Distinctively Indistinguishable

By Desslok, in Star Wars: Edge of the Empire RPG

3 hours ago, nameless ronin said:

Indistinguishable isn’t about blending in when nobody's looking for you. It’s about people who are looking for you or someone with your description not noticing or recognizing you.

That’s a narrow interpretation for such a broad talent with a description that reads “The character's appearance is so common that people have a hard time identifying distinguishing traits. Opposing characters upgrade the difficulty of any checks made to identify him once per rank of Indistinguishable.”

It should also include attempts to describe you after the fact, before they are looking for you.

Another interpretation is that the character is really good at "unassuming disguises." I.e. like in a spy movie where the protagonist odd ealing down the street and serendipitously picks up a hat here, a scarf there, and then walks right past the person looking for them.

Alternatively, she's just really good at making her current wardrobe blend into the local "sartorial environment," as it were, and can blend into any scenario really well, despite her very obvious unique features.

2 hours ago, OriginalDomingo said:

That’s a narrow interpretation for such a broad talent with a description that reads “The character's appearance is so common that people have a hard time identifying distinguishing traits. Opposing characters upgrade the difficulty of any checks made to identify him once per rank of Indistinguishable.”

It should also include attempts to describe you after the fact, before they are looking for you.

Sure, but that’s still not blending in when people aren’t looking for you. When people aren’t looking for you, there’s no need to make a roll.

2 hours ago, Absol197 said:

Another interpretation is that the character is really good at "unassuming disguises." I.e. like in a spy movie where the protagonist odd ealing down the street and serendipitously picks up a hat here, a scarf there, and then walks right past the person looking for them.

Alternatively, she's just really good at making her current wardrobe blend into the local "sartorial environment," as it were, and can blend into any scenario really well, despite her very obvious unique features.

Oh, I really like this interpretation. Especially the first bit. It's makes for great narrative.

You can also see it as the character is constantly putting herself in shadows or behind objects - clothing racks, other people, whatever - in such a way that no one can get a good look at her. At the beginning of Desperado, El Mariachi, portrayed by the definitely not indistinguishable Antonio Banderas, moves from shadow to shadow, his face never shown. Later in the movie, they have no idea who he is even when he openly walks right into the cantina.