Creating A GameSystem/Merits and flaws
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[edit] Quirks
These should be things that make you you. Should not benefit nor hinder.
- Opptomist - You always seem to be in a good mood, and the glass will always be half full.
- Pessimist - You never seem to be in a good mood, and the glass is always half empty.
- Impotence - Cannot consummate
- Snores - Make a lot of sound when you sleep
- Hypochondria - Imagination of sickness
- Alcoholism - Perpetual craving for alcohol
- Gambler - Loves to gamble
- Spendthrift - Obsessional spending
- Hoarder - Resentfully spends
- Beautiful-Everyone wants to look like you
- Ugly-Brown bag special
- Depression - Deep melancholy
[edit] Merits
These should be little bits that have small benefits.
- Divine Favor - The gods like you. They really, really like you.
- Extreme Luck - A horseshoe, rabbit's foot, and four leaf clover have nothing compared to you.
- Natural Armor - Thick skin, scales, or maybe you have your own gravitational force that helps soften the blows
- Natural leader - Great at giving orders
- Natural follower - Great at taking orders
- Orator - Great speaker
- Gift of sleep - Can sleep anywhere
- Alcohol resistant - Never gets drunk
- Keen eyesight - Great vision
- Keen hearing - Great hearing
- Keen smell - Great smelling
- Extrovert - Center of attention
- Keen taste - Great taste
- Keen touch - Can feel more than normal
- Sexual charm-Everyone wants a piece of you
- Amiability - Never takes offense
- Good health - Resists illness
[edit] Flaws
These should be little bits that have small hindrances.
- Foul Odor - You know it is bad when you are sent in first and are referred to as "biological warfare."
- Dark Secrets - Everyone has a skeleton in their closets. You just happen to have a skeleton of a Red Great Wyrm.
- Inept Skills - It isn't possible to fail at something all the time, except for you.
- Enemy - Someone (or a group of someones) doesn't like you... really, really don't like you.
- Poor sight - Far sighted or Near sighted (correctable)
- Blind - Can’t see
- Hard of hearing - Can only hear loud noises (correctable)
- Deaf - Can’t hear
- Stammer - Can’t speak quickly
- Mute - Can’t speak
- Insomnia - Cannot sleep well
- Limp - Bad leg or arm
- Asthma - Troubled breathing
- Poor health - Susceptible to sickness
- Shyness - Do poorly in groups
- Belligerent - Takes offense to criticism
- Poor smell - Can only smell strong scents
- Anosmia - Can’t smell
- Poor taste - Missing taste
- Ageusia - Can’t taste anything
- Poor touch - Paresthesia, always tingly
- Anesthesia - Cannot feel (No sense of touch, heat or cold)
[edit] Table of Contents
- Game System Top Page
- Quirks, Merits, and Flaws
- Character Sheet Examples
- Skills and Abilities
- Character Creation
