* Sanity & Insanities

SAN Checks:

When a SAN check is called for the player must have his/her character roll against the difficulty assigned by the GM for the sanity shattering

experience before them. They add their SAN score to the roll. If combined it meets or exceeds the difficulty requirement, then no SAN is lost

and no insanity is applied. [There are certain exceptions to this rule, based on encounters.]

If the roll and SAN combined do not meet the difficulty requirement, then the character will lose as much SAN as the (roll + SAN combined) failed by. Please note many Non-Human and Half-Human characters, as well as some character classes get bonuses which limit how much

SAN they can lose from failing a SAN check, due to their inhuman natures.

* Instead of leveling up with XP, a player can sacrifice XP to keep his/her character's SAN above zero, up to positive one SAN only via XP. This is done at the end of the session.

* Sometimes the GM will award SAN points at the end of sessions as well as XP.

* You CANNOT give your character extra SAN though XP, except to bring negative SAN up to one.

* Psionic, Sorcery and Miracle attacks sometimes bypass the standard SAN check system. They may inflict insanity without lowering your

overall SAN score or they may do both without a check but instead a WILL saving throw. This varies on the power.

* Class abilities, such as those of the Overseer have strong psychological effects upon targets. These will play out similar but with some

noted exceptions listed under those particular class abilities.

* If a character's SAN drops to a negative number than exceeds his/her WIS score, the character is considered permanently crazy and will become an NPC. In the case of some half human/half monster hybrids, they become their monster side. For non-humans, they become permanently feral and will no longer associate with the other player characters and may in fact become hostile against them.

At this point the character can only be redeemed if a Jester or other character with the ability to restore lost SAN is able to bring them

at least back above this threshold within 24 hours of them reaching this state. After that time there is no hope for them.

* Any character who loses all of their SAN during a game session is considered bat-shit crazy until he/she has sacrificed XP between

sessions to regain SAN. SAN is also a measure of the humanity left in the character as well. If a character's SAN drops to zero or less,

have them roll on the Sanity Corruption Chart:

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Sanity Corruption Chart: (Roll 1D20)

1) Develop weird off-color bulging veins visible in forehead. (Re-roll if Gaunt Man)

2) Hair falls out. If hairless, begins developing hair in unusual places.

3) Skin color takes on a strange hue and develop hives and rashes.

4) Hair turns white or grey or skin takes on a pale or grey-ish look to it.

5) Eyes develop double iris/pupil. (Gaunt Men or other eyeless creatures Re-Roll)

6) Develop nervous twitches and stutters. (-2 to any Craft/Art, Tech Op, Mechanisms, Influence, Stealth and -1 to all attack rolls.)

7) Cramps and Strange Pains and random times. (-1 DEX)

8) Severe Mental Trauma causes brain damage. (-1 INT, -1 WIS, -1 CHA)

9) Highly Vulnerable to Mind Control: -5 to any Will save vs mental control.

10) Seizures. At the beginning of any combat or highly emotional situation the character must make Fortitude save or go into a seizure for 1D6 actions.

11) Stress Blindness: At the beginning of any combat or highly emotional situation the character must make Fortitude save or go temporarily blind for 1D6 actions.

12) Mimicking Madness: Anytime someone shows obvious effects of an insanity within perception of the character, he/she must make a SAN check or develop the same insanity at a rating of 3D4, though loses no SAN if the check is failed.

13) Stigmata: Once per day the character might re-develop an old injury that had healed. Make save vs Fortitude to avoid. If failed the character will be at half their current hit points (round down) for that day and cannot be healed past that point until the next day if they make their Fortitude save.

14) Stress Sickness: At the beginning of any combat or highly emotional situation the character must make Fortitude save or start vomiting and coughing uncontrollably for 1D6 melee rounds.

15) Beserker: At the beginning of any combat or highly emotional situation the character must make Fortitude save or starts attacking ANYONE nearby including allies uncontrollably for 1D6 actions.

16) Psychic Distress: Due to your psychological damage you disrupt any psychic power within level x5 feet of you. This includes allies, enemies and yourself if you are psychic. Targets (including yourself), must make Will saves to avoid this affect when using any psychic power within range of you.

17) Develop 1D4 Mutations

18) Visions: Once per day your character receives visions that may or may not be about real events.

19) Gain insight into a Sorcerous spell or ritual. (Randomly determined by the GM.)

20) Develop 1D4 Psionics.

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Insanity:

*If your character has an insanity and the GM calls that it needs contested, you roll against the Difficulty Rating he/she assigns to that

contest, minus the level of the insanity. If you fail the roll, you are afflicted by it for a given amount of time.