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This is a list of major Disadvantages. Quirks and sample Anti-Talents are listed elsewhere.

M/P/Soc tells whether an advantage is mental, physical, or social. X/Sup tells whether an advantage is exotic or supernatural. A "--" in this column means it is mundane.

If the cost of the disadvantage is followed by *, then you must select a self-control number; the cost given is for a self-control number of 12.

A

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Absent-Mindedness	-15	M	--	B122
Addiction	Variable	M/P	--	B122, B164, B165
Alcoholism	-15 or -20	P	--	B122
Amnesia	-10 or -25	M	--	B123
Appearance	Variable	P	--	B21

B

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Bad Back	-15 or -25	P	--	B123
Bad Grip	-5/level	P	--	B123
Bad Sight	-25	P	--	B123
Bad Smell	-10	P	--	B124
Bad Temper	-10*	M	--	B124
Berserk	-10*	M	--	B124
Bestial	-10 or -15	M	X	B124
Blindness	-50	P	--	B124
Bloodlust	-10*	M	--	B125
Bully	-10*	M	--	B125

C

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Callous	-5	M	--	B125
Cannot Learn	-30	M	--	B125
Cannot Speak	-15	P	--	B125
Charitable	-15*	M	--	B125
Chronic Depression	-15*	M	--	B126
Chronic Pain	Variable	P	--	B126
Chummy	-5	M	--	B126
Clueless	-10	M	--	B126
Code of Honor	-1 or -5 to -15	M	--	B127, B163
Cold-Blooded	-5 or -10	P	X	B127
Colorblindness	-10	P	--	B127
Combat Paralysis	-15	P	--	B127
Compulsive Behavior	-5 to -15*	M	--	B128
Confused	-10*	M	--	B129
Cowardice	-10*	M	--	B129
Curious	-5*	M	--	B129
Cursed	-75	M	Sup	B129

D

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Deafness	-20	P	-–	B129
Debt	-1/level	Soc	-–	B26
Decreased Time Rate	-100	M	X	B129
Delusions	-1 or -5 to -15	M	–-	B130, B164
Dependency	Variable	P	X	B130
Dependents	Variable	Soc	-–	B131
Destiny	Variable	M	Sup	B131
Disciplines of Faith	-5 to -15	M	--	B132
Disturbing Voice	-10	P	-–	B132
Divine Curse	Variable	M	Sup	B132
Draining	Variable	P	Sup	B132
Dread	Variable	M	Sup	B132
Duty	Variable	Soc	-–	B133
Dwarfism	-15	P	-–	B19
Dyslexia	-10	M	-–	B134

E

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Easy to Kill	-2/level	P	–-	B134
Easy to Read	-10	M	–-	B134
Electrical	-20	P	X	B134
Enemies	Variable	Soc	–-	B135
Epilepsy	-30	P	-–	B136
Extra Sleep	-2/level	P	–-	B136

F

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Fanaticism	-15	M	–-	B136
Fat	-3	P	–-	B19
Fearfulness	-2/level	M	–-	B136
Flashbacks	Variable	M	–-	B136
Fragile	Variable	P	X	B136
Frightens Animals	-10	M	Sup	B137

G

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
G-Intolerance	-10 or -20	P	–-	B137
Gluttony	-5*	M	–-	B137
Greed	-15*	M	–-	B137
Gregarious	-10	M	–-	B126
Guilt Complex	-5	M	–-	B137
Gullibility	-10*	M	–-	B137

H

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Ham-Fisted	-5 or -10	P	–-	B138
Hard of Hearing	-10	P	–-	B138
Hemophilia	-30	P	–-	B138
Hidebound	-5	M	–-	B138
Honesty	-10*	M	–-	B138
Horizontal	-10	P	X	B139
Hunchback	-10	P	–-	B139

I

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Impulsiveness	-10*	M	–-	B139
Increased Consumption	-10/level	P	–-	B139
Increased Life Support	Variable	P	X	B139
Incurious	-5*	M	–-	B140
Indecisive	-10*	M	–-	B140
Infectious Attack	-5	P	Sup	B140
Innumerate	-5	M	–-	B140
Insomniac	-10 or -15	P	–-	B140
Intolerance	Variable	M	–-	B140
Invertebrate	-20	P	X	B140

J

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Jealousy	-10	M	--	B140

K

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Killjoy	-15	P		B140
Kleptomania	-15*	M	--	B141
Klutz	-5	P	--	B141

L

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Lame	-10 to -30	P	–-	B141
Laziness	-10	M	–-	B142
Lecherousness	-15*	M	–-	B142
Lifebane	-10	M	Sup	B142
Light Sleeper	-5	P	–-	B142
Loner	-5*	M	–-	B142
Low Empathy	-20	M	–-	B142
Low Pain Threshold	-10	P	–-	B142
Low Self-Image	-10	M	–-	B143
Low TL	-5/level	M	–-	B22
Lunacy	-10	M	–-	B143

