As part of his/her personality, a character may have an irrational fear of some situation or object. If this is the case, the character will try and avoid the situation or object. If he/she ends up in the situation or in close proximity to the object, he/she will have to make dice rolls against his/her WP+Trance to avoid succumbing to his/her fear.
The character points value depend on how common the situation or object that causes the phobia is:
Frequency of occurance | cps value |
Rarely (less than 10% of adventures) | -1 |
Infrequently (approximately 20% of adventures) | -2 |
Frequently (about 50% of adventures) | -3 |
All the time (100% of adventures) | -4 |
Just how bad the phobia is, will also affect the character points award:
Severity of phobia (and typical dice roll difficulties) | multiplier |
Irrational fear (-3 to 3, depending on circumstance) | x 1 |
Minor phobia (2 to 9, depending on circumstance) | x 2 |
Major phobia (6 to 14, depending on circumstance) | x 3 |
Examples of possible phobias include:
Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces) | Frequent |
Claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces) | Frequent |
Acrophobia (fear of heights) | Frequent |
Fear of the dark | All the time |
Fear of dogs | Frequent |
Fear of cats | Infrequent |
Fear of insects | Infrequent |
Fear of people | All the time |
Fear of fire | Frequent |
Fear of all magic | Frequent |
Fear of water (i.e. fear of drowning) | Infrequent |
Fear of snakes | Rare |