Disadvantage Listings
This is an alphabetical listing of disadvantages with point values and references. Again, every effort has been made to ensure these listings are reasonably complete.
Name
The name of the disadvantage. Note that some disadvantages have more than one name. In those cases, we have included both names on the list.
Cost
The point value of the disadvantage. See Appendix 2 - Advantage Listings for an explanation of the notation used.
Page Reference
As in Appendix 2 this page reference refers to the newest or most complete entry for the disadvantage.
| Name | Description | Cost | Page Reference |
| Absent Mindedness | -15 | B30 | |
| Academic Status | -5/level | IOU18 | |
| Accelerated Aging | -20/level | 101, SU48 | |
| Acceleration Weakness | -5 | 79 | |
| Addiction | Variable | B30 | |
| Addiction (VR) | -25 | 95 | |
| Addiction (Wireheading) | -10 | CY16 | |
| Age | -3/year | B27 | |
| Albinism | -10 | B27 | |
| Alcohol Intolerance | -1 | 79 | |
| Alcoholism | -15/-20 | B30 | |
| Alcohol-Related Quirks | -l | 79 | |
| Allergic Susceptibility | -5 to -15 | 96 | |
| Altered Time Rate | -100 | 101 | |
| Amnesia | -10/-25 | 86 | |
| Anachronism | -10 | VC19 | |
| Anaerobic | -30 | 101 | |
| Appearance | Variable | B15 | |
| Appearance (Horrific) | -30 | 80, L30 | |
| Appearance (Monstrous) | -25 | 80, VC19 | |
| Aquatic | -40 | 101, U22 | |
| Astral Entity | -25 | 96, P98 | |
| Attentive | -1 | 86 | |
| Bad Back | -l5/-25 | 80 | |
| Bad/Poor Grip | -10/-5 | 101, FF35 | |
| Bad Sight | -10/-25 | B27 | |
| Bad Smell | -10 | 80 | |
| Bad Temper | -10 | B31 | |
| Beardless | -10 | CM55 | |
| Berserk | -15 | B31 | |
| Bestial | -10/-15 | 101, FF35 | |
| Blindness | -50 | B27 | |
| Blood Bonded | -40 | VTM63 | |
| Bloodlust | -10 | B31 | |
| Bloodthirst | -15 | 96 | |
| Body of Gas | -30 | 101 | |
| Body of Water | -20 | 101 | |
| Bowlegged | -1 | 80 | |
| Broad-Minded | -1 | 86 | |
| Bully | -10 | B31 | |
| Callous | -6 | 86 | |
| Can't Climb | 0/-1 | 101 | |
| Can't Cross Running Water | -15 | VC19 | |
| Can't Harm Innocents | -10 | 86 | |
| Can't Learn | -30 | 86 | |
| Can't Swim | 0/-1 | 101 | |
| Capricious | -15 | CM56 | |
| Careful | -1 | 86 | |
| Centauroid | 0 | 101 | |
| Charitable | -15 | 86 | |
| Chauvinistic | -1 | 87 | |
| Chronic Depression | Variable | 87 | |
| Chummy | -5 | 87 | |
| Cleft Lip | -15 | WTA61 | |
| Clueless | -10 | 87 | |
| Code of Honor | -5 to -15 | B31 | |
| Cold-Blooded | -5/-10 | 101, U23 | |
| Color Blindness | -10 | B28 | |
| Combat Paralysis | -15 | B32 | |
| Compulsive Behavior | -5 to -15 | B32 | |
| Compulsive Carousing | -5/-10 | 87 | |
| Compulsive Gambling | -5 to -15 | 88, SW9 | |
| Compulsive Generosity | -5 | 88, B239 | |
| Compulsive Love for.. | -5 to -15 | J29 | |
| Compulsive Lying | -15 | B32 | |
| Compulsive Spending | -5 to -15 | 88, B240 | |
| Compulsive Vowing | -5 | 88, CA8 | |
