| Complications | ||||
| name | type | payoff | description | |
| angry (new) | mental | 5, 10, 15 | grits teeth (5), must vent (10), seeing red (15) | |
| bad tempered | mental | 5, 10, 15 | irrational all the time. Will risk life at 15 | |
| bipolar | mental | 5, 10, 15, 20 | manic/depressive, fits of moods, depression, possibly suicidal | |
| coward | mental | 5, 10, 15 | lack nerve. Will run as far as possible at 15 from danger | |
| crying (new) | mental | 5, 10, 15 | inconvenienced (5), temporarily torn (10), disabled (15) | |
| delusion | mental | 5, 10, 15 | believe something that isn't real and might risk your life in defense | |
| depression (new) | mental | 5, 10, 15, 20 | blue (5), worn out (10), disabled (15), suicidal (20 - suggest taking coward too) | |
| forgetful | mental | 5, 10, 15 | from poor memory to senile. Member your own name? | |
| honesty | mental | 5, 10, 15 | always tell the truth. From embarressment to your life. | |
| impulsive | mental | 5, 10, 15 | can't help yourself. Do without thinking. | |
| intolerance | mental | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| jealousy | mental | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| kleptomania | mental | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| lazy | mental | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| lecherous | mental | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| obsessed | mental | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| phobia | mental | 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
| shy | mental | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| slow learner | mental | 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
| stubborn | mental | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| unlucky | mental | 5, 10, 15, 20 | things never go your way. Life threatenin dangers. | |
| vane | mental | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| addiction/dependence | physical | 5, 10, 15, 20 | tobacco to tengu noses | |
| age | physical | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| illness | physical | 5, 10, 15, 20 | sneeze to plague | |
| impaired hearing | physical | 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
| impaired vision | physical | 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
| insomnia | physical | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| missing limb | physical | 5, 10, 15 | finger (5), hand (10), arm (15) | |
| overweight | physical | 5, 10 | fat or obese | |
| poor literacy | physical | 5, 10 | you get -1 to int (5), can't read or write (10) | |
| reduced mobility | physical | 5, 10, 15, 20 | one quarter movement (5), 1/2 (10), dragging at mov 1(15), quadripalegic (20) | |
| vocal impairment | physical | 5, 10, 15 | only whisper (5), make sounds (10), mute (15) | |
| vulnerability | physical | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| bad reputation | social | 5, 10 | frequently recognized (5), always (10) | |
| distinctive features | social | 5, 10 | scars to a provincial dialect | |
| enemy | social | see book | see book | |
| oppressed | social | 5, 10, 15, 20 | snubbed (5), bonge (10), hinin (15), prostitutes (20) | |
| outsider | social | 5, 10, 15 | asian foreigner (5), europian (10), never seen before (15) | |
| personal habits | social | 5, 10, 15 | people can't stand you | |
| poverty | social | 5, 10, 15 | poor, broke, or in debt | |
| public figure | social | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| secret | social | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| secret identity | social | 5, 10, 15 | another cast or opposite sex (5), criminal, shinobi (10), bakafu official (15) | |
| bad karma | spiritual | 5, 10, 15 | 1 point (5), 3 points (10), 5 points (15) | |
| impurity | spiritual | 5, 10, 15 | you have -1 PIE (5), -3 PIE (10), 0 PIE (15) | |
| code of honor | responsibilities | 5, 10, 15 | ||
| dependents | responsibilities | 5, 10, 15 | friend, coworker (5), pet, lower caste, challenged (10), village (15) | |
| sense of duty | responsibilities | 5, 10, 15, 20 | friends (5), organizations (10), humanity (15), life itself (20) | |
| vow | responsibilities | 5, 10, 15 | ||