Social Vulnerability: Daddy Issues (?)

David Johnston2 · 07-28-2015, 08:44 PM

Delusion: Older men are wise and benevolent.

Randyman · 07-28-2015, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Delusion: Older men are wise and benevolent.

Given that (IIRC) Delusions do not have to be falsehoods, a Delusion like this that is sometimes true and sometimes not could definitely work.

weevis · 07-28-2015, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Delusion: Older men are wise and benevolent.

Wow, that is so much simpler than what I was trying to do. Thank you so much.

Not · 07-28-2015, 10:57 PM

First, you shouldn't have bragged. Second, this is pretty clearly quirk: likes older men.

weevis · 07-28-2015, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Not

First, you shouldn't have bragged.

Ha ha. Yes.

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Second, this is pretty clearly quirk: likes older men.

Maybe I misunderstood her, but I don't think so. If a player tells me they want a powerful weakness, I'm happy to oblige. I like the -5 for it. In fact, I have a feeling that during the next adventure a charismatic older man is going to insist that her character enter a life of crime.

Phantasm · 07-29-2015, 12:51 AM

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Maybe I misunderstood her, but I don't think so. If a player tells me they want a powerful weakness, I'm happy to oblige. I like the -5 for it. In fact, I have a feeling that during the next adventure a charismatic older man is going to insist that her character enter a life of crime.

Best to do it in a way that she's not told it's a life of crime. :)

Flyndaran · 07-29-2015, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Delusion: Older men are wise and benevolent.

Delusion is merely a negative social reaction: people think you're "crazy".
Women that like older men aren't crazy whether you think they're icky for having such preferences or not.

Flyndaran · 07-29-2015, 02:44 AM

Gullible: only toward older men.
Preference alone is meaningless and liking older men is downright beneficial in most human societies throughout time.
Unless it rises to Lecherousness, of course.

weevis · 07-29-2015, 07:01 AM

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Delusion is merely a negative social reaction: people think you're "crazy".

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liking older men is downright beneficial in most human societies throughout time.

Well put. Now that you mention it the negative social reaction for this particular delusion doesn't make any sense.

I don't mean to nitpick but I do think a delusion is more than just "merely" a social reaction against you. You "must roleplay your belief at all times." In this way, with this delusion, the player would be compelled to behave differently. That part would work well.

Nonetheless, I don't like the fact that the negative reaction modifier is somewhat nonsensical. Maybe gullibility is the way to go. I shied away from it because of the description's emphasis on lies and "ridiculous stories," which seems like just one part of what this player was getting at.

nick012000 · 07-29-2015, 07:46 AM

I don't think a negative reaction modifier would be unwarranted, actually; a lot of girls with daddy issues are varying degrees of damaged goods, and once that becomes apparent, well, GTFOing is probably the smart thing to do. "Don't stick your dick in crazy" is a piece of advice for a reason, you know. I'm sure we've all heard the horror stories of what can happen when a guy doesn't heed it.

07-28-2015, 08:44 PM	#1
David Johnston2 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: Social Vulnerability: Daddy Issues (?) Delusion: Older men are wise and benevolent.

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Not Join Date: Feb 2013	Re: Social Vulnerability: Daddy Issues (?) First, you shouldn't have bragged. Second, this is pretty clearly quirk: likes older men. __________________ Leave this space blank.

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Flyndaran Untagged Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon	Re: Social Vulnerability: Daddy Issues (?) Gullible: only toward older men. Preference alone is meaningless and liking older men is downright beneficial in most human societies throughout time. Unless it rises to Lecherousness, of course. __________________ Beware, poor communication skills. No offense intended. If offended, it just means that I failed my writing skill check.

07-29-2015, 07:46 AM	#10
nick012000 Join Date: Jul 2009	Re: Social Vulnerability: Daddy Issues (?) I don't think a negative reaction modifier would be unwarranted, actually; a lot of girls with daddy issues are varying degrees of damaged goods, and once that becomes apparent, well, GTFOing is probably the smart thing to do. "Don't stick your dick in crazy" is a piece of advice for a reason, you know. I'm sure we've all heard the horror stories of what can happen when a guy doesn't heed it.