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Old 07-04-2020, 03:06 PM   #4
Celjabba
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Luxembourg
Default Re: Temporarily mitigating a character's odious personal habit

A good exemple would be Toph from Avatar:The Last Airbender
She goes bare footed, covered in dirt, being a slob and swearing with the best of them - by choice. She is still a well educated child of high society and can clean up very well when truly needed (although she will likely complain all the way).

As long as it remain exceptionnal, I would let a player go against their OPH, with perhaps one will roll at the start, and another to avoid reverting to their usual self mid-performance, unless they roleplay a temporary disadvantage (bad temper, or another OPH as suggested by khorboth) in which case I would probably drop the will rolls.

It is an habit, not a feature set in stone. The disads description, "You usually ..." certainly allow flexibility.

If they can switch it on/off at will, it become a quirk and will need to be bought off.

Last edited by Celjabba; 07-04-2020 at 03:17 PM.
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