New Defects

1 BP: The character gains a -1 penalty to all skill and stat checks that involve personal interaction.

2 BP: The character gains a -4 penalty to all skill and stat checks that involve personal interaction. However, the character gains a +1 bonus to Intimidation (Physical) skill checks.

Heavy Sleeper
The character with this defect not only “needs her beauty sleep,” but it’s quite possibly their favorite activity of the day. The character has a heck of a time waking up and is invariably late for work or morning meetings—or at the very least must rush to make them on time. The character can be shaken awake by another character, but even the loudest of alarm clocks go noticed and the character most often just keeps on snoozing.

1 BP: If relying on alarms and other mechanical means to be awakened, the character must roll a Body check with a +3 penalty. If the check fails, he or she oversleeps by 10-60 (1d6x10) minutes. If some environmental circumstance occurs that might awaken the character during the middle of his or her sleep period, a Body check with a +4 penalty is required; the character also suffers a +2 penalty to all rolls for the first six rounds after waking.

2 BP: If relying on alarms and other mechanical means to be awakened, the character must roll a Body check with a +4 penalty. If the check fails, he or she oversleeps by 20-120 (2d6x10) minutes. If some environmental circumstance occurs that might awaken the character during the middle of his or her sleep period, a Body check with a +5 penalty is required; the character also suffers a +3 penalty to all rolls for the first six rounds after waking.

Poor
While the BESM game tends to abstract all issues of money, there are certain settings and storylines where it is important.

1 BP: The character has large occasional expenses that drain all cash reserves (such as college tuition, or high loan payments) and must work hard to ensure meager meals and keep a home.

2 BP: The character is without any financial means and is rarely able to scrape together enough money to eat properly. He or she has to rely on whatever shelter he or she can find.

If the character with the Shy defect fails the Soul stat check at the beginning of an encounter, the level of the defect determines the penalty applied as follows:

1 BP: The character suffers a –1 penalty to all Stat and Skill checks for the duration of the encounter.

2 BP: The character suffers a –3 penalty to all Stat and Skill checks for the duration of the encounter.