Aberrant: The Middle Children of History - The Child Flaw

[Bastion]

For those playing children...

Adolescent/Child

[1, 4 or 6 point Flaw]

A character with this Flaw is younger than 17 years of age. As such, the character will have certain social and physical limitations which are described below. In addition, the character is limited to a maximum rating (which varies with age) in her Intelligence-based Abilities. The Storyteller is also within her rights to forbid nova characters with this Flaw from taking either of the Seductive Looks and Seductive enhancements, along with any other enhancements that depend on sexual attraction. At the Storyteller’s discretion, characters with this Flaw may have fewer dots of Abilities than adult characters, although Mega-Intelligent characters are exempt from that limitation. Immature novas with the Adaptability enhancement may require regular periods of sleep and a diet of healthy food and drink in order to grow normally. This Flaw will decrease in value naturally as the character gets older, and cannot be bought off with experience points. Second-generation nova children with the Accelerated Maturation enhancement will still suffer the effects of this Flaw, but do not receive any freebie points from it due to their drastically-shortened period of immaturity.

At the 1-point level, the character is an adolescent (13 to 16 years of age). The character will not have any limits on her base Attribute ratings, but is limited to a maximum rating of 3 dots in her Intelligence-based abilities. She will have obvious social limitations; which include various legal difficulties, curfews, a lack of intellectual respect from adults, and not being able to legally engage in certain adult activities.

At the 4-point level, the character is a pre-adolescent child (7 to 12 years of age). The social limitations the character will face will become even more onerous, as children are even more restricted in their activities than teenagers are. The character’s base Strength rating can’t be any higher than 3, and her base Stamina score can’t be any higher than 4. She is also limited to a maximum rating of 2 dots in her Intelligence-based Abilities. Finally, the character will have the Short Flaw (Aberrant Players Guide, p.70), the cost of which has already been factored into this Flaw.

At the 6-point level, the character is a very young child (6 years and younger). The character can walk, talk and has hair on his head, but none of that matters very much as she will only be about a meter tall at best. The social restrictions faced by the character will become extreme, which is only to be expected. The character’s base Strength and Stamina both can’t be any higher than 1 dot each, and her Dexterity can’t go above 2 dots. She is also limited to a maximum rating of 1 dot in her Intelligence-based Abilities. The character is also small enough to suffer the equivalent of an extreme version of the Short Flaw, as her running speed will be reduced to 25% of normal and she will encounter severe difficulties in using equipment designed for people with average builds, the cost of which has already been factored into this Flaw.

But, you guys already knew that though... having read the flaw already. Right?