10-11-2019, 07:06 PM | #11 |
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Odious Personal Habits
5-point versions come up fairly often, and quirk-level is quite common for myself and my group. We all think long and hard about anything of higher value, though. Do we really want to have to play someone that obnoxious?
Some examples: [-5] Sharpens axe all the time. loudly. (character is incurious, so doesn't worry about missing stuff) [-10] Keeps tally of all favors owed. Verbally. Even among close friends. [-1] Uses large words when small ones would do. [-10] has a really obnoxious laugh and finds many things funny that others don't. [-5] Makes ticking sound with her fingernails [-5] Constant eye contact |
10-11-2019, 07:06 PM | #12 | |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Odious Personal Habits
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For my own input, I feel a lot of superheroes could probably have OPH's for their incessant quips, puns, etc. It's entertaining to the audience, but I imagine tends to become annoying to their allies after a while.
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10-11-2019, 07:43 PM | #13 |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Odious Personal Habits
I will occasionally use TANSTAAFL. Maybe once every five years or so, it takes a trigger for me to use the acronym.
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10-11-2019, 10:48 PM | #14 |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Odious Personal Habits
I tend to fold OPH into a supercategory of Things That Cause Reaction Penalties, pretty much all of which are priced at -5 points per -1 reactions, be it odious personal habits, body odor, physical appearance, or a poor reputation. Getting -1 to reactions gives you -5 points, and OHP/low Appearance/Bad Smell/etc. is just the flavourful justification.
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10-12-2019, 05:03 AM | #15 | |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Odious Personal Habits
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In game terms, it's not quite Rapier Wit... More an application of Fast-Talk, with a bit of Acting.
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10-12-2019, 05:36 AM | #16 | |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Odious Personal Habits
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* which, for the avoidance of doubt, I am vastly unlikely ever to write.
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01-09-2020, 10:02 AM | #17 | |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Odious Personal Habits
From another thread on Lecherousness:
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