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: <li> '''<span style="color:red">Addiction</span>''' 
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 1-3pt
: You have a physical addiction.  The higher the umber the higher the severity of the addition. This does not cover minor addictions like sugar, caffeine and nicotine. Will not approve pot as an addiction. If you are denied your substance for 48 hours you must roll Willpower(Diff 4) or you will enter withdrawals. 
:: 1 - Easily found (Painkiller)
:: 2 - Alcoholism
:: 3 - Street Drugs. 

: <li> '''Allergic'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 1-4pt
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: <li> '''<span style="color:red">Alternate Identity</span>'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 5pt
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: <li> '''Asthma'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 1pt
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: <li> '''<span style="color:blue">Bad Divorce</span>'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 4pt
: Your house is a war zone when it comes to your parents. They no longer live together, and that's a very good thing. The divorce was nasty and the relationship between them still is. Maybe it was about money, cheating or even custody over you. Either way, they hate one another and you occasionally get put in the middle.

: <li> '''Bad Reputation'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 2pt
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: <li> '''Bad Sight'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 3pt
: You're eyesight is BAD. Not so bad that normal pair of glasses or contacts work, but so bad that you basically need coke bottle glasses to see. Consider yourself Velma from Scooby Doo. You're legally blind without them.

: <li> '''<span style="color:red">Blind</span>'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 6pt
: You cannot see /at all/. This may be the way you were born, or may have come about after an accident. Whatever happened, even medical aids cannot help you to see.  While this did leave your hearing more sensitive, it does not allow you to navigate without trouble. You are dependent on help to navigate in unfamiliar locations. You also cannot excel at things where sight is important, such as dance, art or sports.

: <li> '''Burned Out''' 
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 1pt
: You've lost too much in your life and it's left you cynical and prone to anger when things don't work out.  Despite your outlook, you haven't actually given up just yet.

: <li> '''Criminal Record'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 2pt
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: <li> '''Dark Secret'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 1pt
: You have a deep dark secret that is best left hidden. This secret should be something that runs the risk of surfacing on occasion. Be prepared to face the consequences of this ICly (never bad for RP).  This is a secret that is much more important to the story than being gay or sleeping with your receptionist. 

: <li> '''<span style="color:blue">Dead Spouse</span>'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 4pt
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: <li> '''<span style="color:red">Deaf</span>'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 4pt
: You cannot hear /at all/. This may be the way you were born, or may have come about after an accident. Whatever happened, even medical aids cannot help you to hear and you must communicate through lip-reading (if applicable) ad ASL (American Sign Language).

: <li> '''Flashbacks'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 3pt
: You experienced something so traumatic that to this day you still suffer flashbacks from it. This is not something as trivial as a scary movie or a scary bedtime story. Rather this is something that shook your life to its core, such as being severely injured or witnessing a death. 
: You will need to provide a 'trigger' for this that explains when your flashbacks happen as well as fully explain, in detail, what it was that occurred.

: <li> '''Hard of Hearing'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 2pt
: Your hearing is not what it should be. This is no so mild that you just get by with a 'huh', rather you rely on medical aids to hear. 

: <li> '''Intolerance'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 1pt
: You have an unreasonable dislike of something.  This is not a trivial dislike, but a life altering hate.  You suffer a +2 Diff to rolls involving involving this hate. 

: <li> '''Low Self-Esteem'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 2pt
: You lack any real self-confidence. You face a -2 diff in situations when you depend on yourself and yourself alone to succeed. To ignore your low self-image you much roll Willpower.

: <li> '''Mental Illness'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 3pt
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: <li> '''<span style="color:red">Mute</span>'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 4pt
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: <li> '''Naive'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 1pt
: You're a good person and are always the last to suspect wrongdoing or bad intentions in people.

: <li> '''Nightmares'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 1pt
: You experience nightmares when you sleep. Sometimes nightmares can cause a loss of 1 die to all attributes (consider it exhaustion). 

: <li> '''Paranoid'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 2pt
: You actually believe that everyone is out to get you. You face a +1 diff to all social interactions involving trust of any kind.

: <li> '''<span style="color:red">Paraplegic</span>'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 6pt
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: <li> '''Phobia''' 
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 1-3pt
: You have an overpowering fear of something and will do everything in your power to retreat or avoid it. 
: You must roll Courage at Diff 6 to remain in its presence.

: <li> '''Short Fuse'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 2pt
: You're quick to anger and flying off the handle at the smallest thing. It doesn't take much to send you into a rage.
: This is a rolled Quality! 
  
: <li> '''Shy'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 1pt
: you are ill at ease when dealing with people and often try to avoid social situations because of this. Because of this you are at a Diff +1 on all social rolls with full attention drawn to you. 

: <li> '''<span style="color:green">Single Parent</span>'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 4pt
: Your house runs on one parents income and one parents attempts to...well, be a parent. Maybe your other parent is living happily elsewhere in town? Maybe you don't know them. Maybe they have another family in another state? Either way your one parent holds the burden on raising you.

: <li> '''Soft-Hearted'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 1pt
: You cannot stand seeing suffering in those around you.  You cannot turn don the opportunity to help someone who needs you.  This may make you a doormat to some people.  You must roll at a +2 diff to refuse to help someone who needs you.

: <li> '''Speech Impediment'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 1pt
: You have a stammer or speech impediment. You face a +2 diff to social rolls to properly communicate when stressed.

: <li> '''Uneducated'''
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
: '''Cost''': 5pt
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