On being Feared

[NineDaysDead]

Originally Posted by whswhs

Well, you know, I think I don't quite care for having your bad experiences, or your assumptions about the unfairness of GMs, lead you to, in effect, accuse me of planning to treat my players unfairly. Everything I've been asking here has been in a spirit of "what follows from the way the trait is defined in the rules?" Not what can be contrived as a way to hurt the character, but what was the player implicitly choosing from the very beginning when they put Social Regard (Feared) 3 on the character sheet.

The trait in question gives +3 to reactions from other characters; that's a benefit. It does so without requiring active interaction, an advantage relative to Charisma 3,

Charisma also gives skill bonuses that feared doesn't. A better comparison would be Reputation.