[New Bad Trait] Glass Jaw

[jay042]

I know this could easily be covered by Weakness, but considering it's a common story trope, I think it might deserve it's own write up.


Glass Jaw (minor bad trait)

This character just cannot take a punch. If an opponent wins a fighting conflict against the character, the opponent automatically does maximum damage regardless of the roll's success rate.

[misterharry]

Interesting. There was a similar trait proposed a while back:

dwaitas.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=rules2&action=display&thread=888

Glass Jaw (Minor Bad Trait)
The character is less damage resistant.
Effect: Adds 2 additional points of Attribute damage.
Note: Cannot be taken with the Tough Good Trait.

For your version, would the maximum damage mean as if a Fantastic result had been rolled?

[jay042]

Yes. That's what I meant.

[Pertwee]

Whenever you're building Traits, especially ones that are counter to existing Traits, it pays to use other similar Traits as your starting point.

In this case, as Glass Jaw is the thematic opposite of Tough, it should have an equal but opposite effect, i.e. +2 damage as opposed to a 2 point reduction.

As a rule, if you have to have a new Trait, one shouls err on the side of 'low impact' (particularly in the case of Minor Traits), especially in this instance, where 'automatically does maximum damage regardless of the roll's success rate' will make some weapons automatically Lethal no matter what the result.