Derangement

"YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES"Derangement is a Menace player variable. It represents the warping of your character's mind. It's mostly acquired through nightmares and curses. Failed Red Science experiments can produce Derangement in large quantities.

Description
"MUST, CAN'T, MUST, CAN'T--"

The description may be altered by the Game Master depending on the variable's state.

[1] Wary

[2 -3] Worrying

[4 - 5] Dreadful

[6 - 7] Deranged

[8] Dangerous

[9] Raving

[10] GOLD RED AND MARVELLOUS

Penalty
Derangement is quite a dangerous menace - it can cause quite a lot of temporary damage to your attributes, and more permanent damage to your skills. (Note: Penalties stack.)

[Derangement 3] Intelligence - 1, until Derangement drops back below 3

[Derangement 5] Charm - 1, Mana - 2, until Derangement drops back below 5

[Derangement 7] Intelligence - 1, Charm - 1, Spirituality - 2, Mana - 1, all skills - 1, until Derangement drops back below 7

[Derangement 10] Intelligence - 1, Charm - 1, Spirituality - 1, Mana - 1, until Derangement drops back below 10, permanently - 1 to all Scholarly and Red skills, triggers Insanity event