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:Intro There is occasion, from resulting spell effects, creature effects or major trauma that a character may develop a major personality change, problem or insanity that can effect their actions and playability by a player. A player that sustains severe HEAD injury (75% or more of HTK taken in a wound/injury) gets the organic effects described there in the Organic* area for such wounds, and rolls once on the random table automatically. These are to be used sparingly by the Game Master as seen fit: :Random_Table ROLL RESULT ---- ------ 01-18 No effect. 19-30 Organically caused, brain cells have been destroyed by a physical means. See ORGANIC* 31-40 Environmentally Caused. This is caused by a trauma or incident of great impression on the individual. Roll on Neurosis*. 41-73 Phobia* .This is a deep-seated fear, usually because of a trauma or in reaction to such. 74-00 Psychosis* ROLL RESULT ---- ------ 01-19 Affective_Disorder* 20-50 Neurosis* 51-75 Phobia* 76-00 Psychosis* :Affective_Disorder ROLL RESULT ---- ------ 01-19 Hates music and musicians and will always try to destroy the source of those horrible noises. 20-35 Frightened by loud noises to the point of cowering and wetting oneself. 36-54 Disgusted by anything sticky and will go to ANY length to avoid touching it. 55-75 Obsessed with cleanliness and must clean up any area he/she is at for more than a few minutes. 76-88 Loves to be dominated; will always obey any forceful command, until a new command intervenes. 89-90 Easily confuses any complex orders or task with more than one or two steps, getting things out of order or forgetting parts entirely. 91-00 Intimidated by spoken language; cannot speak meaningful sentences (mus use sign language or written communication); has difficulty understanding long sentences. :Cures A psychiatrist that attempts to cure someone else must roll on this table adding their INT to their roll before looking for the result. ROLL RESULT ---- ------ 01-30 No effect on patient or Psychiatrist 31-40 Psychiatrist takes on the SAME problem they were trying to cure, with the patient left the same as before. 41-50 Psychiatrist takes on a NEW random 'insanity' to their own self and fails to help patient at all. 51-75 Temporary Cure - Patient is believed cure, but the full problem will return in 1d10 weeks. 76-90 Patient is Cured of affliction, but now must roll a new one on the Neurosis* Table. 91-100 Patient is Cured but gets automatic fear of Psychiatrists and their methods and will never allow one to attempt a cure on them again. 101-110 Psychiatrist is cured of their own Psychosis of being a psychiatrist and will not try to help this way again. Patient is left in the same state as found. 111-120 Patient is cured of their Problem but has fallen under a full charm affect to the Psychiatrist and will be a faithful, willing servant of theirs trying to spend all their time around the psychiatrist. If possible under the sexual identity of the character they will attempt to get the psychiatrist to sleep with them. 121-130 Patient isn't cured, but must roll for an additional random* insanity! 131+ Patient is CURED and psychiatrist will be all the more confident of their own ability and gets to add 1 to all future rolls on this table (Effect compounds until the psychiatrist FAILS to cure a patient when all the pluses are LOST for good). :Neurosis ROLL RESULT ---- ------ 01-18 Fear of the Dark, to the point of gibbering and total collapse while in the dark. 19-34 Fear of Animals to the point of running away when confronted by small, furry things. 35-49 Cannot Tell The Truth. 50-64 Sexual Deviation: 01-29 Fetishism - sexually excited by certain oddities: 01-05 Graveyards 06-10 Felines 11-15 Clergy / Religious Locales 16-20 Caves 21-25 Great Heights 26-30 Dragons 31-35 Baths 36-40 Music 41-60 Other Sentient Races 61-70 Open Spaces (fields) 71-75 Forest settings 76-80 Horses 81-85 Canines 86-90 Tickling 91-95 Reptiles 96-00 Magic 30 Pedophilia - sexually attracted to children 31-40 Transvestism - Likes to dress in opposite sex's clothes. 41-50 Exhibitionism - exposes self for thrill of it 51-60 Sadism : likes to give/observe pain 61-65 Masochism : derrives pleasure from receiving pain 66-70 Dominating - likes to dominate others 71-75 Necrophilia - excited by dead things/people. 76-80 Anti-Sex - VERY upset at any sexual reference (prude) 81-85 Bondage - enjoys tieing others up or being tied/bound. 86-90 Satyr/Nymphomania - insatiable desire 91-00 Voyeurism - likes to watch sexual acts. 65-85 Fear of Heights to the point of being frozen above the second story - but fine if ground is not visible (aka Vertigo). 86-00 Fear of Success - character will sabotage self at critical moments. -10% to all skills when under stress. :Organic ROLL RESULT ---- ------ 01-40 Brain damaged alcholic. Lower ALL Major Stats (I,P,A,H) by 1 point 41-80 Drug induced psychosis - roll a save on each stat daily and if not successful lower that stat by 5 points for that day only on all subsequent rolls. 81-00 Injury induced brain damage, like an arrow in the head. Lower INT and PROW by 1 point permanently. :Phobia ROLL RESULTING FEAR ---- -------------- 01-05 Insects 06-10 Reptiles 11-15 Faerie Folk 16-20 Water 21-25 Enclosures (Claustrophobia) 26-30 Felines 31-35 Graveyards & Tombs 36-40 Undead 41-45 Open Spaces 46-50 Strange Magic 51-55 Clergy 56-60 The Opposite Sex 61-65 Other Races in General 66-70 Dragons 71-74 Gods 75 Starvation (Must horde food) 76-80 Demons & Devils 81-85 Worms 86-90 Canines 91-95 Anything that flies and flying themselves 96 Slimes & molds 97 Spiders 98 Plantlife 99 Being Touched (diseases etc!) 00 Psychiatrists! :Psychosis ROLL RESULT ---- ------ 01-15 Paranoid - everyone is untrustable. All are out to get you. 16-40 Manic Depressive - Alternates from severe depression (-5% on all skills) with manic (Everything is wonderful! +5% on all skills). 30% chance of Alcholism as well. 41-50 Mild Schizophrenia - passive and easily frightened; hears voices telling all sorts of weird things and believing them 50% chance of alcholism or drug addiction too. 51-70 Schizophrenia - Multiple personalities share this body. 1d10 of such are possesed. All have their own Phobia and Neuroisis roll as well! 71-85 Mindless agression when frustrated or upset roll vs INT or go beserk lashing out at everyone until confined for 3 rnds or more. 86-90 Hysterical Blindness when under pressure - sight is lost until pressure is removed. Roll vs INT to save to prevent happening. 91-95 Hysterics under stress - character becomes a raving looney! Runs around shouting incoherently, achieves nothing until restrained for 5 rounds or calmed in some way. 96-00 Believes they can cure mental problems of others (and everyone except for them does have problems). Will charge stiff fees, and then gives a 1 hour treatment that may or may not work (roll on cures table). AKA Psychiatrist. :Trauma Trauma is one of the most common reasons for mental affects, and the traumas usually fall within the following guidelines: Long Period of physical and/or mental torture. For 2-9 weeks of such, roll once on the Random* table. 9 weeks or more roll once on Random* and once specifically on Neurosis*. Drug or Magically induced hallucinations that were terrifying, hideous or realistic. Roll once on phobia* table and once on Affective_Disorders*. Real life encounter of the creatures or situation felt during the hallucination causes more trauma - a save vs INTUITION each time or a new phobia develops. Witnessing or experiencing a shockingly grotesque atrocity. Roll once on Phobia* table. Possesion. Roll once on the Random* insanity table.