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== Familial ==
 
== Familial ==
 
==== Flaws ====
 
==== Flaws ====
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: <li> '''<span style="color:blue">Controlling Parents</span>''' (3pt)
+
: <li> '''<span style="color:blue">Controlling Parents</span>'''  
 +
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
 +
: '''Cost''': 3pt
 +
: Your parents just arent ready to let you live your own life. True you may not be legally an adult, but their hold is so tight that you have few choices to make. This can either cause someone to be very unsure of themselves, or very rebellious.  Either way any parties you attend you probably either lie to them about your location, or sneak out after lights out.  This hinders your social and dating life in a very real way, as your friends and romantic interests are expected to meet your parents approval, as is your academic achievements.
 +
: These level of your parents control will need to be laid out clearly in your background. This will also be expected to appear in RP and character development.
 +
 
 
: <li> '''<span style="color:green">Wild Child</span>''' (3pt)
 
: <li> '''<span style="color:green">Wild Child</span>''' (3pt)
 +
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
 +
: '''Cost''': 3pt
 +
: Maybe you have controlling parents or maybe you just love to be a rebel, but you live to break rules and nothing gives you more cause then to be told not to do something.
 +
: Remember that rebellion is not a pass to do anything you want, or a pass to ignore common sense. Very real consequences can come from making back IC choices. All rules were not made to be broken! (This is not normal teenage rebellion.)
 +
 
: <li> '''<span style="color:green">Single Parent</span>''' (4pt)
 
: <li> '''<span style="color:green">Single Parent</span>''' (4pt)
 +
: '''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> '''<span style="color:blue">Neglectful Parents</span>''' (4pt)
 
: <li> '''<span style="color:blue">Neglectful Parents</span>''' (4pt)
 +
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
 +
: '''Cost''': 4pt
 +
: It doesn't mean they don't love you, but your parent(s) just don't do their job. Maybe they think being your friend is better than being a parent, or maybe they are so overworked and tired they let things slip? Maybe they just don't care at all. Either way you cook, clean and tend to yourself. The only thing your parent does is pay the bills.
 +
 
: <li> '''<span style="color:blue">Bad Divorce</span>''' (4pt)
 
: <li> '''<span style="color:blue">Bad Divorce</span>''' (4pt)
 +
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
 +
: '''Cost''': 4pt
 +
: Your house is a war zone when it comes to your parents. They no longer live together, and thats 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> '''<span style="color:blue">Broken Home</span>''' (4pt)
 
: <li> '''<span style="color:blue">Broken Home</span>''' (4pt)
 +
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
 +
: '''Cost''': 4pt
 +
: This is different from a 'bad divorce'. Your parent or parents are dead and you live with an older sibling, grandparent(s) or other guardian of blood relation.
 +
 
: <li> '''<span style="color:blue">Dead Parents</span>''' (4pt)
 
: <li> '''<span style="color:blue">Dead Parents</span>''' (4pt)
 +
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
 +
: '''Cost''': 4pt
 +
 
: <li> '''<span style="color:blue">Ward Of The State</span>''' (5pt)
 
: <li> '''<span style="color:blue">Ward Of The State</span>''' (5pt)
 +
: '''Type''': Disadvantages
 +
: '''Cost''': 5pt
 +
  
 
=== Merits ===
 
=== Merits ===

Revision as of 10:13, 25 October 2013

  • Red : Restricted
  • Blue : Teen
  • Green : Adult

    • Psychological

    Flaws

  • 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.


  • Addiction
    • 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.
  • 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.
  • Dark Secret
    • Type: Disadvantages
    Cost: 1pt
    You have a deep dark secret that is best left hidden. This secret should be somethin 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.
  • 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.
  • Naive
    • Type: Disadvantages
    Cost: 1pt
    You're a good person and are always the last to suspect wrongdoing or bad intentions in people.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Low Self-Esteem
    • Type: Disadvantages
    Cost: 2pt
    You lack any real self-confidence. You face a -2 diff in situations when you depnd on yourself and yourself alone to succeed. To ignore your low self-image you much roll Willpower.
  • 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.
  • Pack Mentality
    • Type: Disadvantages
    Cost: 2pt
    You follow the crowd almost religiously. It may be a burning desire to fit in or maybe you just lose yourself in the emotions of those around you, but you seldom think for yourself (or realize how bad some ideas are) when you're around your friends.
  • 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!
  • 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.

