Obsessive Savant

Mental Merits & Flaws

2 point Merit

You have a particular fixation that drives your existence, be it as esoteric as death or vampirism or as mundane as the tactics of chess. You must have one Specialty for an Ability (usually a Knowledge, although sometimes a Skill) that forms the core of your obsession... For rolls involving this specialty, you reduce the difficulty by three in addition to receiving the usual bonus die (minimum difficulty of 3). Your intensity discomfits those who do not share your obsession, adding +1 to the difficulty of most Social rolls with people who observe you indulging your hobby. Storytellers should feel free to veto any Obsessions that seem too powerful or unbalanced for their games.