Are quirks officially counted as disadvantages?

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by Ack

I'm having a bit of a difference of opinion with my GM; I'm bringing a character into a very low-end game (40 points, -20 in disads) and when I asked him if Quirks were allowed, he said yes. But then he said they counted against the disadvantage limit. When I questioned this, he said that in the RAW, they were disadvantages and thus subject to the cap.

Anyone? Please?

They are disadvantages, like anything else with a negative point cost. It's up to the GM if he wants to count them against the disad cap for a particular campaign. If you think he's only doing that because he wants to go "by the book", it's not customary to count Quirks or negative point [race features] against the disad cap.