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== Merits And Flaws ==

The following lists of Merits and Flaws refer primarily to Scroll of Heroes, but will also reference certain other books as necessary.

== Merits ==
=== Retained Merits ===

The following Merits are retained as per Scroll of Heroes, with no modifications.

* Mutations: As a rule, all positive mutations are allowed, within discretion. Size-based mutations provide their extra health levels as per [[FrivYeti/SizeRevision]], but do not provide additional dots of Strength or Stamina (or remove them). Instead, they modify required levels of Strength and Stamina. Players should note that, as a rule, being more than one size removed from Average will make life excessively difficult.
* Fleet of Foot
* Pain Tolerance
* Selective Conception
* Eidetic Memory
* Esoteric Craft
* Experienced
* Heirloom - The object purchased with Heirloom has a maximum Resources value of 5.
* Brutal Attack
* Quick Draw
* Sorcery Focus (But I don't recommend it)
* Terrestrial Bloodline

=== Modified Merits ===

The following Merits are retained as per Scroll of Heroes, with the modifications listed.

* Improved Resistance: Only immunity to specific poisons or diseases is allowed.
* Omnidexterity: This Merit costs 2 pts regardless of who is taking it.
* Strong Lungs: This Merit costs 2 pts regardless of who is taking it.
* Legendary Attribute: Instead of its usual effect, this Merit costs 6 points for anyone and provides a bonus phantom die on all rolls for that Attribute. It requires the Attribute to be at 4 or higher. It may only be purchased once.
* Innocuous: This Merit costs a flat 2 pts. It applies a -1 external penalty to rolls to remember details about the character (often increasing the difficulty of said rolls from 0 to 1). It also requires that the character have exactly Appearance 2.
* Extra Favored Ability: Lunars may purchase this Merit up to two times.
* Jack of All Trades: This Merit can be purchased by Exalts for 2 pts.
* Prodigy: This Merit costs 3 pts. It provides a bonus phantom die only for rolls of a single Ability. It may only be purchased once, and may not be purchased if the character has Legendary Attribute.
* Driving Passion: This Merits provides only one bonus die to rolls. In addition, the character must always spend Willpower and gain Limit to resist taking actions that would further her Motivation. If a character completes her Motivation, she may spend 1 XP to have Driving Passion apply to a new Motivation.
* Paragon of Virtue: This Merit costs only 2 pts.
* True Love: This Merit costs only 3 pts.
* Danger Sense: At 3 pts, this Merit allows a character to apply half her DV against unexpected attacks. For 5 pts, it also adds three dice to Join Battle rolls immediately after unexpected attacks.
* Lucid Dreamer: This Merit costs 2 pts.
* Prophetic Dreams: This Merit functions as per Alternative Divination (Oneiromancy), and costs 2 pts.
* Luck: This Merit costs 2, 4, or 6 pts. Sidereals do not get it at reduced cost.
* Priest: Only the 1-pt version of this Merit is available. Those who want miracles can purchase godly Allies or Mentors.
* Special Senses: All of these become Mutations, as follows: Weather Sense (Pox), Thermal Sight (Affliction), Echo Location (Affliction), Vibration Sense (Affliction or Blight), Essence Sight (Abomination), Spirit Sight (Abomination). Telepathy is not allowed.
* Taint's Warning: This power costs 3 pts, and does not cause anima flaring. Abyssals and Infernals pay 2 pts.
* Daredevil: This Merit does not function on opposed rolls.

=== Added Merits ===

The following Merits are new, or added from another source.

* Favored Attribute (1 pt): This Merit can only be purchased during character creation, and requires the character to sacrifice two of her Favored Abilities. It allows her to purchase a Favored Attribute, which functions as a Lunar's. This counts as two Favored Abilities for the purposes of the maximum number that a character may have.

=== Removed Merits ===

The following Merits from Scroll of Heroes are not allowed, and reasoning is given.

* Ambidexterity: This Merit compensates for a restriction that is not generally applied by me, and thus is unneeded.
* Double-Jointed: This Merit should be one or more Specialties.
* Strong Back: This is an extremely expensive Specialty.
* Born To Rule: This Merit should be a Specialty.
* Carouser: This Merit should be a Specialty.
* Enchanting Features: This Merit should be "Appearance".
* Acute Sense: This Merit should be an Awareness specialty.
* Common Sense: This Merit is already deployed by the Storyteller, and is thus unneeded.
* Internal Compass: This Merit should be a Survival Specialty.
* Linguistic Genius: The modified rules for languages render this Merit unnecessary.
* Cache: This Merit compensates for a weakness that has never been applied by me, and thus is unneeded.
* Favor: This Merit is covered by the Connections Background.
* Heir Apparent: I hate Merits that let you buy more Merits later. No.
* Hidden Manse: We use Oedanol's Codex, and thus this Merit is unneeded.
* Favored Weapon: Do not want.
* Improved Join Battle: This is an Awareness specialty.
* Alternative Divination: This Merit is not required; all of the Level 0 effects are acceptable ways of using Astrology based on a character's region of origin. The only exception is Oneiromancy, which is rolled into Lucid Dreamer.
* Awakened Essence: This Merit is overwritten by [[FrivYeti/MortalEssence]].
* Tactical Instincts: This Merit will be overwritten due to mass combat rules.
* Legendary Breeding: This Merit is overwritten by Breeding 6 as a Background.
* Past Lives: This Merit is overwritten by the Savant Background.
* Root of the Perfected Lotus: This Merit is overwritten by [[FrivYeti/MortalEssence]].
* Signature Style: This Merit makes Baby Jesus cry.

== Flaws ==
=== Retained Flaws ===
* Amputee
* Climate Sensitive
* Mute
* Sterile
* Child
* Disfigured
* Enemy
=== Modified Flaws ===
* Sickly: This Flaw also halves the effect of magical healing or disease removal (rounding up).
* Sun-Seared: Wearing heavy clothing and covering up reduces the character's level of Sun-Seared by one degree.
* Barbarian: This Flaw functions as in First Edition - a one-die penalty to most Lore and Socialize rolls to understand culture, and a requirement of Lore 2 in order to be literate. It is a 1-pt Flaw.
* Obligation: This Flaw is not a once-only effect. Instead, it determines how often and how dangerous obligations are. At 1 pt, roll a die each story - a 1 or 2 means that the character must perform a task that will cause irritation or aggravation. Each dot raises the number that triggers Obligations by 2, or else creates a chance of the task being actively dangerous (and potentially lethal) by 2. For example, a character with Obligation 3 (Frequency 2, Danger 1) must roll each story - a result of 1 or 2 means a potentially lethal task, a result of 3 or 4 means an annoying or simply time-taking one, and a result of 5 or above means no task is required.
=== Added Flaws ===
=== Removed Flaws ===
* Diminished Attributes - You can take Experienced instead.
* Dark Secret - I dislike time bomb flaws.

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