I'm trying to create a Trait(chosen at character creation)in my tabletop RPG that simulates Insanity. Any ideas on what type of mechanic it should be? It should have upsides and downsides.
If it matter, it's a GURPS type RP
Head over to tvtropes, they have a whole catalog to choose from.
Personally, I can't stand sociopathy PR psychopathy anymore. And that "superpowered evil side" has been done to hell. Try making someone with down syndrome or a deadpan snarker with some kind of autism and ADD.
>>46652672
>I'm trying to create a Trait(chosen at character creation)in my tabletop RPG that simulates Insanity.
Nothing good will come of this.
>>46652672
>Insanity
>upsides
Are you 12?
>>46652672
Like, real insanity?
Have your characters look up the mental disorder of their choosing and study it. Then you give them XP as reward for good roleplaying.
>>46652672
Character's sex doesn't match their gender - they insist on being called the opposite pronoun, will dress in inappropriate clothes, etc.
i had an insanity racial trait in my 5e homebrew
the characters could go into a state of madness which doubled their proficiency in certain skills but they had to roll on a chart that made them do ridiculous things.
I suppose I should have mentioned that it's a Superhero/Villain RP. So the Insanity should be analogous to Joker, Creeper, etc
>>46653005
>>46653046
Thanks for the answers. Good ideas
>>46652981
Apparently there's a correlation between some psychological disorders and increased intelligence, but I don't remember where I heard it so I'm pretty much pulling information from my ass.
Has anyone heard anything about that?
>>46653765
Insanity doesn't make you intelligent.
But intelligence can give you psychological problems, most commonly a depression.
>>46653005
This or don't do it at all