| Confused | -10 | 88 | |
| Congenial | -1 | 89 | |
| Cowardice | -10 | B32 | |
| Curious | -5 to -15 | 89, U36 | |
| Curse, The | -10 | WTA61 | |
| Cursed | -75 | 96, R95 | |
| Cyber-Rejection | -10/-25 | 81 | |
| Deafness | -20 | B28 | |
| Deep Sleeper | -S | VC20 | |
| Delicate Metabolism | -20/-40 | 81 | |
| Delusions | -1 to -15 | B32 | |
| Dependency | Variable | 81, SU48 | |
| Dependent | Variable | B38 | |
| Destiny | Variable | 97 | |
| Destiny: Dark Fate | -20 | VC20 | |
| Devout Buddhist | -5 | 89, CH31I, J30 | |
| Disciplines of Faith | Variable | 89 | |
| Disembodied Brain | -100 | 83 | |
| Disowned | -5/-15 | 77 | |
| Distractible | -l | 89 | |
| Disturbing Voice | -10 | 81 | |
| Divine Curse | Variable | 96 | |
| Draining, The | -10 | 97 | |
| Dread | Variable | 97, FF35 | |
| Dreamer | -1 | 89 | |
| Dull | -l | 89 | |
| Dulled Nose | -3/level | BB24 | |
| Duties | Variable | B39 | |
| Duty (Involuntary) | Extra -5 | 77 | |
| Dwarfism | -15 | B28 | |
| Dying Race | -10 | 102 | |
| Dyslexia | -5/-15 | B33 | |
| Easy to Read | -10 | 89 | |
| Edgy | -5 | 90, U38 | |
| Eerie Presence | -10 | VC20 | |
| Enemy | Variable | B39 | |
| Enemy (Unknown) | Variable | 77 | |
| Epilepsy | -30 | B28 | |
| Eunuch | -5 | B28 | |
| Evil Twin | Variable | 77 | |
| Excommunicated | -5/-10 | 78 | |
| Extra Sleep | -3/level | 81 | |
| Extravagance | -10 | 90 | |
| Extreme Fanaticism | -15 | 90 | |
| Extremely Hazardous Duty | -20 | 78 | |
| Fanaticism | -15 | B33 | |
| Fat | -l0/-20 | B28 | |
| Flashbacks | -5 to -20 | 90 | |
| Fragile | -20 | 102 | |
| Free Sick | -10 | 81 | |
| Frightens Animals | -5/-10 | 97 | |
| Gesa | Variable | CM55 | |
| G-Intolerance | -10/-20 | 81 | |
| Gigantism | -10 | B28 | |
| Glory Hound | -15 | 90 | |
| Gluttony | -5 | B33 | |
| Greed | -15 | B33 | |
| Gregarious | -10 | 90 | |
| Guilt Complex | -5 | 90 | |
| Gullibility | -10 | B33 | |
| Hairless | -15 | WTA61 | |
| Hard of Hearing | -10 | B28 | |
| Hemophilia | -30 | B28 | |
| Hidebound | -5 | 91 | |
| Hive Mentality | -20 | 102 | |
| Hobgoblin | Variable | MTA47 | |
| Honesty | -10 | B33 | |
| Horizontal | -10 | 102, U20 | |
| Horrible Hangovers | -1 | 79 | |
| Human Face | -35 | WTA61 | |
| Humble | -l | 91 | |
| Hunchback | -10/-15 | 81, AZ36, WTA61 | |
| Ignorance | -5/skill | 78 | |
| Illiteracy | 0 or -10 | B33 | |
| Imaginative | -1 | 91 | |
| Impulsiveness | -10 | B33 | |
| Incompetence | -l | 91 | |
| Inconvenient Size | -10/-15 | 102, U23 | |
| Increased Life Support | -10/level | 102, U23 | |
| Incurious | -5 | 91 | |
| Indecisive | -10 | 91 | |
| Infectious Attack | -5 | 97, BT66 | |
| Inhuman Feature | -5 | VC21 | |
| Innsmouth Look, The | -20 | CT48 | |
| Innumerate | -1/-5/-10 | 91 | |
| Insomniac | -10/-15 | 82 | |
| Intolerance (Racial) | -5 | B34, U35 | |
| Intolerance | Variable | B34 | |
| Invertebrate | -20 | 102, U20 | |
| Involuntary Dampen | -15 | 102 | |
