The best example is OCD: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The symptoms of actual mental health conditions are often portrayed as the problem, but often they are a coping mechanism for a larger problem. However, I think both of these points are missing a bigger issue. This works against the idea that a player should be free to role-play at any level with a given mechanic. This means, if your character was just a simple hack-and-slasher, there's no consequence to the roll. Want to write a novella for your backstory? Go for it! But that leads us to another problem: in the DMG, the "indefinite madness" table manifests as a new flaw gained by your character. Just want to hack some orcs? Good for you. So, my first problem with the way mental health conditions are included in the game is that it goes against the basic upwards flow of the system.Īdditionally, the PHB and the DMG emphasize that people can play the game and role-play at whatever level they feel comfortable. Some people like it when their characters suffer horrible mental trauma, and those people play Call of Cthulhu. Congratulations, your character is now blind for 3 hours! However, the D&D system is built on powering up your character. Some systems give purely mechanical detriments to make characters "insane." This is how the D&D 5e DMG does it on page 259-260. This is a pretty controversial topic, and to make sure I get this right, I've been in touch with my friends in the Mental Health field as well as some close friends who live with their own mental health conditions. Let's talk about madness and insanity in role-playing games. The DM Help Network /r/BehindTheTables /r/DMToolkit /r/DndMaps /r/DndAdventureWriter /r/DndRealms /r/DndMonsters /r/DndIdeas Or use the Multireddit Wait to post again until your most recent submission is out of the top-10.ĮXPLORE THE WIKI ARCHIVES Message the Moderators To ask questions please join our Discord, or use our weekly megathreadĨ. You must include the full text in the body of your postĦ. Post ready-to-use, playtested DM resources that YOU createdģ. We are a library of resources and we're here to help!Ģ.
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