Merits

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• Mental Merits
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• Physical Merits
• Supernatural Merits
• Werewolf Merits
• Vampire Merits
• Mage Merits
• Changeling Merits

Area of Expertise (•)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	Resolve •• and one Skill Specialty
Effect:	Gain +2 for the named specialty instead of +1
Book	44 CoD

Common Sense (•••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None
Effect:	Once per week (per HR:Durations) roll Wits+Composure and ask the ST a question. Exceptional success allows two questions to be asked.
Book	44 CoD

Danger Sense (••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None
Effect:	+2 on Wits+Composure to spot an ambush.
Book	44 CoD

Direction Sense (•)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None
Effect:	Never suffer penalties to navigate or find their way.
Book	44 CoD

Eidetic Memory (••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None
Effect:	+2 when making Intelligence+Composure rolls to remember something.
Book	44 CoD

Encyclopedic Knowledge (••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None
Effect:	Pick a skill to know a lot about, even if there are not dots in the skill. Roll Intelligence+Wits to gain a bit of information relevant to the skill from an ST.
Book	44 CoD

Eyes for the Strange (••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	Resolve •• Occult •
Effect:	Roll Intelligence+Composure to determine if there was a supernatural hand in a scene. An exceptional gives a clue, via folklore, to the type of supernatural being it may have been. If there is not supernatural influence, gain +2 to all rolls to investigate the event.
Book	44 CoD

Fast Reflexes (• to •••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	Wits ••• or Dexterity •••
Effect:	+1 Initiative per dot
Book	44 CoD

Good Time Management (•)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	Academics •• or Science ••
Effect:	Halve time between rolls on extended actions
Book	44 CoD

Holistic Awareness (•)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	none
Effect:	Wits+Survival to gather needed medical supplies from plants.
Book	44 CoD

Indomitable (••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	Resolve •••
Effect:	+2 dice to resist supernatural influence, or -2 dice to their pool for a contested roll. Does not work on mundane methods of persuasion or manipulation.
Book	45 CoD

Interdisciplinary Specialty (•)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	Skill at 3 or higher with a specialty.
Effect:	Pick a specialty and gain the ability to apply it to any roll that it makes sense to do so.
Book	45 CoD

Investigative Aide (•)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	Chosen skill at •••+
Effect:	Exceptional success on 3 instead of 5 for the purpose of uncovering Clues. Gain +1 element to Clues when using the chosen skill.
Book	45 CoD

Investigative Prodigy (• to •••••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	Wits ••• and Investigation •••
Effect:	Uncover Clues equal to successes or dots, whichever is lower, as an instant action. Only the first Clue benefits from the extra elements. Other Clues only receive a single element.
Book	45 CoD

Language (•)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None
Effect:	Speak, read, and write another language.
Book	45 CoD

Library (• to •••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None
Effect:	Pick a Mental Skill. Add dots of Library to extended rolls involving that skill.
Book	46 CoD

Meditative Mind (•, ••, or ••••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None
Effect:	• No environmental or wound penalties to meditate. •• Gain +3 dice for any Resolve+Composure checks for that day. Needs 4 successes. •••• Single success instead of four to benefit from the +3.
Book	46 CoD

Professional Training (• to •••••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None See '+help Professional' for HR.
Effect:	Choose two starting asset skills. • Gain two free contacts. •• 9-again for asset skills. ••• Gain 3rd asset skill, and two specialties in asset skills. •••• Gain a dot in an asset skill. ••••• Spend a willpower to gain rote. Removes defense for the turn.
Book	46 CoD

Tolerance for Biology (•)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	Resolve •••
Effect:	Don't roll to avoid vomiting when things are extra gross.
Book	46 CoD

Multilingual (•)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None
Effect:	Pick 2 languages to speak conversationally in. Intelligence+Academics to try and read the language. May be taken multiple times.
Book	46 CoD

Object Fetishism (• to •••••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None.
Effect:	Faith in an object creates bonuses, but the loss of the object is devastating.
Book	42 HL

Patient (•)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None
Effect:	Two additional rolls when doing an extended test.
Book	46 CoD

Trained Observer (• or •••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	Pre-req: Wits ••• or Composure •••.
Effect:	• Gain 9-again on perception checks. ••• Gain 8-again.
Book	46 CoD

Vice-Ridden (••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None
Effect:	Two vices. Only gain willpower once per scene.
Book	46 CoD

Virtuous (••)

Merit Type:	General
Pre-req:	None
Effect:	Two virtues. Only gain willpower once per scene.
Book	46 CoD