| Jealousy | -10 | B34 | |
| Jinxed | -20 to -60 | 98 | |
| Karmic Ties | Variable | 98, WW58 | |
| Killjoy | -15 | 91 | |
| Kindred Disadvantages | Variable | VC19 | |
| Kleptomania | -15 | B34 | |
| Klutz | -5/-15 | 82 | |
| Lack of Claws | -41 | WTA62 | |
| Lame | -15 to -35 | B29 | |
| Laziness | -10 | B34 | |
| Lecherousness | -15 | B34 | |
| Lifebane | -10 | 98 | |
| Light Sleeper | -5 | 82 | |
| Lives on Campus | -5 | IOU22 | |
| Loner | -5 | 91 | |
| Lovers Distraction | -15 | 91 | |
| Low Empathy | -15 | 91 | |
| Low Pain Threshold | -10 | B29 | |
| Low Self Image | -10 | 92 | |
| Lunacy | -10 | 92 | |
| Magic Susceptibility | -3/level | 98 | |
| Manic-Depressive | -20 | 92 | |
| Megalomania | -10 | B34 | |
| Migraine | -5 to -20 | 82 | |
| Miserliness | -10 | B34 | |
| Missing Digit | -2/-5 | 82 | |
| Mistaken Identity | -5 | 78 | |
| Motion Sickness | -10 | 82 | |
| Mundane Background | -10 | 98 | |
| Murder Addiction | -60 | 98 | |
| Musk | -5 | WTA62 | |
| Mute | -25 | B29 | |
| Nanomorphics | Variable | RO71 | |
| Nervous Stomach | -1 | 79 | |
| Night Blindness | -10 | 82 | |
| Nightmares | -5 | 92 | |
| No Body Heat | -5 | 99 | |
| No Depth Perception | -10 | 82, U23 | |
| NoFaz | -10 | HU39 | |
| No Fine Manipulators | -30 | 103, U22 | |
| No Insurance | -100 | IOU23 | |
| No Jack | -10 | U23 | |
| No Manipulators | -50 | 103, U22 | |
| No Natural Healing | -20 | 103 | |
| No Physical Body | -100 | 83 | |
| No Reflection | -10 | 103, VC20 | |
| No Sense of Humor | -10 | 92 | |
| No Sense of Smell/Taste | -5 | B29 | |
| No Shadow | -10 | 103 | |
| Nocturnal | -10 | 103 | |
| Non-Iconographic | -10 | 92, CW22 | |
| Nosy | -1 | 92 | |
| Obdurate | -10 | 92 | |
| Oblivious | -3 | 92 | |
| Obnoxious Drunk | -1 | 80 | |
| Obsession | -5 to -15 | 93 | |
| Odious Personal Habits | -5 to -15 | B26 | |
| On the Edge | -15 | 93 | |
| One Arm | -20 | B29 | |
| One Eye | -15 | B29 | |
| One Fine Manipulator | -15 | 103, U22 | |
| One Hand | -15 | B29 | |
| Overconfidence | -10 | B34 | |
| Overweight | -5 | B29 | |
| Pacifism | -15/-30 | B35, SU17 | |
| Pallor | -10/-5 | 103 | |
| Pangs of Macha | -10 | CM56 | |
| Paranoia | -10 | B35 | |
| Parasite | -15/-30 | 103, FF37 | |
| Parthenomania | -10/-20 | 93 | |
| Personal Curse | Variable | VC22 | |
| Personality Change | -1 | 80 | |
| Phobias | Variable | B35, 93 | |
| Planetbound | Variable | 103 | |
| Post-Combat Shakes | -5 | 93 | |
| Poverty | Variable | B16 | |
| Prefrontal Lobotomy | -15 | 93 | |
| Presentient | -20 | 103 | |
| Primitive | -5/TL | B26 | |
| Probationary Personality | -5 | U23 | |
| Proud | -1 | 93 | |
| Pyromania | -5 | B36 | |
| Quadriplegic | -50 | 83 | |
| Quirks | -1 | B41 | |
| Reclusive | -10 | 93 | |
| Reduced Gnosis | -8/level | WTA63 | |
| Reduced Hit Points | -5/level | 83, U24 | |
| Reduced Humanity | -5/level | VTM69 | |
| Reduced Manual Dexterity | -3/level | 83, U22 | |
