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Yeah... you will quickly derive Perk-level trait when you compare it to Reduced Consumption.

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I haven't read the entire thread yet (I'm working on page 61!) so hopefully this isn't a repeat. I don't know if it's balanced so if not, I humbly request advice.


No Waste Products
Exotic or Supernatural Perk
Your body produces no concentrated waste, so you never have to go to the bathroom. You do not, and cannot, defecate, urinate, fart, or spit up "owl pellets." Whatever you eat, drink, etc. is completely used up by your body. Your metabolic wastes are all eliminated by exhaling, sweating, and/or other means that don't require a bathroom break, though they may still smell bad. You cannot be tracked by your scat (but you can be tracked by scent as normal), and you cannot pee into a cup when asked to do so.
Note that this doesn't give you the same benefits as Sanitized Metabolism, so you may still need to vomit, burp, sneeze, cough, blow your nose, suffer bad odor or skin problems, etc. No Waste Products gives no reaction bonuses.
If you have the Machine Metatrait, you never need used-up engine fluids or oils removed: they are evaporated, recycled, burned off, etc.
If you already Don't Eat and Don't Drink, you need not pay for this Perk.



And one silly Shtick:

Trick Toss
You can always hit a target no more than 30 feet away, without a roll, when throwing a small, non-combat item that cannot cause injury or property damage. I.e., you can reliably hit a person on top of their head with a wadded up piece of paper, gum wrapper, piece of lint, wood chip, small chocolate candy, etc. But when you throw something potentially damaging (even something like a paper airplane that could scratch an eye) you suddenly become much less precise (you must roll as normal).

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Percussive Maintenance. The technical name for it. And the quote? "American components! Russian components! ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!"

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65 Bottles of Beer on the Wall

If it is remotely feasible for the character to find or buy a beer, in situuations where beer should be fairly hard to come by, he will manage to succeed on a successful search roll. (Per-5) default. After the first beer, this cotinues until the GM finds it getting rather old, calls BS on it and stops the beer supply, which often IS after the first beer. Wait for another game session guys.

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Very similar to Sanitized Metabloism. Perks p.12. Basically Sanitized metabloixm leaves you with minimum wast products but also cuts off bad breath body odor etc.

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I know they are similar, but I really tried to make it different from Sanitized Metabolism. The only overlap is no farting and difficulty tracking the character (though the difficulties caused for trackers are different). Sanitized Metabolism does not eliminate bathroom breaks, which is the entire purpose of No Waste Products. No Waste Products does absolutely nothing whatsoever about odor, bad breath, skin problems, dripping snot, or excessive smelly sweat, which is at least half of Sanitized Metabolism's purpose and the cause of its mechanical effects.

The game effects are different. Sanitized Metabolism means you don't ever have sweat, body odor, "unsightly skin problems," or bad breath giving reaction penalties, you get good reaction penalties in close quarters, and are harder to track by scent. You still need bathroom breaks.

No Waste Products means you never, ever, ever go to the bathroom, can't be tracked by your scat, and can't pee into a cup to prove you're clean, but your bad odors and acne can still mess up reaction rolls, you get no positive reaction roll in close quarters, and you can be tracked by your scent just as easily.

Isn't that different enough? I recognized the similarities in concept when I made this, but I gave it different game effects.

The main overlap to me is with Doesn't Eat (therefore doesn't defecate) when combined with Doesn't Drink (which can include never urinating). With a combination of both, No Waste Products should come automatically.

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Reduced spell maintenance.

A spell of your choice gets it's maintenance cost reduced by one.

Originally used by a degenerated MAgic User with the Create Servant and the option Skilled Servant. Erotic Art it's not a IQ skill....

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Narrow Sleeping You can "lock" into one sleeping position in such a way that you can occupy a narrow space. Good for when a bedmate forces you to the edge of the bed or you fall asleep on a tree branch; you won't fall off. This does not necessarily mean you have Light Sleeper, but can be used in conjunction with that.

I Got the Last One! If a limited number of items are being sold or given away, you are usually lucky enough to get the last one (i.e., the last Tickle Me Elmo, the last concert ticket, the last XBox...) Quirk-level Serendipity.

Better By Comparison You have an intangible quality that puts you ahead of equal social competition. Stacked against someone else, all other things being equal, you will come out looking...better by comparison. This only works when there is someone to compare with. (Example: two men are wooing a lady. They are both Very Handsome Multimillionaires with equal stats and measures, but there's something about the guy with Better By Comparison that makes her go out with him instead of the other guy. Quirk-level Charisma.

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Lazarus thread, rise!

Soothing Voice Your voice is unremarkable in every way until you lower it to calm someone down, sing a lullaby, seduce someone, etc. Then, you're able to use a silken purr.

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And this does... what?