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* ''[[BattleTech]]'' features several types of neural interface technology that can boost battlefield performance beyond what's possible with just the usual manual/voice controls and neurohelmet, but are correspondingly more invasive and dangerous. Clan ProtoMech pilots, who ''depend'' on this kind of interface to control their smaller-than-regular-'Mech war machines in the first place, consequently tend to become increasingly unstable over time and usually die young.
* This trope is one of the problems for magick-users in ''[[Unknown Armies]]''. Adepts and avatars get their power by virtue of being so utterly obsessed with something (like drinking, or being the ultimate warrior) that it lets them alter reality. This means that most mages are a little nuts by necessity, and need to be pretty committed to their ideals if they want to become more powerful. It's no surprise that one of the big movers-and-shakers in the occult underground doesn't use magic at all.
* This is also popular in ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]''. All magic is made from the powers of Chaos, and chaos likes to reshape things into [[Eldritch Abominations]]. If a wizard uses too much juice the side effcts could range from his mind starts coming unhinged, to an explotion with a five mile radious. Being a worshiper of the Gods of Chaos also tends to do this as their warriors are trying to earn enough glory to become daemon princes, but most end up getting killed or turned into Chaos Spawn long after they go completly insane. Skaven can be described as this as their leaders tend to have a skewed view on things. Most Dark Elves could also count, especially with Malekeith.
* [[Psychic Powers|Asyncs]] in ''[[Eclipse Phase]]'' are required to take one mental disorder for each level of the Psi trait they acquire because their powers come from a virus written by an alien entity that borders on [[Eldritch Abomination]]. And unlike other disorders taken during character creation they don't get extra character points for them.
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