Qualities/teen-disads

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.