Issues grant XP when acquired. Some issues have pre­req­ui­sites. You can have up to 12 virtues and issues com­bined.

A Certain Fear: [X]

You are afraid of what­ev­er caused you ter­ror. When­ev­er you encounter it, gain 1 dis­tress and suf­fer ter­ror.)

Acrophobia

Suf­fer 1 dis­tress in high places. Ledges and ver­ti­cal falls cause you to roll on the ter­ror chart. Once per day each, max.

Albino

You suf­fer pain from sun­light as if you were a rag­man.

Allergy, minor

Choose an aller­gen. When exposed to it, you suf­fer 1 his­t­a­mine stress.

Allergy, severe

Choose an aller­gen. When exposed to it, you suf­fer 3 his­t­a­mine stress.

anhedonic

You can have mul­ti­ple copies of this issue (max 3.) For each copy, your max­i­mum com­fort is reduced by 1.

Anosmic

You can­not smell. You’re unaf­fect­ed by foul odors and can­not sense dan­ger­ous fumes.

Anthropophage

You are a mon­strous rag­wretch. Gain spindly horns, elon­gat­ed teeth, and infrared vision. Wretch­es are bogey­men, shunned at best; most often hunt­ed. Eat­ing man­flesh gives 1 Com­fort.

Attached

If a com­pan­ion dies, suf­fer 4 dis­tress regard­less of their Obse­quies sta­tus.

Bad back

If you exceed 100% bur­den, suf­fer 1 pain stress. If struck in the back, the wound is upgrad­ed by 1 sever­i­ty (up to 3.)

Bad neck

If you don a hel­met, you suf­fer 1 pain stress. If struck in the neck, the wound is upgrad­ed by 1 sever­i­ty (up to 3.)

Bad eyes

With­out spec­ta­cles, your per­cep­tion is capped at 2 and ene­mies get an edge against you. You can opt to start with spec­ta­cles. If you do, this trait grants +30 XP. With­out, you get +60 XP.

Bad knee

You always fall prone if stag­gered.

Bloody Agitation

Suf­fer 1 dis­tress per Bleed stress suf­fered in per­il.

Bloody Syncope

When you wit­ness blood loss, suc­ceed Immu­ni­ty -2 or pass out.

brave

You can’t opt into gain­ing dis­tress. You can still be required to suf­fer dis­tress, and you can still suf­fer ter­ror.

Bum leg

Per­ma­nent speed penal­ty of 1.

Cabin Feverish

After 2 days spent in peace­time, you suf­fer 1 dis­tress per day.

chimneystack

You must chain smoke in dan­ger—+1 dis­tress if you don’t. You always fail sur­prise rolls while not smok­ing.

Claustrophobia

Suf­fer 1 dis­tress in con­fined spaces. If you are sud­den­ly com­pressed or con­fined, roll on the Ter­ror chart. Once per day each, max.

Close

You may not dis­close to your com­pan­ions any­thing con­cern­ing your finances.

Consumptive

You start the game with active tuber­cu­lo­sis.

Chancrous

You start the game with sec­ondary syphilis.

Chronic pain

At start of every ses­sion, suf­fer 1 or 2 pain stress depend­ing on the sever­i­ty of this issue.

Cursed

The Oth­er is out to get you. Up to once per ses­sion, pow­ers of the Oth­er­world will attempt to make your life mis­er­able.

Disfigured

You suf­fer -1 to reac­tion rolls.

Disturbed

Suf­fer 1 Dis­tress at the start of every ses­sion. It grants no XP.

Doxxy

1 Yearn­ing stress at start of every ses­sion. You accu­mu­late dox­bell shmutz; peo­ple will find you shab­by if not recent­ly washed.

Egghead

Stun stress always makes you uncon­scious. No roll to resist.

Extravagant

For the pur­pose of Incon­spic­u­ous­ness, your Sub­tle­ty is zero.

Faithless

You can­not take the virtue Avethan. You can­not ben­e­fit from faith points gift­ed to you.

Flighty

Per­ma­nent -4 to your ter­ror chart rolls.

Foggy

Your mem­o­ry is lack­lus­ter. Max 2 prac­ticed skills at any time. You can­not recall or describe the events of pri­or ses­sions.

Gold Fever

You crave gold. If you leave a dun­geon or tomb with­out first hav­ing col­lect­ed at least 6 bur­den worth of valu­ables, you gain 1 dis­tress. This stress expires when you gain the above required gold.

Heavy Sleeper

When sleep­ing, you can­not suc­ceed Per­cep­tion rolls vs sur­prise.

Hemophilia

You resist bleed­ing at -2.

Hunger Pains

While you have at least one point of Hun­gry, you also suf­fer 1 Pain stress.

