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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2012 1:50:46 GMT -8
Hi there, in the SW book, phobias can be either minor or major hinders, but they don't say what is the diference between them. Is the major one is for a more common trigger? like Anuptaphobia (which i have) and the fact that there are a lot of bugs everywhere or it's like the the effect of the phobia like Arachnophobia (which i also have) that makes me freeze in the presence of a spider or even stop breathing if there is one on me.
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Post by jazzisblues on Apr 4, 2012 5:53:49 GMT -8
Hi there, in the SW book, phobias can be either minor or major hinders, but they don't say what is the diference between them. Is the major one is for a more common trigger? like Anuptaphobia (which i have) and the fact that there are a lot of bugs everywhere or it's like the the effect of the phobia like Arachnophobia (which i also have) that makes me freeze in the presence of a spider or even stop breathing if there is one on me. Thanks A minor phobia would be annoying and might give the phobic person pause, a major phobia would be debilitating and would very possibly freeze the phobic person into inaction. Hemophobia (fear of blood) is one that one of the characters in my current SW game has. She has it as a minor hindrance so it unnerves her and she certainly wouldn't want to touch someone who was bleeding and when someone fell into her arms and was revealed to have been shot in the back (obviously bleeding) she wigged out and couldn't do anything until she'd gotten her hands clean. I pretty much leave it to her to role play how she sees fit. If she had it as a major hindrance I would very possibly impose a vigor check any time she was faced with her phobia and if she failed she would be unable to act. That's just how I do it. More information from Pinnacle can be found here. www.peginc.com/forum/index.phpHope this helps, JiB
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Post by clanhanna on Apr 4, 2012 8:12:40 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2012 9:22:45 GMT -8
I'll try to elaborate on Hemophobia (fear of blood). - Minor would be someone who avoids contact with blood because "it's all gross and creaps me out, you might get sick..." - Major wouyld be someone who passes out and falls down at the sight of blood, gets physically ill when people talk about blood, etc...
Like JiB said, it's about how incapacitated the character is by the phobia.
I used to know a lady with agoraphobia that kept the curtains closed on all her windows and wouldn't answer the door so she couldn't SEE the outside. Another lady I knew could come outside on the front steps, but would break into a sweat and sometimes hyperventilate if she tried to go to the street to get the mail.
Think about motion sickness... I have it as a minor - in 15 to 20 foot season, parallel to the waves, after 40 or 5 hours I start to get queazy and have to lay down... After a day at the beach, I can FEEL the waves against my body as I lay in bed trying to go to sleep. My ex-wifes uncle can drive a car no problem, but gets really sick when others drive. People with a major in motion sickness can be made to get physically ill by standing next to them and leaning back and forth as if you were on a ship in mild seas...
I saw a (FAT) lady on TV that was so freaked out by fish eyes that as part of her immersion therapy they enlarged a photo of a goldfish eye to 3ft by 4ft and she literally ran over her friend and THRU a fence to get away - from the photograph! I saw another guy that broke down into tears standing next to a pit bull puppy, in the mean time this guy was covered in gang tats and generically looked like a Hell's Angel and carried him self like one too!
It's all about how drastically the phobia affects the characters ability to act or perform tasks..
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Post by joegun on Apr 4, 2012 22:39:54 GMT -8
You can also draw your differences from the layer of crunch...In SWD they note that when you are around the "Fear" in question, with a minor Hindrance you have a -2 to all trait rolls, with the Major version it's a -4.
Therefore the phobia can be the exact same, it's just how bad the reaction is.
For example: I am allergic to bees so when around bees I am constantly distracted. Not really a Phobia in the classic since as it is not really irrational, however I would say it is mechanically similar to the minor hindrance.
My sister on the other hand ( who is also allergic to bees ) will not go outside if bees are around, if bees do show up, she turns and runs. If she is stuck dealing with them, she pretty much freezes. I would say this is more along the lines of the Major hindrance as it pretty much shuts her down.
Hope that helps!
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Post by jazzisblues on Apr 5, 2012 6:10:56 GMT -8
You can also draw your differences from the layer of crunch...In SWD they note that when you are around the "Fear" in question, with a minor Hindrance you have a -2 to all trait rolls, with the Major version it's a -4. Therefore the phobia can be the exact same, it's just how bad the reaction is. For example: I am allergic to bees so when around bees I am constantly distracted. Not really a Phobia in the classic since as it is not really irrational, however I would say it is mechanically similar to the minor hindrance. My sister on the other hand ( who is also allergic to bees ) will not go outside if bees are around, if bees do show up, she turns and runs. If she is stuck dealing with them, she pretty much freezes. I would say this is more along the lines of the Major hindrance as it pretty much shuts her down. Hope that helps! Excellently illustrated sir. JiB
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Post by joegun on Apr 6, 2012 9:51:00 GMT -8
You can also draw your differences from the layer of crunch...In SWD they note that when you are around the "Fear" in question, with a minor Hindrance you have a -2 to all trait rolls, with the Major version it's a -4. Therefore the phobia can be the exact same, it's just how bad the reaction is. For example: I am allergic to bees so when around bees I am constantly distracted. Not really a Phobia in the classic since as it is not really irrational, however I would say it is mechanically similar to the minor hindrance. My sister on the other hand ( who is also allergic to bees ) will not go outside if bees are around, if bees do show up, she turns and runs. If she is stuck dealing with them, she pretty much freezes. I would say this is more along the lines of the Major hindrance as it pretty much shuts her down. Hope that helps! Excellently illustrated sir. JiB Thank you I do my best.
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