[kyoto kid]

...one of the things I notices is that for the Phobia quality there are very few examples.

For a character I'm running in the Chicago Missions I took Claustrophobia as Uncommon with a Mild effect.  At the table I was told that it would actually be a Common Phobia which would then break the 25 karma limit. The character already has 20 points in negative qualities, all that relate to her and her background:

• Distinctive Style - Used in place of Neoteny (which is disallowed in Missions play because it's SURGE related)  Basically she's young looking for her age and expresses herself like a young girl. (5K)
• Signature - She leaves a specific playing card anytime she blows something up. (10K)
• Blighted 6 Months - She lived a good part of her life in a war zone where chemical, biological, and tactical nuclear weapons were used. (5K)

The basis of the character is she's a child soldier who was a member of the resistance and had an uncanny knack for using explosives (took after her late father who was one of Europe's foremost pyrotechnicians before the war).  She is also a virtuoso musician (actually allocated points to Performance) and was a child prodigy before the war however is unable to perform in front of an audience. due to the trauma of losing her family and many friends (her country was invaded only a couple days after a very successful solo recital she performed at the age of 10). She actually witnessed the deaths of her father mother and brother.

The character herself was also badly wounded in the attack and was taken to a secure and well concealed  underground shelter (that used to be a command bunker during the Euro Wars) where she was taken care of and nursed back to health.

Basically I need something that would relate to what she went through from the time of the attack to when she was extracted seven years later and ended up in the UCAS. She is fiercely loyal to her country and to the cause of the resistance even though she is now 1,000s of kilometers away.

I'm just drawing a blank right now.

I cannot use Flashbacks (which granted, would be the most obvious) as it is disallowed in Missions as well.

[fseperent]

I would ask if NBC (nuclear, biological, and chemical) weapons would qualify for uncommon.
Other options for a 5K negative would be allergy and SINner.

[Bushw4cker]

 Just a few I could think of off-hand. 

See my post about Unusual Characters. I have Rocker with phobia to teenage girls...and comment!! It's awesome!
   
Would probably say Gelotophobia – fear of being laughed at, or Atychiphobia – fear of failure (because failing with explosives is bad...), or Ophthalmophobia – fear of being stared at

    Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning
    Acousticophobia – fear of noise – a branch of phonophobia
    Acrophobia – fear of heights
    Agoraphobia – fear of open places
    Agraphobia – fear of sexual abuse
    Agrizoophobia – fear of wild animals, a branch of zoophobia
    Agyrophobia – fear of crossing the street
    Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects (such as a needle or knife)
    Ailurophobia – fear of cats
    Algophobia – fear of pain
    Amaxophobia, ochophobia, motorphobia, hamaxophobia – fear of riding in a car
    Amychophobia – fear of being scratched
    Anthophobia – fear of flowers
    Anthropophobia – fear of people or the company of people, a form of social phobia
    Antlophobia – fear of floods
    Aquaphobia – fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies
    Arachnophobia – fear of spiders
    Astraphobia – fear of thunder and lightning
    Atelophobia – fear of not being good enough or imperfection[citation needed]
    Atychiphobia, kakorrhaphiophobia – fear of failure
    Automatonophobia – fear of anything that falsely represents a sentient being
    Autophobia – fear of isolation[3]
    Aviophobia, aviatophobia – fear of flying

    Barophobia – fear of gravity
    Bathmophobia – fear of stairs or slopes
    Blood-injection-injury type phobia – a DSM-IV subtype of specific phobias

    Chaetophobia – fear of hair
    Chemophobia – fear of chemicals
    Cherophobia – fear of happiness
    Chiroptophobia – fear of bats
    Chlorophobia – fear of the color green[4]
    Chromophobia, chromatophobia – fear of colors
    Chronophobia – fear of time and time moving forward
    Chrysophobia – fear of the color orange[4]
    Cibophobia, sitophobia – aversion to food, synonymous to anorexia nervosa
    Claustrophobia – fear of having no escape and being closed in
    Cleithrophobia – fear of being trapped[5]
    Climacophobia – fear of climbing
    Coimetrophobia – fear of cemeteries
    Colorphobia - fear or a strong aversion towards a particular color
    Coulrophobia – fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns)
    Cyanophobia – fear of the color blue[4]
    Cyberphobia – fear of or aversion to computers and of learning new technologies
    Cynophobia – fear of dogs

