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This section is connected to UA:Character Flaws and Character Flaws (DnD Variant Rule). It is recommended that one reads these rules and familiarizes themselves with them before using any flaws in a campaign.

UA-Style Flaws

Name	Prerequisite(s)	Summary
ADD		Nothing will be complete. Ever.
Acrophobia		You are afraid of heights.
Amputee		You are missing a limb.
Androphobia		You are afraid of men.
Anthropophobia		You have a fear of people.
Aquaphobia		You find water, particularly deep water, frightening for an unknown reason.
Arachnophilia		You REALLY like spiders.
Archaeophilia		You have an obsession with ancient artifacts and relics, both magical and mundane
Arrogant		your arrogance makes social interactions more difficult
Aurophobia		Oh god! It's shiny and yellow, keep it away!
Autophobia		You are afraid of being alone.
Berry Picker (3.5e Trait)		You only eat what you prepare for yourself.
Binge Drinker		Is that ale?! Oh, well, okay, just one....
Bipolar		Your moods can change on a dime.
Blatent Liar		You tell tall tales that no one believes to fit in with others due to low self-esteem.
Blind		You are blind.
Blind, Partially		You're as blind as a bat.
Blood Rage		You must have blood every 24 hours
Breed Envy		You are too charming for your own good and people overly hate you for it.
Chronological Dyslexia		You have an extremely hard time placing events in the correct time.
Claustrophobia	None	You are afraid of tight spaces.
Clinically Depressed Robot	Construct type, Intelligence 25+	You are a construct that has an intense depression beyond that of any human, because you have an intelligence beyond that of any human.
Clumsiness	None	You have an unfortunate habit of dropping things, knocking things over, tripping, losing something, and the like.
Comfort Object		You have developed a dependency for an object, environment, or person and you have difficulty sleeping without it.
Command Word	Living Construct or Construct	You have a command word that controls you, everyone who knows the command word have control over your actions.
Compulsive Killer		When somebody pisses you off they are going to die before the night is done.
Compulsive Shopper	None	You NEED that long sword
Compulsive Skinny Dipper	Must be able to swim	You like to swim......with no clothes on.
Conceited	None	You believe that you are better than everyone else.
Conspiracist	None	It's all part of the pattern, man, it's all connected. Can't you see it?
Corruption	None	Effective "Bad Luck" situations where the outcome of a roll is unaffected, but rather the method used to achieve is modified.
Coward	Must not be immune to fear.	You are very, very susceptible to fear.
Cultriphelia	none	an unhealthy fascination with bladed weapons
Curious	None	You find it hard to resist inspecting something out of the ordinary.
Cursed		You have been cursed, and the weight of it will follow you until you make amends.
Cute Things Lover	None	You love certain things that are cute and fuzzy.
Daredevil	None	You only really feel alive when you're staring death in the face.
Dark Premonition		You see disturbing prophecies in your sleep, often resulting in emotional weakness.
Deadly Strength	Str 20+	No matter what your character's intentions are, your attacks always cause lethal damage... even with your fists.
Deaf	None	Your hearing is much worse than normal.
Deamon personality
Depressed		Your character for some reason is extremly depressed.
Disorganized	None	You are disorganized and clutter seems to follow you where ever you go.
Ditzy	None	Sometimes you aren't all there
Elfephobia	None	You have a fear/hatred of all kind of Elves
Entomophobia	None	An abnormal and persistent fear of insects.
Epilepsy	None	When under stress, there is a chance you will have a seizure
Esophilic Esophagitis	None	The inability to hold down your food, and a resulting frail character.
Estranged	None	Because of what you have done your family, friends, neighbors, loved ones, and even your dog have come to hate you.
Extreme Boredom	No Sleeping Disorder	When nothing interesting is happening, you fall asleep.
Extreme Loyalty	none	You must do what your master says
Extreme Nuisance	Played The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	Hey! Look! Listen! Hey! Hey! Look! Listen!
Fear of Starvation	None	You are terrified of starving to death, as such you must always bring food with you.
