Wonderland - Jags

going crazy or on drugs. The damage from a Major Complication is
serious and cannot simply be explained away or ignored.
How The Player Feels About Unsanity
At this point, the GM will take his or her cues from the player—how
does the player feel about Unsanity? We don’t believe there are literal
categories of players—but there are some general elements of “how
badly my character can get hosed before I stop having fun.”
These are:
l Hose me pretty badly.
l Make sure there’s a safty net.
l Don’t seriously mess up my character.
l Let me decide!
Hose me pretty badly: Exploring the Emotional and Social Impact of
Insanity (Unsanity) Well, being crazy often causes people real, serious
embarrassment. Since the player is okay with that, the GM rules that
she recovers in a local holding cell under psychiatric observation. She
discovers to her horror that she got up in front of her history class and
begin drawing doors on the chalkboard telling the class that they had to
be careful because the doors could “open” if you “looked at them right.”
She became violent, kicking and shrieking when the teacher tried to
remove her. She ranted, standing on a desk, until the police came and
dragged her screaming to the police car.
The consequences of this are run as the GM thinks is likely. If the PC
doesn’t work carefully, she may wind up committed.
I trust you—so be careful with my character: Exploring the Social
and Emotional Impact of Unsanity With A Safety Net: Some players
might want a potentially dark game where they can have their players
break down (maybe even commit themselves, thinking they are mad)
but don’t want the game to end in a padded cell. We think this is a pretty
reasonable way to play if it’s discussed up front.
In this case the example is “as above” but the GM will take care to
ensure that the play doesn’t become disinteresting because the player
embraces playing a character who is losing it.
The GM has determined, before hand, that there is a psychologist at
Samantha’s school who doesn’t “believe” in Unsanity—but recognizes
it as a psychological phenomena (whereas most therapist simply think
it is schizophrenia or drug-induced psychosis). That character will “get
her out of jail” and will also begin a treatment program that will keep the
game interesting. Eventually Samantha may drop out of school (and out
of reality altogether) but the player can have the character be as freaked
out as they want without having to worry about the cops locking them
up.
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