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Old 02-20-2020, 09:39 AM   #320
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Default Sister Marķa Teresa

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Originally Posted by johndallman View Post
Her disadvantages don't have self-control rolls. What she has is a conflict between disadvantages: Fanaticism, to accomplish the goal, versus a belief that the best time is now, which is a little ill-defined, but is definitely on a smaller scale than Fanaticism.
This is true, but even people with no Disadvantages or only Quirks often make sub-optimal choices when it comes to things they have strong feelings about. And Extreme Fanaticism is pretty much the definition of 'strong feelings about', as well as a [-15] Disadvantage meant to produce characters that will, in matters related to their Fanaticism, do very stupid things.

I'm just not sure how stupid should be my benchmark here.

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What isn't clear to me is how much she still thinks in the patterns of a Catholic nun - methodical, un-egotistical, certain that the purpose will be achieved in the end - versus her tendency to cling to the prophecy.
Sister Marķa Teresa was never a very good nun. That is, except for her creative interpretation of the Vow of Obedience (she doesn't tell her superiors what she is doing and no one has specifically told her not do end the world), she hasn't actually violated any of her vows, but even before she lost her faith, she never quite succeeded in being humble, self-effacing or to place her faith in God's plan.

She spent decades doing the best she could to help people, but she definitely didn't so so in the ideal mindset of humility and perfect trust in God's divine plan. As an adult, but before the events that served to embitter her so dramatically against the Church and God, Sister Marķa Teresa was the kind of nun who kept her vows while not knowing exactly why, except that she felt a point of honour might be involved, in that she gave her word, regardless of whether the entity to which she gave it is worthy of following or even exists.

Her strong sense of compassion, which while calloused and chafed by her experiences, still exists, was usually hidden behind her acerbic wit, exasperation with how much of the suffering she saw resulted from some stupidity or another, and a cynical detachment she cultivated as a self-defence mechanism.
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