# Pica

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [February 19, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133 "2014-02-19T16:03:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/1 "2014-02-19T16:03:28Z")

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So I thought about pica and decided it needed to be a negative trait.

You get cravings for non-food things, eat them but gain nothing, a little nutrition (33% chance), or hurt yourself! 33% chance for all three. Wheeeeee!

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/2 "2014-02-19T20:12:47Z")

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Only if pyromania can be a positive trait.

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**Author:** ![Williham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/williham/32/845_2.png) [@Williham](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Williham)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/3 "2014-02-19T20:15:01Z")

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Well, my initial reaction is “No.”

But then I thought about it, and I considered the source, and as I meditated upon the words, I realised that there really only was one sensible answer.

No.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/4 "2014-02-19T20:19:04Z")

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[quote=“Williham, post:3, topic:5133”]Well, my initial reaction is "No."  
No.[/quote]

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/5 "2014-02-19T20:43:58Z")

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Can I have pyromania anyway?

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/6 "2014-02-20T00:08:18Z")

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> [@jimboblordofeskimos](#):
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> Can I have pyromania anyway?

How it’d be implemented?

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/7 "2014-02-20T00:15:45Z")

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Moral boost for setting things on fire?

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/8 "2014-02-20T00:28:01Z")

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> [@FunsizeNinja123](#):
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> Moral boost for setting things on fire?

Or being near big fires. Its not practical, it would just be cool is all.

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/9 "2014-02-20T00:31:53Z")

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Back when I was newer to coding I tried to do a pyromania PR that turned out to be worth more hassle then it would gain. Maybe now that I understand what I’m doing I’ll take another crack at it sometime. 😃

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**Author:** ![Taraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@Taraq](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Taraq)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/10 "2014-02-20T00:51:37Z")

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> [@jimboblordofeskimos](#):
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> [quote=“FunsizeNinja123, post:7, topic:5133”]Moral boost for setting things on fire?

Or being near big fires. Its not practical, it would just be cool is all.[/quote]

Seems like it’d be more of a neutral trait than an advantage or disadvantage. Unless you uncontrollably set things on fire…

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/11 "2014-02-20T00:59:17Z")

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> [@Taraq](#):
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> [quote=“jimboblordofeskimos, post:8, topic:5133”][quote=“FunsizeNinja123, post:7, topic:5133”]Moral boost for setting things on fire?

Or being near big fires. Its not practical, it would just be cool is all.[/quote]

Seems like it’d be more of a neutral trait than an advantage or disadvantage. Unless you uncontrollably set things on fire…[/quote]

Well, if its nothing but a morale boost, its just a positive, like stylish.

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**Author:** ![Cherry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/cherry/32/230_2.png) [@Cherry](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cherry)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/12 "2014-02-20T02:00:23Z")

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@ Pica (disorder)  
Finally a trait to make paper being edible make sense.  
Should also be a boon to people with internal furnace.  
I doubt its fun for people to stick 2by4s in their mouth.

@ Pyromaniac  
You can just give yourself a morale boost for using a lighter, spray can flamethrower, flamethrower, etc.  
If the trait does not entail much bonus, then the cost should reflect that.

You could argue to go all the way and make fire tiles increase morale, but if that is too much work then it would never get added.  
Which is totally fine.

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/13 "2014-02-20T08:47:38Z")

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What the hell is a pica anyway?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/14 "2014-02-20T09:55:42Z")

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![](http://files.pokefans.net/sprites/schwarz-weiss/25.png)

+1 to the pyro trait.

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 10:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/15 "2014-02-20T10:21:02Z")

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… and how is that related to eating random things?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/16 "2014-02-20T10:27:04Z")

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That was a joke.

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/17 "2014-02-20T10:38:01Z")

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Pica is a disorder that basically gives you an appetite for objects that arent food, in some cases its more a compulsion to eat oddball things.

People will eat needles, glass, dirt, sand, large quantities of paper, buttons, etc, etc.

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/18 "2014-02-20T11:11:24Z")

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> [@Rookie](#):
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> That was a joke.

I’m not funny enough for this shit. 😃

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/19 "2014-02-20T11:27:09Z")

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Pinkatu has always been and will always be a joke.

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**Author:** ![Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Adrian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Adrian)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pica/5133/20 "2014-02-20T18:55:23Z")

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“Pyromania is an impulse control disorder in which individuals repeatedly fail to resist impulses to deliberately start fires, in order to relieve tension or for instant gratification”  
-[Wikipedia](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyromania)

I think pyromania should give boost to moral when observing things catching on fire instead of just being on fire, and a stacking drop in moral when not around fires.  
That said, maybe the PC should set things on fire of his own volition if the player doesn’t cater to his pyromania or if he becomes thoroughly miserable.