dexter Drake (the Douchebag ) has the same wording in his PS.

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_foros_discusion.asp?efid=5&efcid=1&efidt=136488

Dam said:

Dexter Drake (the Douchebag ) has the same wording in his PS.

I think I have a misprint. In my copy, Drake is a magician. But now it makes sense why no one ever wants to play him.

To the OP, as Dam stated, draw = draw and keep.

Tsugo said:

And that's why is personal story is so awesome. It finaly gives him the ability that every one actually thought he should have had in the first place

I believe the term draw was used so investigators couldn't just give her three Unique Items and fulfill her story (that would be too easy). She has to draw them from the Unique Item deck. Although I would also let searching the deck for a specific item count.

On a related note, I would also say that items drawn during setup (meaning random and fixed items) do not count for personal stories. Otherwise, Marie would pass her personal story immediately upon setup (she needs to draw two spells and starts with two spells, three if you count her fixed spell).

There are a few investigators who can complete their stories on the first turn.

If Roland gets an Old Journal during setup, he can complete his story on a successful skill roll.

William Yorick gets 5 toughness worth of monsters at the start of the game he can get a blessing on turn 1.

Given Patrice's story that she is told by a gypsy to visit a shop in Arkham to get rid of the evil spirit, I think shopping is enough to complete her story. I think this is even more evident when compared to other personal stories such as Harvey Walters' story where it states he must have 1 unique item.