    Decidophobia – fear of making decisions
    Dementophobia - fear of becoming insane
    Demonophobia, daemonophobia – fear of demons
    Dendrophobia – see hylophobia
    Dentophobia, odontophobia – fear of dentists and dental procedures
    Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder – a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect

    Ecclesiophobia – fear of churches
    Eleutherophobia - fear of freedom
    Emetophobia – fear of vomiting
    Enochlophobia – fear of crowds
    Ergophobia, ergasiophobia – fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating
    Erotophobia – fear of sexual love or sexual abuse
    Erythrophobia, erytophobia, ereuthophobia – fear of the color red, or fear of blushing

    Frigophobia – fear of becoming too cold

    Gamophobia - fear of cohabitation, marriage or nuptials
    Gelotophobia – fear of being laughed at
    Gephyrophobia – fear of bridges
    Genophobia, coitophobia – fear of sexual intercourse
    Gerascophobia – fear of growing old or aging
    Gerontophobia – fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly
    Globophobia – fear of balloons
    Glossophobia – fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
    Gymnophobia – fear of nudity
    Gynophobia – fear of women

    Halitophobia – fear of bad breath
    Haphephobia – fear of being touched
    Harpaxophobia – fear of being robbed
    Hedonophobia - fear of obtaining pleasure
    Heliophobia – fear of the sun or sunlight
    Hemophobia, haemophobia – fear of blood
    Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666
    Hoplophobia – fear of firearms
    Hylophobia, dendrophobia – fear of trees, forests or wood
    Hypnophobia, somniphobia – fear of sleep

    Ichthyophobia – fear of fish, including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish

    Kinetophobia, kinesophobia – fear of movement
    Kleptophobia, cleptophobia – fear of stealing or being robbed
    Koinoniphobia – fear of rooms or shared spaces
    Koumpounophobia – fear of buttons[6]

    Leukophobia – fear of the color white
    Lilapsophobia – fear of tornadoes or hurricanes

    Macrophobia - fear of waiting
    Mechanophobia – fear of machines
    Melanophobia – fear of the color black
    Melissophobia – fear of bees
    Methyphobia – fear of alcohol
    Monophobia – fear of being alone or isolated or of one's self
    Musophobia, murophobia, suriphobia – fear of mice or rats
    Myrmecophobia – fear of ants
    Mysophobia – fear of germs, contamination or dirt

    Necrophobia – fear of death or the dead
    Neophobia, cainophobia, cainotophobia, centophobia, kainolophobia, kainophobia – fear of newness, novelty
    Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact
    Nosocomephobia – fear of hospitals
    Nosophobia – fear of contracting a disease
    Nostophobia, ecophobia – fear of returning home
    Nyctophobia, achluophobia, lygophobia, scotophobia – fear of darkness

    Obesophobia – fear of obesity
    Oikophobia – fear of home surroundings and household appliances
    Omphalophobia – fear of navels
    Oneirophobia – fear of dreams
    Ophthalmophobia – fear of being stared at
    Osmophobia, olfactophobia – fear of odors

    Panphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause
    Peniaphobia - fear of poverty
    Pediophobia – fear of dolls (a branch of automatonophobia: fear of humanoid figures)
    Phagophobia – fear of swallowing
    Phallophobia - fear of the penis, especially an erect penis
    Pharmacophobia – fear of medications
    Phasmophobia – fear of ghosts or phantoms
    Philophobia – fear of love
    Phobophobia – fear of fear itself or of having a phobia
    Phonophobia – fear of loud sounds or voices
    Pogonophobia – fear of beards
    Pornophobia – fear of pornography
    Porphyrophobia – fear of the color purple
    Prosophobia – fear of progress
    Pupaphobia – fear of puppets
    Pyrophobia – fear of fire

