Catatonia

A character who has gone catatonic will simply sit in place doing nothing except possible self-soothing actions like constantly rocking or hand-flapping. The character may have to be wheeled around in a wheelchair, but in some situations they can walk on their own and follow party members, but will simply not "experience" anything around them, like they are walking in an endless white plain following ghosts. Someone using Psychiatry may pull them out of this condition long enough to perform one action or hold one conversation for about five minutes. Any action they take during this time will be at a -1 rank penalty.
This kind of character would ordinarily be completely useless. However, the GM may allow, once per play session, a situation to arise in which this character can get up and act on their own in a heightened state of awareness, gaining +1 rank to all their rolls. At the end of that encounter, they will simply go catatonic again.
Category:Insanity