Incompetent: [skill]

You can’t gain lev­els in the spec­i­fied skill. If you choose Med­i­cine, Melee, Ranged, or Cook­ing, gain 40 xp instead of 20.

Liable

Per­ma­nent +1 to ter­ror rolls.

Light-blooded

You are odd­ly pale. Crea­tures of the Oth­er are more like­ly to approach you or sin­gle you out.

Lightheaded

The apti­tude, pre­pared­ness, and recall ben­e­fits of your Intel­lect func­tion only while intox­i­cat­ed by inhalants or yer­ba.

lotophagus

You can only lev­elup after eat­ing lotus petal. Meals not eat­en with lotus petal heal only 1 stitch.

lush

Meals you con­sume can­not give com­fort unless you gain Poi­son stress from alco­hol while eat­ing them

Mean Looking

You receive -1 to Reac­tion rolls.

Mooncalf

You can­not lev­elup dur­ing meals, only dur­ing sleep.

Parachronistic

Gain +1 when deal­ing with incunab­u­la or relicts.

Perilous Cravings

Choose a drug or med­i­c­i­nal. If Per­il lasts for more than 2 rounds, you must use two actions to pro­duce and intake said med­i­c­i­nal or drug. If you do not, you gain 1 Yearn­ing stress until you do.

Photoepileptic

When exposed to sud­den lights or flash­es, you imme­di­ate­ly suf­fer a lev­el 2 or 3 Seizure, depend­ing on the XP lev­el at which you buy this issue.

pinkspitter

1 Yearn­ing stress at start of every ses­sion. You have pink teeth: the reac­tion roll penal­ty from the ‘quiche is per­ma­nent.

Placid

For the pur­pose of deter­min­ing turn order dur­ing per­il, your Per­cep­tion counts as 2 less than its full skill lev­el.

Polysubsistence

If you take a night’s sleep with­out being under the influ­ence of at least two drugs, you awak­en with 1 yearn­ing stress and you can­not become well rest­ed.

Nocturnal

-2 to sleep rolls made dur­ing the night.

Numb

You nat­u­ral­ly have -1 com­fort. As such, your first com­fort gained per day has no effect.

Nyctophobia

+1 dis­tress when in dark­ness. If sud­den­ly plunged into dark­ness, roll on the Ter­ror chart.

Oversuspicious

You do not trust com­pa­ny. If you eat food pre­pared by your com­pan­ions or take any place but the rear in march­ing order, suf­fer +1 dis­tress.

Ravenous

You require 2 por­tions to gain stich­es from food.

Reticent

You may not reveal to your com­pan­ions your cur­rent dis­tress.

Severely Cursed

The Oth­er desires to end you. Up to once per ses­sion, pow­ers of the Oth­er­world will attempt to sub­tly end your mis­er­able life.

short gut

Get 1 few­er stitch from all meals.

sleepless

You can­not sleep unless you have at least 2 Drowsy.

Slumbersome

In order to ben­e­fit from a night’s sleep, you require 12 hours of sleep rather than 8.

sniffly

1 Yearn­ing stress at start of every ses­sion. Use­less sense of smell.

Stress Eater

For every point of malus, you must eat an addi­tion­al meal.

Stunted

You lead an unnour­ish­ing child­hood. Your Might (or Scur­ry) can­not be high­er than 3. Cur­tail it, if it is 4.

Stoic

You may not reveal to your com­pan­ions your cur­rent stress or malus.

Tar Eater

1 Yearn­ing stress at start of every ses­sion. Your appetite is depressed: meals heal 2 stitch­es max­i­mum unless you have 2 or more Hun­gry stress.

Tippler

Suf­fer 3 yearn­ing stress at end of every ses­sion. Sub­tract 1 for each Poi­son stress suf­fered from alco­hol that ses­sion.

Tiresome

You gain 2 Drowsy stress every night instead of 1.

unfortunate

Once per ses­sion, the Book­keep­er may reroll or cause you to reroll 1 d12 roll if doing so would detri­ment you.

Ungainly

Per­ma­nent 1 speed penal­ty.

Vector

You are immune to the anti­fun­gal effects of griso­date. High­ly-devel­oped plague rid­dles your mar­row and lungs, and patho­gen­e­sis stirs ready with­in your tis­sues. On death, you become a grue in less than 2 hours. You rapid­ly re-infect humans around you with latent plague.

Weak diaphragm

You can­not hold your breath. A sin­gle Weary stress pre­vents you heav­ing or sprint­ing.

White Plague

You have latent Tuber­cu­lo­sis.

Widowblood

The dread­ed blood­line wid­ow has irrev­o­ca­bly marred your genome. Your Immu­ni­ty can­not exceed 2 and may be cur­tailed to match. 1-in-6 chance of dis­cov­er­ing total immu­ni­ty to oth­er ven­oms when first exposed to them.

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