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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 96279" data-attributes="member: 259">WOTC has a basic principle:  don't balance game mechanic advantages with roleplaying disadvantages.This is a good principle to throw away, if you're comfortable doing so.  If he wants the madness domain, consider letting him keep it -- but he's got to roleplay madness.  And it won't be fun.Suggestions:-he can develop phobias that require will saves to resist.  He doesn't get to choose the phobias; rather, have them develop out of game play (e.g., if someone drops magical darkness on him prior to an attack, require a will save not to become panicked whenever he's in darkness, and don't allow him to get sufficient rest for spellcasting if he's trying to sleep in a dark room).-He becomes paranoid of the people around him.  Pretending that he's not paranoid is mentally exhausting; if he plays through a scene as if he's not paranoid, he's fatigued at the end of the scene.-Get the cooperation of the other players, and play through some of his nightmares (they get to play evil dream-versions of themselves).Ravenloft has some great insanity rules; I'm guessing Call of Cthulhu will as well.It sounds as if he's playing madness as something fun and inconsequential.  Make it dark and scary, and it'll be more fun for everyone.Daniel</blockquote>