M

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Magic Susceptibility	-3/level	M	Sup	B143
Maintenance	Variable	P	–-	B143
Manic-Depressive	-20	M	–-	B143
Megalomania	-10	M	–-	B144
Miserliness	-10*	M	–-	B144
Missing Digit	-2 or -5	P	–-	B144
Mistaken Identity	-5	P	–-	B21
Motion Sickness	-10	P	–-	B144
Mundane Background	-10	M	–-	B144
Mute	-25	P	–-	B125

N

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Neurological Disorder	Variable	P	–-	B144
Night Blindness	-10	P	-–	B144
Nightmares	-5*	M	–-	B144
No Depth Perception	-15	P	–-	B145
No Fine Manipulators	-30	P	X	B145
No Legs	Variable	P	X	B145
No Manipulators	-50	P	X	B145
No Sense of Humor	-10	M	–-	B 146
No Sense of Smell/Taste	-5	P	–-	B146
Nocturnal	-20	P	X	B146
Noisy	-2/level	P	–-	B146
Non-Iconographic	-10	M	-–	B146
Numb	-20	P	–-	B146

O

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Oblivious	-5	M	–-	B146
Obsession	-1, -5, or -10*	M	–-	B146, B164
Odious Personal Habits	-5, -10, or -15	M	–-	B22
On the Edge	-15*	M	–-	B146
One Arm	-20	P	–-	B147
One Eye	-15	P	–-	B147
One Hand	-15	P	–-	B147
Overconfidence	-5*	M	–-	B148

P

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Pacifism	Variable	M	–-	B148
Paranoia	-10	M	–-	B148
Phantom Voices	-5 to -15	M	–-	B148
Phobias	Variable*	M	–-	B148
Post-Combat Shakes	-5*	M	–-	B150
Pyromania	-5*	M	–-	B150

Q

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Quadriplegic	-80	P	--	B150

R

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Reprogrammable	-10	M	X	B150
Reputation	Variable	Soc	–-	B26
Restricted Diet	-10 to -40	P	–-	B151
Restricted Vision	-15 or -30	P	–-	B151
Revulsion	-5 to -15	P	Sup	B151

S

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Sadism	-15*	M	–-	B152
Secret	-5 to -30	Soc	–-	B152
Secret Identity	Variable	Soc	-–	B153
Self-Destruct	-10	P	X	B153
Selfish	-5*	M	–-	B153
Selfless	-5*	M	–-	B153
Semi-Upright	-5	P	X	B153
Sense of Duty	-2 to -20	M	–-	B153
Shadow Form	-20	P	X	B153
Short Attention Span	-10*	M	–-	B153
Short Lifespan	-10/level	P	X	B154
Shyness	-5, -10, or -20	M	–-	B154
Skinny	-5	P	–-	B18
Slave Mentality	-40	M	–-	B154
Sleepwalker	-5*	M	–-	B154
Sleepy	Variable	P	X	B154
Slow Eater	-10	P	X	B155
Slow Healing	-5/level	P	–-	B155
Slow Riser	-5	P	–-	B155
Social Disease	-5	P	-–	B155
Social Stigma	-5 to -20	Soc	-–	B155
Space Sickness	-10	P	–-	B156
Split Personality	-15*	M	-–	B156
Squeamish	-10*	M	–-	B156
Status	-5/level	Soc	-–	B228
Stress Atavism	Variable*	M	X	B156
Stubbornness	-5	M	-–	B157
Stuttering	-10	P	–-	B157
Supernatural Features	Variable	P	Sup	B157
Supersensitive	-15	M	Sup	B158
Susceptible	Variable	P	–-	B158

T

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Terminally Ill	-50, -75, or -100	P	-–	B158
Timesickness	-10	P	–-	B158
Total Klutz	-15	P	-–	B141
Trademark	-1 or -5 to -15	M	–-	B159, B164
Trickster	-15*	M	–-	B159
Truthfulness	-5*	M	–-	B159

U

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Uncontrollable Appetite	-15*	M	Sup	B159
Unfit	-5	P	-–	B160
Unhealing	-20 or -30	P	X	B160
Unique	-5	M	Sup	B160
Unluckiness	-10	M	-–	B160
Unnatural Features	Variable	P	-–	B22
Unusual Biochemistry	-5	P	X	B160

V

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Very Fat	-5	P	--	B19
Very Unfit	-15	P	-–	B160
Vow	-1 or -5 to -15	M	–-	B160, B165
Vulnerability	Variable	P	X	B161

W

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Weak Bite	-2	P	X	B161
Weakness	Variable	P	X	B161
Wealth	Variable	Soc	--	B25
Weirdness Magnet	-15	M	Sup	B161
Workaholic	-5	M	--	B162
Wounded	-5	P	--	B162

X

Advantage	Cost	M/P/Soc	X/Sup	Reference
Xenophilia	-10*	M	--	B163

See also

• Disadvantage
• List of Advantages
• List of Skills