Hair-Trigger Temper

Value
Common, Moderate: 10 Points • Common, Strong: 15 Points • Common, Total: 20 Points
Description
A character with this Complication gets angry at the drop of a hat. The slightest irritation sets him off. Such a character tends to get into fights easily, is never really happy with his lot in life, and rarely has successful relationships because of his temper. Even his friends handle the character with kid gloves because they are afraid to set him off, and people who are only casual acquaintances will avoid associating with the character for the same reasons.
Note that having a Hair-Trigger Temper is not the same as having an Explosive Temper. A character with an Explosive Temper doesn't necessarily get mad easily... its just that once they are mad, they are furious. A character with a Hair-Trigger Temper, on the other hand, gets mad quite easily... but while he becomes angry he doesn't necessarily become furious.
At the Moderate level, the character can suppress his tendency to go off enough to get along peaceably with other people, no matter how maddening he finds them. At the Strong level, the character must make a successful EGO Roll in order to do so. At the Total level, the character cannot peaceably interact with those he finds irritating except under the most dire of circumstances.
See Also
Bellicose, Bad Tempered, Explosive Temper, Short-Tempered and Violent
Category:Complications
Category:Psychological Complications
Category:Psychological Complications G - H
Category:Compulsions
Category:Anger and Aggressiveness Complications