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- Mental Merits
- Social Merits
- Physical Merits
- Supernatural Merits
- Werewolf Merits
- Vampire Merits
- Mage Merits
- Changeling Merits
- Style 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 |
Air of Menace (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Intimidation 2 |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 49 HL |
Allies (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | Complex system in which you can ask an Ally for a favor, the intensity of the favor determined by how many dots the character has of the Ally. |
| Book | 49 CoD |
Alternate Identity (•, ••, or •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | • Basic fake ID, get into bars. Won't withstand inspection. •• Some paperwork has been filed to back up the identity, it will stand up to minor examination. ••• A full identity that will pass a deeper inspection. At • and ••, gain +1 subterfuge to defend it. At •••, gain +2 subterfuge to defend that ID. |
| Book | 50 CoD |
Anonymity (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Cannot have Fame |
| Effect: | A ghost in the system, the PC uses cash or prepaid or falsified cards to make purchases. Attempts to find them by paper trail are done at -1 per dot of this merit. Drawback: Cannot take the Fame merit. Also may limit some spends of Status if they cannot provide the kind of ID needed. |
| Book | 50 CoD |
Barfly (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Socialize •• |
| Effect: | Rolls to identify the PC as an outsider at a venue are reduced by the character's socialize skill. |
| Book | 50 CoD |
Closed Book (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Manipulation •••, Resolve ••• |
| Effect: | Add dots as extra Doors in social maneuvers and to contested rolls to detect true feeling, motives, and position. This can apply to some supernatural powers at the ST's discretion. |
| Book | 50 CoD |
Cohesive Unit (•, ••, or •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Presence 3+ |
| Effect: | 1-dot: Bonus to teamwork die. 2-dot: A dice pool the team has access to. 3-dot: Limited rerolls for the team. |
| Book | 42 HL |
Contacts (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | Complex system that interacts with Allies. Each dot represents a sphere/organization your character can get info from. Contacts provide information, but do not do favors. |
| Book | 50 CoD |
Defender (•, ••, or •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | Grants temp willpower for protect or get revenge for someone they love. |
| Book | 42 HL |
Empath (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Empathy 2 |
| Effect: | Make a roll to identify mental Conditions a character has. |
| Book | 42 HL |
Fame (• to •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Cannot have Anonymity merit |
| Effect: | Add +1 die per dot when interacting with someone that is impressed by the PC's celebrity status. Drawbacks: Any rolls to find or identify the character are at +1 die per dot of the merit. Alternate identity may be used to mitigate this. |
| Book | 50 CoD |
Fast-Talking (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Manipulation •••, Subterfuge •• |
| Effect: | • -1 to an opponent's Resolve or Composure roll when resisting a social interaction. •• Use fancy words to confuse the opponent. Apply one relevant specialty to any social roll made, even if it isn't tied to the skill being used. ••• Keep an opponent from advancing a discussion. Re-roll one failed Subterfuge roll per scene. •••• When your PC opens a Door using conversation (Persuasion, Empathy, Subterfuge, etc), they can spend a point of Willpower to immediately open another Door. ••••• If a mark gains willpower from their Vice while your PC is present, you can roll Manipulation+Subterfuge to open a Door, regardless of the interval or Impression level. |
| Book | 50 CoD |
Fixer (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Contacts ••, Wits •• |
| Effect: | When hiring a service reduce the Availability rating of the service by 1 dot. |
| Book | 51 CoD |
Hobbyist Clique (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Membership in a clique, all members must have the chosen skill at 2+ |
| Effect: | When the group's support is available, gain 9-again on rolls involving the chosen skill of the group as well as +2 dice on extended rolls. Drawback: Mandatory monthly meetings or lose the benefits. Logs or it didn't happen. |
| Book | 51 CoD |
Inspiring (•••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Presence ••• |
| Effect: | Presence+Expression test. -1 for small group, -2 for small crowd, -3 for large crowd. Listeners gain the Inspired Condition. User may not gain the benefit. |
| Book | 51 CoD |
Iron Will (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Resolve •••• |
| Effect: | When using Willpower for extra dice when resisting or contesting a social interaction, you may use your Resolve for the number of dice, instead of what you normally get. If the roll is contested, gain 8-again on the roll. |
| Book | 51 CoD |
Mentor (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | Mentors need goals and extract a payment based on the level of the merit. Choose 3 skills, or Resources. Once per day ('session' as per +help Durations), you may ask your Mentor for a favor (often asking a favor of like size/value in return). If a roll is required, they gain automatic successes equal to their dot-rating. |
| Book | 51 CoD |
Takes One to Know One (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | Removes -2 penalty for dealing with a crime that aligns to your PC's Vice. Instead, gain +2 and 9 again to any investigation rolls when the crime aligns to your Vice. A successful investigation is considered fulfilling his Vice. |
| Book | 55 CoD |
Mystery Cult Initiation (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | Complicated system with which a Mystery Cult can be built and give bonuses for being part of, at the cost of obligations and favors. |
