[UA] Loser Newbie Question

[Nick Wedig]

>Okay, to become a sociopath, you must be hardened
completely -- ten ranks -- in all the madness axes (you
can tell I'm a Loser Newbie because I don't know the right
terms).  When you succeed a check, you gain a hardness
rank, but you only make a check if the number of the check
is greater than the number of hardened ranks you have on
that axis.  So, then, if you have nine hardened ranks, you
aren't fazed by anything short of a level ten challenge.
I understand this.  So you can only become a sociopath if
you are subjected to... well, jeez.  Are there even that
many rank-10 Unnatural challenges out there?  Am I
understanding this properly?  From the history of the
sample sociopath character, Eponymous, this sounds like a
misunderstanding -- it doesn't read like he was ever
subjected to rank-10 Unnatural, Helplessness, or Isolation
checks.  Self and Violence, sure, but...

Eponymous has been working for TNI for a while, so high
level Unnatural checks aren't innapropriate.

I do sometimes wonder if maxing all five gauges is
appropriate.  There should be some sociopaths out there
who've seen a minimum of weirdness, it seems.  Perhaps
maxing out in 4 out of five, or something.  Except that
changes the amount of time a character can stay sane...

Mr. Teapot
sociopath

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