| Reduced Move | -5/level | 103, U24 | |
| Reduced Rage | -4/level | WTA63 | |
| Reprogrammable Duty | -25 | 104 | |
| Reputation | Variable | B17 | |
| Responsive | -1 | 93 | |
| Restricted Reproduction | Variable | U24 | |
| Robotics | Variable | RO9 | |
| Sadism | -15 | B36 | |
| Scalped | -5 | 84 | |
| Secret | Variable | 78 | |
| Secret Identity | Variable | 79, SU21 | |
| Self-Centered | -10 | 94 | |
| Self-Destruct | -20 | 104, RO80 | |
| Selfish | -5 | 94 | |
| Selfless | -10 | 94 | |
| Semi-Literacy | 0 or -5 | 94 | |
| Semi-Upright | -5 | 104, U20 | |
| Sense of Duty | -5 to -20 | B39 | |
| Sessile | -50 | 104, FF37 | |
| Shadow Form | -20 | 104 | |
| Shamanic Initiation | -10 | FII51 | |
| Shinto Priest | -5 | 89, J30 | |
| Short Arms | -10 | 104 | |
| Short Attention Span | -10 | 94, U36 | |
| Short Lifespan | -10/level | 104 | |
| Shrinking | Variable | 104 | |
| Shyness | -5 to -15 | B37 | |
| Skinny | -5 | B29 | |
| Slave Mentality | -40 | 94, FF37 | |
| Sleepwalker | -5 | 84 | |
| Sleepy Drinker | -1 | 80 | |
| Sleepy | Variable | 104, FF37 | |
| Slow Eater | -10 | 104 | |
| Slow Healing | -5/level | 104 | |
| Slow Metabolism | -10/level | 104, FF37 | |
| Social Disease | -5 | 84 | |
| Social Stigma | -5 to -20 | B27 | |
| Solipsist | -10 | 94 | |
| Space Sickness | -10 | 84 | |
| Split Personality | -10/-15 | B37 | |
| Staid | -1 | 94 | |
| Status | -5/level | B18 | |
| Sterile | -3 | 84 | |
| Stress Atavism | Variable | 105, U24 | |
| Stubbornness | -5 | B37 | |
| Stuttering | -10 | B29 | |
| Subjugation | -20 | 105, FF38 | |
| Sundeath | -40 | VTM64 | |
| Supersensitive | -2/level | 99 | |
| Susceptibility to Poison | -5 | 84 | |
| Taint of Corruption | -5 | VC23 | |
| Telepathic Addiction | -10/-20 | 99 | |
| Terminally Ill | Variable | 84 | |
| Timesickness | Variable | 84 | |
| Tourettes Syndrome | Variable | 85 | |
| Trademark | Variable | 94 | |
| Trickster | -15 | 94 | |
| Truthfulness | -5 | B37 | |
| Uncongenial | -1 | 94 | |
| Uncontrolled Change | Variable | 105 | |
| Undiscriminating | -1 | 94 | |
| Uneducated | -5 | 79, U25 | |
| Unfit | -5 | 85 | |
| Unhealing | -20/-30 | 106, FF38 | |
| Unique | -5 | 94 | |
| Unliving | -50 | 100, FF38 | |
| Unluckiness | -10 | B37 | |
| Unnatural Feature | -5 | 85 | |
| Unpredictable Change | Variable | BE94 | |
| Untrained Shape-Changing | -15 | 100 | |
| Unusual Biochemistry | -5 | 106 | |
| Vampiric Dependency | -50 | 106 | |
| Very Unfit | -15 | 85 | |
| Voices | -5 to -15 | 94, VO56 | |
| Vow | Variable | B37 | |
| Vulnerability | Variable | 106, SU48 | |
| Weak Immune System | -30 | 85 | |
| Weak Will | -8/level | B37 | |
| Weakness | Variable | 106, SU49 | |
| Weirdness Magnet | -15 | 100 | |
| Workaholic | -5 | 95 | |
| Wyrd | Variable | 35 | |
| Xenophilia | -5/-15 | 95 | |
| Xenophobia | -15 | B36, U35 | |
| Yin-Yang Imbalance | -5/-10 | 100 | |
| Youth | -2/level | B29 |