3.5e Flaws

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These are character flaws that use rules in Unearthed Arcana. It is recommended that one reads these rules and familiarizes themselves with them before using any flaws in a campaign.

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Flaw	Prerequisites	Summary
Abandonment Issues		Daddy left me.
Amateur's Pride	Must have at least 4 ranks in any craft, open lock, or disable device skill.	"If you can make fire with a couple of sticks, I can pick locks with sticks." -Amateur Rogue speaking to a Ranger.
Anxious Helper		Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear what do I do what do I dowhatdoIdo!?
Attention Deficit Disorder		You have a hard time focusing on a subject, often finding yourself off track; especially when there is a shiny object involved.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder		You struggle with patience, focus, and concentration. But who cares, wanna ride a bike?
Beady Eyes	Must have eyes	The form your eyes appear in make you seem untrustworthy.
Callous		You are naturally insensitive to others' feelings, sometimes outright trampling or snubbing them
Chivalrous		Whether due to a vow or natural inclination, you do not fight women.
Clumsiness	Your race must have functional eyes and limbs.	You have terrible coordination between your eyes and limbs.
Cold-Blooded		You were raised in the arctic and cannot tolerate heat.
Combat Anxiety	Must not have immunity against fear effects.	You can't handle the pressure of combat.
Command Word	Must have living construct or construct type.	You have a secret command word, known to yourself and your creator, that forces you do the bidding of whomever speaks it.
Corruptible	Any non-good alignment	The character is easily led astray, even to the potentially fatal detriment of other party members.
Coward	Must not be immune to fear.	You are susceptible to fear.
Curse Collector		You just think they're neat.
Deaf	Your race must have functional ears or equivalent organs	You cannot hear.
Deep Scar		You have suffered a deep wound somewhere on your body that prohibits you from partaking in greatly strenuous activities.
Defenestrative Urge		Ooh! A Window!
Devil Curse		summary: Horns sprout from the head (or a tail, wings or other devil quality's) of person a who use magic or power from the underworld or mess with the laws of the world. They are considered a curse since they indicate a loss in humanity.
Disorganized		You are disorganized and clutter seems to follow you where ever you go.
Ditzy		You demonstrate a measure of airheadedness that can make even saints lose patience.
Dyslexia	You must be literate.	Although you learned to read and write, reading can be difficult, and writing is commonly misspelled. This has affected you throughout your life.
Easily Distracted		"Where'd the other shipment of dru...OOH A BUTTERFLY!!"
Family Curse		Someone in the your family did something to earn the vengeful curse that has been placed on you all.
Fear of Magic		You find magic incredibly frightening.
Fearless		Your courage and overconfidence are extreme to the point of foolhardiness.
Forgetful		You just can't... re-... rem-... what was that word again?
Froggy Throat	You must be able to perform bard spells.	There's a frog in your throat, and it sucks at singing.
Gullible		You believe things, no matter how far fetched they seem.
Haemophilia	Must have a Constitution score	Your blood does not form clots normally.
Haunted		Boo!
Hemeralopia	Must not be a race that already has light sensitivity, and must not have the daylight adaptation feat	You cannot see in bright light.
High Metabolism	Must be a race that requires eating regularly	You burn calories at a greater rate than average, though you gain no additional weight from such consumption.
Honest		You cannot lie, and are disturbed when others do so.
Hot-Blooded		You were raised in the desert and cannot tolerate cold.
Hunted		You have enemies who will stop at nothing to find you, enemies to whom you are vulnerable.
Hypochondriasis		You are constantly worried of becoming sick and every bodily function is heavily scrutinized.
Impatient		You find it simply unbearable to wait any longer than necessary.
Incompetent		This person can't be trusted to do any thing, save sabotaging the enemy. This character can never get it right. If they ordered soup, he gives them salad.
Informal Training		Though you learned the basics of fighting, you lack the skill and flexibility to apply your techniques properly in battle. When faced with a situation you didn't train for, you don't know what to do.
Introvert		People-ing is hard. And tiring.
Loud		You are loud in some fashion: Perhaps you can't help but speak your thoughts aloud, or maybe you are heavy-footed.
Love of Nature		You do not wish harm upon any natural creature
Lovestruck		You love someone with your whole heart and it shows when they're not around.
Magic Corrupting Touch		You corrupt magical items that you touch.
Magical Mania	Ability to cast arcane spells	You are particularly touched by the arcane to the point of it shaking your mind.
