Self-Control Number

A self-control number is a number that indicates a character's susceptibility to some mental disadvantages. The lower the self-control number, the greater the likelihood that the character will give in to that particular temptation. However, in most cases a player simply choose to indulge in whatever behavior the disadvantage covers.

The self-control number (represented by "(value)" after the disadvantage) modifies the point value (rounded down) of the disadvantage:

• Cannot resist: 2.5 x listed cost (drop fractions)
• Resist quite rarely (roll of 6 or less): 2 x listed cost.
• Resist fairly often (roll of 9 or less): 1.5 x listed cost.
• Resist quite often (roll of 12 or less): listed cost.
• Resist almost all the time (roll of 15 or less): 0.5 x listed cost
• Resist all the time except under extreme citations (roll of natural 17 or 18; limited to [-5] base): -1
  Viable mental disadvantages (they tend to have their own names):
  • Compulsive Behavior (Carousing/Gambling/Generosity/Spending/Vowing)
  • Curious
  • Gluttony
  • Incurious
  • Loner
  • Nightmares
  • Overconfidence
  • Pyromania
  • Selfish
  • Selfless
  • Truthfulness

Kromm Quotes

• On rolling against a self-control number versus rolling against Will