Why is Broad-Minded a Quirk?

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

No. Even if only a minority are intolerant they will still react negatively to your lack of intolerance when you show it, ...

Even if it only arises from a portion of the people and only rises to some particular level, that portion and that level must, by definition, represent the prevalence in the society. If it were zero, then your version of Broadminded's drawback (social oprobrium) could not apply.

... the reason why Broadminded is only a quirk is because you can exercise more of a sense of self-preservation in regard to it than a true Xenophile can.

The description of Xenophile makes no reference whatsoever to this social implication you are proposing to impute into Broadminded.

But Broadminded is not a perk. You do not get any kind of bonus for dealing with other races for having it.

Well, the book appears to specify that you find success at it -- hence why it should be a perk rather than a Quirk.

I don't care.

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You were just arguing that Broadminded is a trivial form of Xenophile, and then said its drawback is from the reactions of others. But Xenophilia does not mention such reactions, so your proposed drawback has no connection as a trivialization of Xenophilia.

That Broadminded people will behave like toned down Xenophiles is dangerous in itself.

Noting that the only mechanic specified for a failed self-control roll on Xenophilia is that the character will assume that a stranger will want to interact socially, I don't think it's correct to assume that there is inherent danger from that on a net basis (unless strangers really ARE dangerous in the setting for some reason).

I also note that the description of Broadminded contains no mechanic for toning this effect down and uses the word 'trivial' in that regard. (Were you one of those arguing earlier that a description with no mechanic should just be ignored?)