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Old 12-24-2017, 03:13 PM   #17
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Default Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the week: Callous

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Originally Posted by Icelander View Post
I use a limitation to exclude people from Callous, because being Callous toward enemies only is a much lesser Disadvantage.

I agree that such a limited Callous makes for an interesting concept, one that many players really enjoy.
I've thought long and hard about using a limitation on Callous to represent that, and ultimately I think it depends on why they exclude that person.

Do they legitimately care about the person's emotions in and of themselves? Then, yes, that's Limited Callous.

If it's more, "This person makes me happy. I care about their emotions only to the extent that I don't want to make them unhappy, because that means they will stop making me happy." — then I would not limit Callous.

I will leave the arguments about which interpretation (or both, or neither) is the more realistic archetype to someone else.
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