Food Allergy	none	You have an extreme allergy to a type of food
Geliophobia	None	The fear of laughter
Ghost-Warped	None	Your body reacts strangely to contact with ghosts and other incorporeal creatures, granting you some of their disabilities for a short time.
Gullible	None	You believe things, no matter how far fetched they seem.
Gynephobia	Non-female	You are afraid of women.
Haemophilia	Having blood.	Your blood does not clot correctly.
Hallucinations	None	You see things that aren't really there.
Haphephobia	None	You actively avoid physical contact.
Haunted	none	Boo!
Headless	Undead (Except Zombie)	Your head has become detached from your body.
Heartless	None	You do not know the difference between right and wrong.
Hemeralopia	None	You cannot see in daylight.
Hemophobia	None	You are particularly squeamish at the sight of blood
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia		You have an irrational fear of "big words" (usually words with seven or more syllables, or words that have a lengthy spelling (Constantinople, for instance)).
Honest
Hopeless Collecter	none	You constantly collect some random, often useless item.
Horrible Luck	None	At your best, Luck herself comes and smacks you.
Horrible Luck, Greater	None	Your luck is beyond just bad. You are jinxed and often have extreme failures.
Ichthyophobia	Non-Aquatic	You are afraid of fish and aquatic beings.
Idiocy	Int 8 or lower	What's a "flaw"?
Impatient	None	Hurry up!
Inattentive	None	Your mind wanders from thought to thought instantly and it messes up your concentration in the heat of battle.
Incompetent	Wisdom 10 or below	This person can't be trusted to do any thing, save sabotaging the enemy. This character can never get it right. If they ordered soup, he gives them salad; if they wanted tickets to a laker's game, he gives them a lake.
Incontinence	none	You have little to no control of your urinary functions.
Isolationist	None	You don't like to be around people.
Jerk	None.	You're pretty much just an all-around jerk when it comes to conversation.
Jumps to Conclusions	None	You give your best, but you feel that it just isn't good enough.
Kleptomania	None	You find yourself strangely attracted to certain objects (usually valuable ones).
Kleptomaniac	none	A person with a persistent neurotic impulse to steal.
Ladies Man	Male, Charisma 16+	You are practiced with the womanly kind, and your interactions with other men suffer as a result.
Lalophobia	Must be able to speak normally	You are afraid of speaking. You aren't mute, but speaking holds a deep, inbuilt fear in you.
Large Ham		Your personality is larger than life and everything you do is over the top and dramatic.
Lazy	None	Its pretty self-explanatory
Lecherous	None	You have an irresistible urge to boink.
Limp-Wristed		You talk funny and make silly hand gestures when talking.
Lovestruck	None	You love someone with your whole heart and it shows when they're not around.
Low Pain Threshold	Choose at character creation or at birth	Lowers the characters ability to mitigate pain (lowers DR,/Increase damage taken)
Luposlipaphobia	A DM with a sense of humor.	Your worst nightmare is to be chased by timber wolves around a kitchen table on a newly waxed floor while wearing socks.
Magic Addiction	Ability to cast arcane spells.	You are addicted to arcane energy. You must spend time each morning to sate your addiction or you will suffer a painful withdrawl.
Magical Hydrophobia	None	Your body rejects water.
Magical Mania	Ability to cast arcane spells.	Arcane energy has changed you, you have racing thoughts and speech.
Magical Schizophrenia	Ability to cast arcane spells.	Arcane energy has changed you, you fear its powers and your train of thought is also affected.
Merciful	None	Many times you don't have it in your heart to kill.
Merciless	None	Begging will do you no good.
Misanthrope	Non-Good	You hate your own race.
Moe Weakness	Int higher than 3	You have a strong interest in particular types of characters
Mood Swings	Charisma 9 or less	You go from happy to sad or sad to happy just like that!
Multiple Personalities	None	You don't know who you are
Music Lover	Must be able to hear	You absolutely love to listen to music
Naive		You trust people a little too much.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder	None	Clearly, you're far better than any creature, person, or deity.
Narcolepsy	None	Whenever you need to fight, you fall asleep.
