Depression

The Character becomes depressed with life and the world around him, often seeing futility in all courses of action. He suffers from regular bouts of hopeless- ness and fails to see any hope in existence. Characters are likely to lose any interest in doing anything but moping; all tests are one difficulty level higher. Curing this malady may be accomplished by -psychiatric counseling, but an important success can restore confidence. Each time the depressed character succeeds at an important skill test of Formidable or Impossible difficulty, the character makes an immediate Standard: Willpower test. Success means the character has cheered up, realizing that his efforts can do some good after all.