Good ol Edges & Flaws, Favorites? Hated on? Indifferent ones? Options

[ElFenrir]

Seeing several threads in my time here on varied edges and flaws(and good/bad things about them....definately a lot of problems to be had), i was curious to know some thoughs on varied ones were. Which are some that you like and have fun with? Do you hate any of them? Think they all are unbalanced? Think some are?

I for one put them in varied categories. Liked, Disliked, Like but they have some possible big problems, and Indifferent.



As a GM or player, i tend to like the ones where i can create plot hooks(edges or flaws), or small ones that really don't upset anything. Disliked ones are the ones that A. are just overpowered for what they give(rare, luckily), B. Ones that are unbalanced in the opposite way...they simply cause so much trouble that im loathe to introduce them unless something very, very bad will happen. Im indifferent on some of them, the 'boring' ones that can't really be written about or abused either.

Hunted-6 is a big troublemaker. Not only for the one character, but for the team. If a character has hunted-6, its daaaamned hard to write it so the others dont end up tied up in the whole mess either, as if someone is that damned hated anyone they associate with is probably in trouble as well. And if no one else wanted any flaws, in a way, they are saddled with this one. Someone wanting this one i would probably try to talk into either dropping it down a few levels, or make SURE the rest of the party does not care. Even then, its iffy.

Things like allergies can go either way....severe allergy to ebola is just dumb, but severe allergy to air and skin would result in the characters early death. A few allergies are dependent on campaign(Sunlight in a Winter Arctic campaign vs. sunlight in a desert campaign.)

Amnesia can be a lot of fun. I typically only have problems here if its done from sheer laziness.

Any flaw that requires either A. Ignoring it or B. Killing the character and possibly harming the party in the process has problems as well. (Id have3 a talk with someone wanting to take the Cortex Bomb flaw, but then again, there are ways to possibly have it removed.)

Sensitive System and Bio-rejection get the ire of some GMs, but i mind these very little. Vat-grown replacements are very expensive.

Incompetences are all dependent on the campaign,IMO. Boating in a city campaign=abused. Boating in pirate campaign=just fine.

Edge-wise, i have less problems. Honestly, Aptitude, giving one bonus die, is not so damned overpowered as some people say, i don't see the issue with this one.

Ive seen some stacked Edges that can cause a few issues...but non combative ones. Mix Faces with Friends Abroad, Friends in High Places, and any other Contact ones and you have something there that might get out of hand.

Things like Perfect Time, Tech School Education, and a few others im indifferent on. They never really threw anything off one way or another.

Infirm is pretty harsh. Taken at low levels and it's something for nothing. At higher levels it becomes a bit more crippling.

Hung out to Dry is another one that i find a bit hard to work in. I dont know many teams who would want to keep a guy like this around.

all in all im pretty lean, but i tend to have more problems with ones that are TOO bad for the character, rather than the other way around.

Anyone else have peeves/likes?