Stress and Stress Tolerance

Your Stress measures your psychic wellness. The more miserable and unhappy you are, the higher your Stress. You’ll notice that your Group Information Sheet (probably) contains no information on it about Stress—that’s because (almost) all Groups start with the same amount of Stress—zero—and the same Stress Tolerance Level—twenty. Stress is different from the other Statistics in that you want to keep your Stress as low as possible, and your opponents’ Stress as high as possible. (That’s what those Dead Raccoons in the Catalog are for.) The closer your Stress is to your Stress Tolerance Level, the closer you are to cracking up. If your Stress ever exceeds your Stress Tolerance Level, refer to “Insanity” under the “Things That Suck” section of these rules on page 20 to see what to do about it. Your Stress will vacillate throughout the game; your Stress Tolerance Level will probably remain at twenty.