Morbid Fascination

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People find themselves wanting to talk to your character even despite themselves. There’s something distinctly wrong with how you come across, whether you miss common social cues or deliberately cultivate a predatory air. Their fear begets fascination, and soon they can’t leave you alone. You ignore all penalties for your otherwise disturbing mannerisms when talking one-on-one with someone. This includes any penalties that you gain for changes in your Code^[1]. You may give off a weird air because you see no problem in killing the “unclean,” but when you give someone your full attention they just don’t care.

Drawback: If at any point you fail a Social Skill roll when talking to that person, your penalties come back in full force.

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