    Radiophobia – fear of radioactivity or X-rays

    Sanguivoriphobia – fear of vampires
    Scriptophobia – fear of writing in public or of trying to write
    Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at
    Sesquipedalophobia – fear of long words[7]
    Sexophobia – fear of sexual organs or sexual activities
    Siderodromophobia – fear of trains or railroads
    Sociophobia – fear of people or social situations
    Spectrophobia – fear of mirrors
    Stasiphobia – fear of standing or walking
    Stygiophobia, stigiophobia, hadephobia – fear of Hell

    Taphophobia, taphephobia – fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive
    Technophobia – fear of advanced technology (see also Luddite)
    Telephone phobia – fear or reluctance of making or taking telephone calls
    Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4
    Thalassophobia – fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean
    Thanatophobia – fear of dying
    Theophobia – fear of religion or gods
    Thermophobia – fear of heat
    Tokophobia – fear of childbirth or pregnancy
    Toxiphobia – fear of being poisoned
    Traumatophobia – a synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury
    Triskaidekaphobia, terdekaphobia – fear of the number 13
    Trypanophobia, belonephobia, enetophobia – fear of needles or injections
    Trypophobia – fear of holes or textures with a pattern of holes[8]
    Turophobia – fear of cheese[9][10][11][12]
    Tyrannophobia - fear of an oligarchy or dictatorship

    Uranophobia, ouranophobia – fear of Heaven

    Workplace phobia – fear of the workplace

    Xanthophobia – fear of the color yellow
    Xenophobia – fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens
    Xylophobia, hylophobia, ylophobia – fear of trees, forests or wood

    Agrizoophobia – fear of wild animals
    Ailurophobia – fear/dislike of cats
    Apiphobia – fear/dislike of bees (also known as melissophobia, from the Greek melissa "bee")
    Arachnophobia – fear/dislike of spiders and other arachnids
    Batrachophobia – fear/dislike of frogs and other amphibians
    Chiroptophobia – fear/dislike of bats
    Cynophobia – fear/dislike of dogs
    Entomophobia – fear/dislike of insects
    Equinophobia, hippophobia – fear/dislike of horses
    Herpetophobia – fear/dislike of reptiles or amphibians
    Ichthyophobia – fear/dislike of fish
    Mottephobia – fear/dislike of butterflies or moths
    Murophobia – fear/dislike of mice or rats
    Ophidiophobia – fear/dislike of snakes
    Ornithophobia – fear/dislike of birds
    Ranidaphobia – fear/dislike of frogs
    Scoleciphobia – fear of worms
    Selachophobia – fear of sharks
    Zoophobia – fear of animals

    Bibliophobia – fear or hatred of books, as a cultural phenomenon[13]
    Hoplophobia – a political term for fear of weapons, specifically firearms
    Lipophobia – avoidance of fats in food[14][15][16] (see also Lipophobicity)
    Osmophobia – hypersensitivity to smells causing aversion to odors
    Phonophobia – hypersensitivity to sound causing aversion to sounds
    Photophobia – hypersensitivity to light causing aversion to light

    Albanophobia - fear/dislike of Albanians
    Anglophobia – fear/dislike of England or English culture
    Atheophobia – fear/dislike of atheists
    Biphobia – fear/dislike of bisexuality or bisexuals
    Christianophobia – fear/dislike of Christians
    Ephebiphobia – fear/dislike of youth
    Germanophobia – fear/dislike of Germans
    Gerontophobia, gerascophobia – fear/dislike of aging or the elderly
    Heterophobia – fear/dislike of heterosexuals
    Hinduphobia - fear/dislike of Hindus
    Hispanophobia – fear/dislike of Hispanic people, Hispanic culture and the Spanish language
    Homophobia – fear/dislike of homosexuality, homosexuals, or gays (as opposed to lesbians)
    Indophobia - fear/dislike of India or Indian culture
    Islamophobia – fear/dislike of Muslims
    Judeophobia – fear/dislike of Jews
    Lesbophobia – fear/dislike of lesbians
    Negrophobia – fear/dislike of black people
    Nipponophobia – fear/dislike of the Japanese
    Pixophobia – fear/dislike of elves
    Trogophobia  – fear/dislike of trolls and/or orks
    Koryophobia – fear/dislike of the Koreans
    Pedophobia – fear/dislike of children
    Polonophobia – fear/dislike of the Polish
    Psychophobia – fear/dislike of mental illness or the mentally ill
    Russophobia – fear/dislike of Russians
    Shiaphobia - fear/dislike of Shiites
    Sinophobia – fear/dislike of Chinese people
    Sunniphobia - fear/dislike of Sunnis
    Transphobia – fear/dislike of transgender people
    Turcophobia – fear/dislike of Turks
    Xenophobia – fear/dislike of foreigners or extraterrestrials

