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What happens your character's sanity [[Heroic BSOD|comes up snake eyes]].
== Tabletop Role-Playing Games ==
* In ''White Wolf'''s ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'', Werewolves can go into a state of deep spiritual sadness called Harano. However, overcoming it provides the Werewolf with permanent Willpower.
** If done correctly a GM can even get a player to do this. It's immensely satisfing when it happens.
* An occupational hazard of Astartes and Guard officers in ''[[Warhammer
** As mentioned above in [[Dawn of War]], The Tau have a chance of getting the blue screen if their Ethereal dies. Or, they could go into [[Unstoppable Rage]]... [[More Dakka|with plasma guns]].
** While were talking about Dawn of War, I would like to take you back to the First game's Single player campaign, after grinding through Orks, Eldar and Chaos troops, Brother Captain discovers his Long Time buddy and Company Librarian turn to Chaos, though the mission's scene doesn't show exactly ''how long'' his BSOD lasted, but it was hinted that he got real mad and by the beginning of the next mission his anger was made manifest by a orbiting [[Death From Above|Battle Barge]].
* In the free ''[[The Matrix|Matrix]]'' game [https://web.archive.org/web/20090904175727/http://www.steved.org/rp_rules_tins.html "There Is No Spoon,"] the Sick At Heart optional rules model damage to a character's belief system, and reduces their Matrix stat (the stat that gives them their ability to kick serious ass) on a failed Matrix roll when they choose (or are forced) to act in a way that contravenes or works to destroy their beliefs, personal code or deep abiding reason to live, or are severely tortured or have something else extreme happen to them. A character can actually be worn down to no Matrix stat at all this way, making them little more than another mook under the system's rules, and recovery of Matrix points is difficult, as it involves rebuilding the character's faith in themselves. The notes on this particular optional rule says that it should not be used excessively, as this is meant to be an action game, not a dark tale of the fragility of the mind.
* ''[[Exalted]]'' has a defined set of these as part of the Great Curse afflicting all Solar Exalted. Called "Limit Breaks" (unrelated to [[Limit Break|the trope]] except by name), they occur whenever Exalts reach a particular threshold of stress related to their Compassion, Conviction, Temperance, or Valor traits. Effects include catatonia, [[Unstoppable Rage]], wallowing in vice, collapsing in a fit of crying, and plenty more; all are highly destructive, incapacitating, or both. The other Exalted types where afflicted with the Great Curse has well, but it usually doesn't take this form. Sidereals, for example, run a bigger risk of everything going to hell if more then a few work together on something.([[It Got Worse|Unless you're a Lunar, where you get similar issues to the Solars, plus the ability to turn into a 2 ton killing machine at will]])
** The ''[[Exalted]]'' ''[[Web Comic]]'' ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'' has a particuarly good example. [http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0220.html #220] is an example of a Compassion Limit Break, 'Heart of Tears'.
** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly before the Usurpation, and has pretty much withdrawn for 2000 years as a result. Let's put it this way: in his stronghold at the heart of the Daystar, there's a courtroom. In that courtroom, there is a list of people found guilty by the judgment of the Unconquered Sun. The last name listed is his own.
* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''[[Dungeons
* [[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]], the [[Trope Codifier]] and possibly [[Ur Example]] and [[Trope Maker]] for the [[Sanity Meter]], has these in spades. A character can have a [[Heroic BSOD]] any time they take too much Sanity damage too quickly, and given that you are facing off against the creations of the [[Trope Maker]] for [[Eldritch Abomination]] in modern times, you can bet Sanity checks will do characters in quickly. Standing there gibbering because [[Go Mad
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