Why is Broad-Minded a Quirk?

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Originally Posted by Ragitsu

I've always wondered this, especially in a "normal" TL8 type setting (such as our Earth).

The concept of Quirks seems to have mutated without purging and is a bit of a muddle now.

Broad-minded and a few other beneficial 'quirks' were corruptions that popped up in supplement materials in either 2e or 3e and were not extirpated as they should have been in the transition to 4e.

Really, digging back to the roots of the idea in 1e, a Quirk should just be any sort of non-beneficial, minor role-playable feature that distinguishes the character. There is no need for it to be actually disavantageous -- the -1 point is a bonus and incentive to roleplay.