    Merits

    None at this time

    Familial

    Flaws

  • Controlling Parents
    • Type: Disadvantages
    Cost: 3pt
    Your parents just arent ready to let you live your own life. True you may not be legally an adult, but their hold is so tight that you have few choices to make. This can either cause someone to be very unsure of themselves, or very rebellious. Either way any parties you attend you probably either lie to them about your location, or sneak out after lights out. This hinders your social and dating life in a very real way, as your friends and romantic interests are expected to meet your parents approval, as is your academic achievements.
    These level of your parents control will need to be laid out clearly in your background. This will also be expected to appear in RP and character development.
  • Wild Child (3pt)
    • Type: Disadvantages
    Cost: 3pt
    Maybe you have controlling parents or maybe you just love to be a rebel, but you live to break rules and nothing gives you more cause then to be told not to do something.
    Remember that rebellion is not a pass to do anything you want, or a pass to ignore common sense. Very real consequences can come from making back IC choices. All rules were not made to be broken! (This is not normal teenage rebellion.)
  • Single Parent (4pt)
    • 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.
  • Neglectful Parents (4pt)
    • Type: Disadvantages
    Cost: 4pt
    It doesn't mean they don't love you, but your parent(s) just don't do their job. Maybe they think being your friend is better than being a parent, or maybe they are so overworked and tired they let things slip? Maybe they just don't care at all. Either way you cook, clean and tend to yourself. The only thing your parent does is pay the bills.
  • Bad Divorce (4pt)
    • Type: Disadvantages
    Cost: 4pt
    Your house is a war zone when it comes to your parents. They no longer live together, and thats 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.
  • Broken Home (4pt)
    • Type: Disadvantages
    Cost: 4pt
    This is different from a 'bad divorce'. Your parent or parents are dead and you live with an older sibling, grandparent(s) or other guardian of blood relation.
  • Dead Parents (4pt)
    • Type: Disadvantages
    Cost: 4pt
  • Ward Of The State (5pt)
    • Type: Disadvantages
    Cost: 5pt


    Merits

  • Large Family (3pt)
  • American Dream (3pt)
  • Capable Parent (3pt)
  • Trust Fund (7pt)

    • Mental

    Flaws

  • Amnesia (2pt)
  • Confused (2pt)
  • Weak-Willed (3pt)
  • Absent-Minded (3pt)

    • Merits

  • Common Sense (1pt)
  • Lightning Calculator (1pt)
  • Eidetic Memory (2pt)
  • Prodigy (2pt)
  • Self-Confident (3pt)
  • Iron Will (5pt)

    • Awareness

  • Color Blindness (1pt)
  • Hard of Hearing (1pt)
  • Bad Sight (2pt)
  • Deaf (4pt)
  • Blind (6pt)

    • Aptitudes

    Flaws

  • Uneducated (5pt)

    • Merits

  • Ambidextrous (1pt)
  • Computer Aptitude (1pt)
  • Entrepreneur (1pt)
  • Mechanical Aptitude (1pt)
  • Pitiable (1pt)
  • Quick Learner (2pt)
  • Fast Learner (3pt)
  • Perfect Balance (3pt)
  • Songbird (3pt)

    • Society

    Duel

  • Street Rep (1-2pt)
  • Alternate Identity (5pt)

    • Merits

  • Black Market Ties (1-5pt)
  • Favors (1-5pt)
  • Influence (1-5pt)
  • Judicial Ties (2pt)
  • Media Ties (2pt)
  • Business Owner (2pt)
  • Refined (2pt)
  • Street Ties (2pt)
  • Corporate Ties (3pt)
  • Entertainment Ties (3pt)
  • Police Ties (3pt)
  • Political Ties (3pt)
  • Underworld Ties (3pt)(R/A)
  • Fame (5pt)
  • Mob (5pt)
  • Status (5pt)

    • Flaws

  • Criminal Record (2pt)

    • Required

  • Resources (Required)

    • This required advantage measures your character's (or families) material resources, both possessions and wealth. All characters (or their parents) are assumed to have a job or a source of income that is sufficient to cover their basic needs: Food, shelter and transportation. Dots in this advantage represent disposable income - wealth and assets that can be liquidated for more money in case of emergency. The number of dots indicates your character's general level of wealth.

    One dot suggests low disposable income: $500 a month and approximately $1,000 worth of assets.
    Two dots suggest moderate disposable income: $1,000 a month and approximately $5000 worth of assets.
    Three dots suggest significant disposable income: $2,000 a month and maybe $10,000 worth of assets.
    Four dots suggest substantial disposable income: $10,000 a month and $500,000 worth of assets.
    Five dots suggest significant wealth: $50,000 a month and as much as $5,000,000 worth of assets.

    Physical

    Flaw

  • Allergic (1-4pt)
  • Asthma (1pt)
  • Lazy (1pt)
  • Short (1pt)
  • Addiction (3pt)
  • Mute (4pt)
  • Paraplegic (6pt)

    • Merits

  • Catlike Balance (1pt)


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