[kyoto kid]

...quite a comprehensive list.  I actually first Googled "Phobias" and came up with similar results but it didn't help me to determine what would be common or uncommon (save for some really silly offbeat ones which most likely wouldn't come into play)

[Bushw4cker]

Also after reading your character I thought of this quality in Assassin SR5 book, thought it might fit.

MY COUNTRY, RIGHT OR
WRONG (COST: 4 KARMA)
Patriotism is the core of this assassin’s being. He serves his
country by doing his deadly job, and he knows his work
is justified because it helps the nation that he calls home.
Enemies both foreign and domestic must be dealt with so
the nation’s citizens can live in peace and security.
Advantages: Make a Willpower check at the beginning
of the character’s Action Phase if he has taken a wound,
either Stun or Physical damage, since his last Action Phase,
with the threshold being equal to the number of wounds
taken in that time. Success on the roll means that the assassin
ignores all wound penalties. The assassin should
continue making rolls before each Action Phase, with
the threshold for the test growing with each wound; for
example, if a character makes a roll after sustaining two
wounds, then sustains two more wounds before his next
Action Phase, the threshold would be 4 for the next roll.
If one of these rolls fails, all wound penalties immediately
come into play and this advantage cannot be used until
the next combat.
Disadvantage: The idea of betraying his country in
even the smallest way, even for a greater good somewhere
down the line, is unthinkable to the assassin. He
must make a Charisma + Willpower check to act in a way
detrimental to his country, with the threshold based on
the severity of the offense: breaking into a military base
to steal weapons would call for a threshold of 1, while selling
classified materials to the enemy would call for a much
higher threshold. If the character fails the roll, they refuse
to perform the action and actively seek to stop anyone
they see attempting it.

[kyoto kid]

I would ask if NBC (nuclear, biological, and chemical) weapons would qualify for uncommon.
Other options for a 5K negative would be allergy and SINner.

...I'd have to pass that by the Mission GM's  The only trouble is both toxic chemicals and radiation are actually rather common in the CZ.where most of the runs take place.

Thought about an allergy but already have a couple characters with that quality.  SINner (national) would be a stretch as theoretically the occupation governent believes she perished along with the rest of her family. The one way I could see it possibly working is, if instead of taxes, the 15% of her earnings is sent to either a group of sympathisers who funnel it through underground channels to aid the resistance or to an organisation which deals in humanitarian aid. to her downtrodden nation and its refugees abroad.  I'll have to bounce this one off the group.

[Bushw4cker]

List of ALL SR5 Qualities

[kyoto kid]

...ah, but My Country right or Wrong is a Posiitve Quality and while it does seem to fit to a point, she's already at her maximum there. 

Agile Defender (3K)
Black Market Pipeline - Explosives (10K)
Jack of All Trades (2K)
Juryrigger (10K)

All these fit well with her background as a freedom fighter and saboteur.

[Bushw4cker]

Might Fit...

15pt Negative Quality

CODE OF HONOR:
NATIONALIST (COUNTRY)
This is a new form of Code of Honor (p. 79-80, SR5). The My
Country, Right or Wrong positive quality (p. 17, The Assassin’s
Primer) may be a more appropriate choice in some extreme cases.
Nationalist (Country): The character has an unwavering
belief in the rightness of his country’s policies, and seeks to
advance its agenda even if it would hinder his current goals.
The character loses 1 Karma per agent of the government
they kill, including contractors, or knowingly allow to be killed,
even in self-defense. Note that nationalism does not include
penalties for simply breaking the law, which can be justified
through mental contortions great and small.

