Disadvantages
These are compensations that give
you more points to
spend on other areas of your Role-Player! character.
They drag the character down further into this murky
genre, making him into a more stereo-typical and,
ultimately, unacceptable Role-Player! Naturally, this
list is a lengthy one.
Overweight
-5 pts
Skeletally thin
-5 pts
Impaired vision
-5 pts
Dysfunctional back
-10 pts
Long hair with incipient bald patch
(male only)
-5 pts
One arm slightly over-developed
None
Genuine resemblance to genre
character
-25 pts
Real ale fetish
-5 pts
Unique personal smell
-10 pts
Deviant/fetishist lifestyle
-75 pts
Uses role-playing to indulge
deviant fantasies
-30 pts
Major delusional psychosis
(believes self to be a
Vampire/Dragon/Immortal/re-incarnated spirit)
-50 pts
Python quotation compulsion
-10 pts
Believe that Star Trek is perfect
beyond questioning
-15 pts
Stalker-like fixation on
Buffy/Seven of Nine/Kate Bush
-5 pts
Collects knives/swords in a
freakishly obsessive manner
-10 pts
'Eccentric' dress sense (as Dr. Who
etc.)
-5 pts
Writes in Martian or other unique,
illegible dialect
-5 pts
Always plays the same character
-10 pts
Only plays
multi-class/crossbreed/dual background
characters
-5 pts
Considers elves as the only option
and not, in fact,
over-powered foolery
-10 pts
Is a 'biter' (female only)
-10 pts
Cannot distinguish between real
made up religion and
their own made up religion
-20 pts
Wears rubbish costume in freeforms
-40 pts
Costume fascist - 'those boots are
incorrectly woven!'
-10 pts
Consults a Ref at every
opportunity, including going to
the loo
-10 pts
Has a variety of 'character
accents' (all of them
Welsh/Pakistani)
-5 pts
Has a variety of 'character
accents' (some of them not
Welsh/Pakistani)
-10 pts
Strange Phobia (nuns, moths,
pigeons, etc.)
-10 pts
Plays Vampire
-5 pts
Plays Live-action Vampire
-15 pts
Is a Vampire
-50 pts
Spends weekends on Lundy buying
mead
-20 pts
Tedious and poncy claim to be
martial artist (including
Tai Chi and other wank)
-15 pts
Substance Abuser
-5 pts
Rules lawyer
-10 pts
Constantly complains about 'losing
his nightvision'
-10 pts
Unnecessarily twirls latex weapons
around when 'trying
them out' then hands them back saying 'Mmm, nice
balance'
-5 pts
Subscribes to dice theory, the
erroneous belief that
certain pieces of plastic are luckier than others
-5 pts
Knows and applies the concept of
'oneing it up'
-10 pts
Gushingly praises the
role-playing/plot/fighting of
others in a desperate and transparent attempt to gain
reciprocal adoration and assurance
-10 pts
Considers addition of purple
clothing to black as
'boldly garish'
-5 pts
Laughs too loudly at inappropriate
moments
-5 pts
Believes that the Necronomicon is
real
-10 pts
Is obsessed with feet and
paraplegic characters
-10 pts
Will get naked at the drop of a hat
-10 pts
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