Everyone’s a little kinky; your needs are more, shall we say, exotic than a run-of-the-mill fetish. You might still adhere to the third part of the BDSM mantra safe, sane, and consensual, but your kink is neither safe nor sane by most people’s definition of those words. We’re not talking about tame bondage-and-spanking stuff – more like Fifty Shades of What the Fuck is Wrong with You? Unlike the old Flaw: Sadism /Masochism (which it replaces), this Flaw isn’t about the nature and specifics of your kink – it’s about how much trouble you can get into trying to satisfy your needs. A three-point kink can damage your health, reputation, and play partners; a four-point kink can seriously harm you (and whoever’s unfortunate enough to hook up with you), and a five-point kink can get you prison time or worse. (Gods help the people you choose to help you satisfy that kink…)

Certain mages are more prone to this Flaw than others, especially if they favor Left-Hand Path-type practices. For what ought to be obvious reasons, this is not an appropriate Flaw for all chronicles or players, and may well invoke safewords and blackouts from your Storyteller or companions. (See Mage 20, p. 345.) Although this Flaw, like others of its kind, does not bear a judgment on our part, this sort of thing can offend and trigger other players, so don’t be a dick about it.