Necrophilia	None	You become aroused by the dead.
Necrophobia	Must be alive	You have a fear of the dead and dead things.
Night Blindness	None	Your night vision is horrible due to a birth defect.
Night Terrors		Your nightmares run so deep, that they still haunt you upon your waking hours.
Nocturnal Enuresis	None.	You just can't seem to get any restful sleep.
Numeral Obliviousness	Non-Wizard	You cannot understand what numbers or symbols are for and why they are used.
Nyctalopia	No natural darkvision	You cannot see in the dark.
Nyctophobia		You are afraid of the dark
Obese	Dex 14 or lower	Let's just say you enjoy a good feast. Ten times a day.
Obsessive Compulsive	Must not be immune to charms and compulsions	You have an unnatural obsession which you overcome by a compulsion.
Overconfident	None	You believe that nothing is beyond your ability.
Paranoia	None	Trust no one!
Perfectionist	None	You need things to be just... flawless.
Perverted	None	Your character has an infallible tendency to stare where he shouldn't.
Power Hungry		You hunger for power and will do anything for it.You will be willing to risk your own life in any manner to get power. You will do ANYTHING for power.
Pride	None	No matter the odds, you refuse to retreat from battle due to your overwhelming pride and honor.
Pseudologia Fantastica	None	You are a pathological liar.
Pyromania	Non-lawful	You like setting things on fire and watching them burn.
Pyrophobia	None	You have an unnatural fear of fire.
Quadrimurfractiphobia	None	You are terrified of the fourth wall being broken.
Quadriplegic		You have no arms or legs.
Rabbit Phobia	none	You have a irrational fear of rabbits
Racist		You have an unnatural hatred of other races.
Reincarnated Misfortune	None	Things in this life remind you of things from your last, and these things make you sad.
Royal Appetite	Aristocratic background	You can only stand for rich feasts of the grandest kind
Sadness	Must be able to feel emotions.	For a reason, you are eternally sad. Thus you lost your will to live.
Shaky	None	Your aim is hardly ever perfect, be it from nerve damage, nervousness, or just the plain inability to keep still
Short Attention Span	None	Your mind always switches from one thought to the other and it messes up your foc... oh look a penny!
Short Temper	None	You get enraged easily, going berserk whenever you suffer damage.
Shorty	Human, has to be taken at 1st level	You have very short legs, but you are clearly no dwarf at all.
Socially Awkward	None	You're not good with people.
Spamming facts	none	'Do you know kobolds eat spiders?'
Sphenisciphobia	None	You have an absolute fear of penguins.
Stiff	Constitution 20 or higher	Maybe you're a little too well fortified.
Stubborn	none	Even a mule would have a tough time changing your mind.
Stutter	None	You just can't seem to get your words out... but you are otherwise a quick thinker.
Substance Addiction	None	You are physically or mentally dependent on some kind of addictive substance.
Teratophobia	None	You feel very uncomfortable when encountering monsters and some unnatural beings. Sometimes, you just freeze before them.
Terrible Tumbler	none	Kids roll down hills gracefully; you flail like a dying fish.
The Game		You are playing the Game; the point of this game is to not remember you are playing it, or you lose.
Thinks Aloud	Must be able to think and speak	Pfft, what an idiot -- Hey, why's he glaring at me
Tourette's Syndrome	None	"Somebody wash that wizard's mouth out with soap!"
Traplover	none	If you see a Trap you have the urge to set it off to train yourself
Twitchy, Nervous		Your limbs twitch periodically.
Twitchy, Spasm		Your limbs twitch periodically.
Twitchy, Startle		Your limbs twitch periodically.
Uncontrollable Spell Resistance	Spell Resistance	You have no control over your Spell Resistance
Untouchable	Corporeal	Character has a severe distaste for being touched by others.
Vicious Personality	Barbarian, Warrior, Dwarven Defender or Paladin	Don't make him angrier than he already is.....
Water addiction		you will die with out this stuff
Whimsical	None	You decide to do things simply because you feel like it...
Worst Luck	None	You seem to always fall short at the worst possible moment, right when it matters most.