Central-Casting-Mental

The problem is rolled once upon acquiring the Defect and does not change until cured somehow.

Attacks:

So the character goes to attack a foe, and the players rolls a thirteen on the Attack Dice.

The combat result is discarded and the episode begins.

For example, the Pyromaniac would drop his weapon and get out his fuel and lighter....

Depending on the severity of the problem, this can get the mutant killed, or maybe just laughed at.

At a minimum he will waste 2d4 rounds of combat on the problem, being ineffective in the fight..

The exception to the failed attack rule is the Berserker. He will hit.

Skills:

So the character goes to perform a skill check, and the players rolls a thirteen on the D20.

The skill result is discarded and the episode begins. The skill fails with whatever penalty is normal.

For example, the Depressive would forget about the Survival skill and sit down by a stream staring at the water.

Depending on the severity of the problem, this can get the mutant killed, or maybe just laughed at.

At a minimum he will waste 2d4 hours of game time on the problem, being ineffective in the fight..

The exception to the failed skill rule is the Obsessive Compulsive. He will complete the skill successfully, then

move on singlemindedly to the next aspect of the problem, but in a useless fashion.

GM secretly rolls a D100 and scale (minutes, turns or hours) that the episode will last.

Only after that time can the PC attempt Will saves to snap out of it.

DC = 30, +2 per previous failed save. (Can be Re-attempted once per Scale-Unit) thereafter till good.