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Paranoid Disorder
Feelings of constant persecution and mental distress. They
may have hallucinations, hear voices that insult or threaten
them, and think they are being followed or stalked. They will
be wary of new situations, be exceedingly suspicious, and
will rarely trust even those around them. Strangers are the
most vehemently reacted against.
Acute paranoid disorder includes jealousy and the belief of
unfaithfulness or treachery in those close them. The hallucinations
become more vivid and when they are attacked or persecuted
by the image they will become aggressive and subject to frenzy,
or there is an equal chance that they will become subject
to terror and enter an apathetic state.
Pathological Liar
As listed in WFRP.
Phobias
The person will suffer anxiety if they see the phobic item,
situation, or creature. Typical phobias are
Claustrophobia: fear of enclosed spaces and/or being trapped,
restrained. Acute symptoms may even cover the wearing of helms
or being in crowds, and this will bring on anxiety. If they
are truly trapped, they will enter terror.
Social phobias: fear of being in certain circumstances, eating
in public, meeting strangers and so on. Acute symptoms will
lead to terror in these circumstances.
Scotophobia: fear of darkness and of reduced sensory input,
again, acute scotophobia leads to the suffering of terror
in darkness and anxiety when a light flickers, the sun is
setting, or they are otherwise in jeopardy of being plunged
into darkness.
Psychopathic Disorder
This is the complete lack of moral or social conscience that
can be interpreted as a change of alignment towards evil or
chaos. The sufferer lacks any feeling for people they know,
and act only on instinct. They take what they want as they
want it, make arrangements and plans, but disregard them if
they want to without warning or explanation. They are typically
acting like children, in that their desires must be instantly
sated and pandered to or they become angry, aggressive, belligerent,
insulting, and perhaps violent.
Alcohol and/or drug dependence are additional problems that
can develop later if it is not treated.
Schizophrenia
This covers several related illnesses. It is a steady crumbling
of the divisions between reality and fantasy. Thought disorder
is the key element. The sufferer will develop d2 of the following
symptoms, each of which can become acute if left untreated.
Roll d8 Symptom
1 - 2 Auditory hallucinations
3 - 4 Delusion
5 - 6 Thought disorder
7 - 8 Hypochondria
Auditory hallucinations: They may believe that others know
their thoughts and may hear these thoughts being spoken, even
before they think of them. They may hear a voice describing
what they are doing, commenting on their thoughts and actions
often in a very critical or threatening manner. Acute cases
will believe that an external force is inserting or withdrawing
thoughts from their mind and will suspect those around them
of being involved. This can lead to violence and self-mutilation.
Delusion: They will have unshakeable conviction that some
external force is tampering with their mind and thoughts.
The source is generally something like sorcery, Chaos, the
suns rays and so on. Sometimes they follow bizarre lines of
thought, for example that the red hat a person is wearing
is a secret message for the sufferer, and was sent by some
insidious organisation. They may also believe themselves to
be extremely important, even to the extent of Godhood. They
may believe they are being persecuted, and in acute cases,
this will lead to violence and them being subject to frenzy
as paranoid tendencies take over.
Thought disorder: Going from one subject to another, showing
a strange association of ideas, the use of long words that
have been made up, and stopping suddenly in mid sentence.
A loss of emotion, interest, and enthusiasm are other symptoms.
They will find it difficult to make even simple decisions,
and sometimes their emotions will be confused, such as being
upset when receiving good news. They may start to sleep a
lot, and in acute cases, this can lead to a total lack of
response to outside stimuli, even though they may be very
perceptive of what is going on around them. In some acute
cases, they will start to make offensive remarks to visitors
and constantly talk to themselves.
Hypochondria: They will believe that the external forces
are changing their body, either through mutation, development
into a new being, or devolving into something hideous. Acute
cases will succumb to suicidal tendencies to evade this fate.
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