SKJAM! Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 DMH stands for "Do My Homework". As several of you know, I'm helping Worldmaker out with the Master List of Limitations. Usually, I can come up with a paragraph or three within minutes. But "Physical Limitation: Hormonal" has me baffled. Dictionary.com only lists "hormonal" as "having to do with hormones" which is succint, but not helpful for my purposes. After all, pretty much all humans, higher animals and organic-biology aliens have hormones of one sort or another. So I'm guessing that a slang definition of the word is going to be the one I need. Therefore, the question is, "what precisely do we mean by 'hormonal' in the context of a Physical Limitation?" Thanks in advance, SKJAM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal Well, I must admit, the only context I've ever really heard that word in is in reference to 'hormonal teenagers', generally referring to *ahem* friskiness. So, I'm guessing it's a 'polite' way of saying oversexed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S7Michelle Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal I’m not sure if its official or not, but I tend to use the word “hormonal†to refer to moods brought on by my hormones being out of whack rather than what’s going on in the environment around me. Specifically, feeling either angry or depressed for no real reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcady Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal I don't know... Everything that comes to mind for me when I hear this one is something I would tell the player to take off their character sheet as either not worth points and / or not relevant to the game. I want more detail than some one liner out of their disads. And just what is 'hormonal' anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xotl Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal It sounds like you're looking for either "Frisky", "Irritable", "Irrationally Irritable" or perhaps "Mood Swings". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightray Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 I've usually heard "hormonal" used by boors who think they are cleverly using a Politically Correct way of talking about That Time Of The Month. Not the sort of thing I'd be amused by on a character sheet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal I guess it could be looked at as a sort of Premenstrual Bi-Polarism kind of thing... She's Hormonal ... in reference to the fact that the hormones have gone a bit off kilter, as is normal for the menstrual cycle, inducing bi-polar like qualities such as violent mood swings. Also, of minor note, men also have a hormonal cycle similar to the female menstrual cycle, though the "Male PMS" factor is usually much much less pronounced, to the point of being unnoticed almost all the time. Another take on Hormonal would be someone who constantly gives into their hormonal state - most commonly in the form of sexual intent, probably. A Hormonal individual is usually thinking with the "wrong head", in the case of men - but is certainly no less common in women. Or possibly people who cry easily give into the hormonal state that would induce that. I think in this case Hormonal could be replaced by Emotional. They might always get angry, lovestruck, etc... I'm no expert but those behaviors may stem from hormonal imbalances - depression certainly does. Perhaps you could have two closely related Phys. Lims: Emotional and Hormonal? hope that helps a little. [edit: spelling] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnicau Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal i feel it's to represent the medical condition brought about by a severe hormonal imbalance, this has been detected in some of your more violent and antisocial female prisoners, there was an example in the UK a few years ago, where a girl had an apparent mental breakdown at age 12, became increasingly violent, antisocial, and self mutilating, she eventually ended up in prison for the criminally insane where a doctor studying this phenomenen tested her and found she had a severe hormonal imbalance, and after treatment she was able to be released back into society, and has never re-offended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted September 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal After your helpful suggestions, and some thought, here's a draft: Hormonal (Physical) Infrequently, Slightly or Infrequently, Greatly The character suffers from a slight hormonal imbalance, or from rapidly shifting hormones, with the result that he suffers uncontrolled mood swings. Stereotypically, this disadvantage is seen in early adolescence, particularly with girls. The character becomes irritable, depressed, horny or even blissful with little or no correlation to outside events. The GM picks the mood swing the character will have and when it hits him, choosing either deliberately or by random roll. At the slightly limiting level, the new mood is equivalent to a Moderate-level Psychological Limitation. At the greatly limiting level, it's equivalent to a Strong-level Psych Lim. Characters with this disadvantage may also have a Social Limitation related to their most frequent mood, especially at the Greatly limiting level. (I'll leave Physical Limitation: Really Bad PMS for someone else to write, thanks.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal eh .. "Really Bad PMS" could just be at the Infrequently, Greatly level. Every 28 days or so they just go a bit psycho... Nice write up BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightray Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal eh .. "Really Bad PMS" could just be at the Infrequently, Greatly level. Every 28 days or so they just go a bit psycho... Nice write up BTW. "Greatly"?!? That's the same disadvantage as Missing One Eye! Having an occasional mood swing in no way physically limits a character. If you need to overemphasize PMS, you may as well go all-out and use Berserk "That Time Of The Month" (Uncommon). edit: since we don't have a "sarcasm" smilie, just assume I've added one here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.W.Lerose Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal "Greatly"?!? That's the same disadvantage as Missing One Eye! Having an occasional mood swing in no way physically limits a character. If you need to overemphasize PMS, you may as well go all-out and use Berserk "That Time Of The Month" (Uncommon). (Looks around to see if wife is around....then decides the comment isn't worth the potential she may someday see this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal Yes well ... I've met some people who might as well be berserk they're so off kilter. Lucky for me my wife only gets cranky, mostly due to cramps, and doesn't so much have mood swings and just doesn't much want to do anything really. But then, constant cramps for several days would shut me down to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grymlocke Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal hmmm, 'hormonal'.... As the human slave to a macaw (thats a new world parrot to those who don't know) 'breeding season' brings on very distinct and (oft) painful personality changes (just ask ANY parrot owner) that can best be described as 'hormonal'....urges kick in (sex), territorial-ness, agression, then in an instant(click): passive, gentle...(click): the former...on/off/on/off....and even BOTH AT ONCE !!! it's a compressed rollercoaster ride for 3 months (and bloody fingers)....... I think a little internet research would help...DYH (double yellow head) or YN (yellow Nape) amazon MALE in breeding season would BE your prime example for this lim.... way WAY worse than humans females could ever be...but good for a 'alien' lim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Re: DMH: PHYs Lim: Hormonal I don't know... Everything that comes to mind for me when I hear this one is something I would tell the player to take off their character sheet as either not worth points and / or not relevant to the game. I want more detail than some one liner out of their disads. And just what is 'hormonal' anyway? Hey, Arcady, I like your new avatar, definitely moreso than the prior one. (pardon the tangent) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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