A trauma is a permanent condition that affects a PC’s behavior. PCs gain a trauma when they max out their stress on a job.

Traumas are roleplaying prompts. They’re meant to affect how a Player plays their character. RPing 1 or more traumas in a session grants 1 xp at the end of the session.

Traumas include:

• Cold – emotionally distant & unmoved by human feeling.
• Haunted – plagued by disturbing memories & visions.
• Obsessed – hyper-focused on a specific person or thing.
• Paranoid – untrusting, constantly alert to unseen dangers.
• Reckless – prone to risks that don’t help you or the crew, impulsive.
• Soft – too passive or sensitive to take decisive or difficult actions.
• Unstable – emotionally volatile; easily moved to anger, despair, etc.
• Vicious – moved to hurt others for no reason.

A player can only circle each trauma once. Every time a PC maxes out their stress, they must take a new one.

A PC can only take 4 traumas. When they circle their 4th trauma, they are permanently out of the game. Usually, this means retiring to a less stressful life.

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