prosopagnosia

[malloyd]

Originally Posted by Not another shrubbery

That seems like the closest existing disadvantage. The disorder seems distinct enough to deserve being treated as a unique trait. Dunno what value is best to assign to it... my initial guess is that as a purely social disorder that would not keep the individual from functioning normally otherwise, -5 pts ought to be a good base.

Sounds reasonable to me. This is annoying, but not particularly crippling - after all most of the people you interact with either really *are* strangers, or are friends who know you have this problem and presumably don't react too negatively to it. It's not going to give you any worse social penalties than, say, mild Shyness. Indeed most of the effect might even be causing mild shyness.