Self-Imposed Mental Disadvantages
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Self-Imposed Mental Disadvantages
Certain mental disadvantages – Code of Honor, Disciplines of Faith, Fanaticism, Honesty, Intolerance, Sense of Duty, Trademark, and Vow – are not psychiatric problems, but beliefs or codes of conduct. Such "self-imposed mental disadvantages" share three features that distinguish them from other mental disadvantages:
- They can be "bought off" with earned points at any time. People really do wake up in the morning and resolve to live their lives differently for no apparent reason!
- They cannot be caused by Afflictions, drugs, brain surgery, and similar "quick and dirty" behavior alteration. Such techniques can create a pacifist or a maniac, but you need magic, Mind Control, or prolonged Brainwashing to impose anything as complex as a code of conduct.
- They can be used with the Pact limitation as conditions to which you must adhere to retain certain supernatural power.