Magnetic	You must be wholly or partially made of a ferromagnetic material such as iron or steel.	You are very attractive, but not in the way you might have hoped.
Malformed Vocal Cords	Must be able to cast spells. Must have a breath weapon.	In gaining the breath weapon, somehow your vocal cords were altered so that you speak exclusively in draconic.
Masochist		You are incapable of spending a day without having pain inflicted upon you from another creature.
Merciful	Good alignment	Many times you don't have it in your heart to kill.
Motion sickness		You have a hard time getting around, on anything else but your feet
Music Hater	Character must have ears or similarly functioning organs.	You can not stand the noise of performed melodies.
Music Lover		You absolutely love to listen to music
Mute	Must be a race that can speak intelligently	You no longer have the capability to speak.
Narcissistic		Your devotion to your own beauty tends to be distracting.
Narcolepsy		You have difficulty staying awake.
Naïve		You Lack Experience and are lacking in wisdom and Judgement. This causes some detriment to your team mates after all your decisions sometimes lead to poor outcomes. You give everyone the benefit of the doubt and all of your trust, As such you believe others have the same trust in you.
Near Sighted		Character finds it hard to see things at greater distances.
Night Blindness	Must have eyes. Cannot have darkvision or low-light vision.	Your night vision is horrible due to a birth defect.
No I in Team		Who ever said those posters were good for you.
Nyctalopia	Must have functional eyes.	You cannot see in the dark.
Obese	Dexterity 13 or lower	Let's just say you enjoy a good feast. Ten times a day.
One-Armed	Must have functional arms.	You spent so much time working on one arm's strength that your other arm has suffered from lack-of-use.
Painful Aberrant Mark	Aberrant Dragonmark(ECS)	Your aberrant mark is especially painful to use.
Petit Mal Seizures		You have a neurological disorder than can be quite the interruption.
Phobia		You are afraid of something.
Polished Hand	Character must have more than one hand.	Two hands are better than one, so why didn't you train both of them?
Poor Saves		Bad things happen to you: it's rather unfortunate.
Pride		No matter the odds, you refuse to retreat from battle due to your overwhelming pride and honor.
Purse Blind		You're bad with money and trade.
Reincarnated Misfortune	Must have been affected by Reincarnate, or some other means of reincarnation	Things in this life remind you of things from your last, and these things make you sad.
Self-Centered		Only you can help yourself
Short Attention Span		Your mind always switches from one thought to the other and it messes up your foc... oh look a penny!
Short Temper		You get enraged easily, going berserk whenever you suffer damage.
Skinny Dipper		You like to swim with no clothes on.
Slaughter Fodder		You leave yourself open... a lot.
Stiff		Your joints are not very flexible.
Storm Chaser		You long for the flash of thunder and the wail of wind. Calm days make you painfully uncomfortable.
Substance Abuse		You (used to) depend on alcohol/drugs to make it through the day, and it shows.
Substance Addiction		You are physically or mentally dependent on some kind of addictive substance.
Sunblind		You have difficulty functioning in direct sunlight due to your sensitive eyes.
Superstar		Everyone's watching you!
Surgical Scars	3 or more grafts that have been removed.	The removal of many grafts has left your body weakened and scared.
Terrible Tumbler		Kids roll down hills gracefully; you flail like a dying fish.
Tourette syndrome		Your character has Tourette syndrome.
Traplover		If you see a Trap you have the urge to set it off.
Uncontrollable Phasing	You must exist as a physical form.	You will, from time to time, randomly disappear from existence for a short period of time. You then, after a certain amount of time, phase back into existence with no memory of anything that had happened in the time of your disappearance.
Uncontrollable Spell Resistance	Spell Resistance	You have no control over your Spell Resistance
Unfocused		You cannot concentrate on anything for too long.
Unlucky		You seem to always fall short at the worst possible moment, right when it matters most.
Unready		You are never ready for combat.
Unusually Formed Body	Humanoid	There are parts of your body that are different from most other humanoids.
Urbanite		While you may have travelled extensively at some point in your life, you always feel more at home in a large town or city. Wilderness life simply isn't for you.
Vendetta		A race, monster, or group (DM's discretion) has wronged you in the past, and your hatred for them has left you ill-tempered and seeking revenge.
Waste Not		Your character hates to leave a corpse behind.
Weak Mind		You have a weak mind, and pretty much anything scares you with ease.
Weak Stomach		You simply cannot hold food and drink down, resulting in a frail, often malnourished character.
Weakened Power		Your lifeblood is greatly weakened.
Weathered Wound		The worse the weather gets, the more you hurt.

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