[Bushw4cker]

Here are a few that might work..

 and Please reply/comment to my posts on Crazy Character Concepts, I would like to keep it alive and would like for people to see/comment on some of mine.. Thanks ))

Dead Emotion
5pt Negative
Unable to feel a specific natural emotion
CF p. 57

Emotional Attachment
5pt Negative
-1 all tests if losing treasured item for 6 months
RF p. 154

Reduced (Sense) -Hearing maybe with all the explosives...
2 to 29
-2 Perception with chosen sense
RF p. 159

You should post your WHOLE character btw, might be a few things you missed.. You would be amazed what people on these forums catch that you might have missed..

[Bushw4cker]

Oh! oh@ oh!!!.. Loss of Confidence (Performance) Skill !! 10pt Negative, but GM would probably let you take as 5pt..

And I would probably get rid of Blighted... not sure GM would allow you to take anyways..

OR

Probably even better, get rid of Distinctive Style. Young Girl doesn't really fit Quality description in my opinion.

[kyoto kid]

...Code of Honour is disallowed in Missions play.  It also would put her 10 Karma beyond her Negative Qualities limit.

As she is a virtuoso musician I have difficulty with seeing how Dead Emotion would fit since music runs the gamut of emotions.  Also not sure if this can be interpreted as a purely psychological instead of substance induced quality. I'll have to discuss this with the group.

Reduced Sense: Hearing. Considering what she's been though and the fact she uses explosives it would work, however again, just not sure how it would fit it with the fact she's a musician as mentioned above.

Emotional attachment is an interesting one and I thought about it. The two most treasured items she has are not really "runner gear". One is a plush toy lamb she had since she was a little girl, and the other, a locket necklace with images of her family (which is irreplaceable).

[ZeldaBravo]

Reduced Sense: Hearing. Considering what she's been though and the fact she uses explosives it would work, however again, just not sure how it would fit it with the fact she's a musician as mentioned above.

It didn't stop Ludwig van Beethoven though.

[Bushw4cker]

...Code of Honour is disallowed in Missions play.  It also would put her 10 Karma beyond her Negative Qualities limit.

As she is a virtuoso musician I have difficulty with seeing how Dead Emotion would fit since music runs the gamut of emotions.  Also not sure if this can be interpreted as a purely psychological instead of substance induced quality. I'll have to discuss this with the group.

Reduced Sense: Hearing. Considering what she's been though and the fact she uses explosives it would work, however again, just not sure how it would fit it with the fact she's a musician as mentioned above.

Emotional attachment is an interesting one and I thought about it. The two most treasured items she has are not really "runner gear". One is a plush toy lamb she had since she was a little girl, and the other, a locket necklace with images of her family (which is irreplaceable).

%$^#@! sorry didn't actually read whole description of Dead Emotion..

What about Loss of Confidence?.. because from your description of character that totally fits..

Can you post whole character so far?...

[Bushw4cker]

...Code of Honour is disallowed in Missions play.  It also would put her 10 Karma beyond her Negative Qualities limit.

As she is a virtuoso musician I have difficulty with seeing how Dead Emotion would fit since music runs the gamut of emotions.  Also not sure if this can be interpreted as a purely psychological instead of substance induced quality. I'll have to discuss this with the group.

Reduced Sense: Hearing. Considering what she's been though and the fact she uses explosives it would work, however again, just not sure how it would fit it with the fact she's a musician as mentioned above.

Emotional attachment is an interesting one and I thought about it. The two most treasured items she has are not really "runner gear". One is a plush toy lamb she had since she was a little girl, and the other, a locket necklace with images of her family (which is irreplaceable).

%$^#@! sorry didn't actually read whole description of Dead Emotion..

What about Loss of Confidence?.. because from your description of character that totally fits.. I would take that and get rid of Distinctive Style.

Can you post whole character so far?...