| Book | 51 CoD |
Peacemaker (•• or •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Wits 3+ and Empathy 3+ |
| Effect: | Works with the Doors System to try and avoid fights. 3rd dot allows for attempts to talk Supernaturals out of frenzy or Death Rage. |
| Book | 42 HL |
Pusher (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Persuasion •• |
| Effect: | Any time someone accepts Soft Leverage, improve your Impression as if you satisfied their Vice as well as moving their impression up on the chart. |
| Book | 53 CoD |
Resources (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | Adds points to your +resource pool the first of every month. |
| Book | 53 CoD |
Retainer (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | A named mook your PC controls. Gets dots-in-dice for generic rolls and two times dots in dice for tasks that fall within their profession. • to •• gets • of a discipline. ••• to •••• gets •• of discipline. ••••• gets ••• of disciplines for ghouled retainers. |
| Book | 53 CoD |
Safe Place (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | none |
| Effect: | Complex system that allows players to pool dots to make an epic Safe Place |
| Book | 54 CoD |
Small Unit Tactics (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Presence ••• |
| Effect: | A number of characters equal to presence benefit from +3 of willpower spent on a coordinated maneuver. |
| Book | 54 CoD |
Spin Doctor (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Manipulation •••, Subterfuge •• |
| Effect: | When dealing with Tainted Clues you don't ignore successes. Instead, apply a -1 per relevant Tainted Clue. Using a Tainted Clue only gives a max -2 penalty, which includes the -1 of ignoring successes. |
| Book | 54 CoD |
Staff (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | For every dot, pick a type of assistant and one skill for them. For mundane actions, the staff member gains one auto success for that skill. Does not work for contested rolls. |
| Book | 54 CoD |
Status (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | Each instance of this merit reflects standing with different groups. Apply status dots to social rolls involving someone of the same group. Gain access to group-held facilities and resources, depending on the structure of the group. If you know a character's Mentor, Resources, Retainer, Contacts, or Allies you can block their use. One per chapter (+help Durations) you can stop a single merit from being used if it is of lower dot rating than your Status AND it makes sense for the organization to do so. Drawback: Status takes social maintenance. |
| Book | 54 CoD |
Striking Looks (• or ••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | Effect: +1 or +2 to social rolls where the chosen descriptor for your PC might influence someone else. |
| Book | 54 CoD |
Sympathetic (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | At the beginning of Social Maneuvering, accept a Condition such as Leveraged or Swooned to remove two of the target's Doors. |
| Book | 55 CoD |
Table Turner (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Composure •••, Manipulation •••, Wits ••• |
| Effect: | Spend a Willpower to preempt a character's attempt to Social Maneuver against you with one of your own, or another Social action. |
| Book | 55 CoD |
Taste (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Crafts •• and a specialty in crafts or expression |
| Effect: | Wits+Skill (Expression, Crafts, etc dependent on the art observed) your PC can pick out obscure details others would not. See book for questions you may ask upon success or you may take a +1 bonus to Social rolls pertaining to groups interested in the art for the duration of the scene. |
| Book | 56 CoD |
True Friend (•••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | A True Friend will never betray the player or be killed without permission given to the ST. |
| Book | 56 CoD |
Untouchable (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Manipulation •••, Subterfuge •• |
| Effect: | Rolls to investigate the player suffer the Incomplete Clue tag. |
| Book | 56 CoD |
Ambidextrous (•••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Character generation only. |
| Effect: | No negative modifier for using the off-hand |
| Book | 47 CoD |
Automotive Genius (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Crafts •••, Drive •, Science • |
| Effect: | Triple crafts instead of doubling when determining how many mods a vehicle can handle. Specs add additional +1 mod per spec that applies |
| Book | 47 CoD |
Body as Weapon (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Stamina 3, Brawl 2 |
| Effect: | Unarmed strikes cause an additional point of Bashing damage on a successful hit. |
| Book | 41 HL |
Choke Hold (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Brawl •• |
| Effect: | Choke someone out. |
| Book | 61 CoD |
Close Quarters Combat (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Wits •••, Athletics ••, Brawl ••• |
| Effect: | Various maneuvers for fighting in tight spaces. |
| Book | 61 CoD |
Crack Driver (•• or •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Drive ••• |
| Effect: | •• Add composure to drive rolls when doing nothing but driving. Any rolls to disable the vehicle take a -driver's composure to the roll. ••• Once per turn take a driving action reflexively |
| Book | 47 CoD |
Defensive Combat (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Brawl • OR Weaponry • |
| Effect: | Use Brawl or Weaponry to calculate defense instead of athletics. |
| Book | 61 CoD |
Demolisher (• to •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Strength ••• or Intelligence ••• |
| Effect: | Ignore one point of an object's durability per dot of this merit. |
| Book | 47 CoD |
Double Jointed (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Dexterity ••• |
| Effect: | Automatically escape bonds and subtract Dexterity from attempts to overpower the character when in a grapple. |
| Book | 47 CoD |
Fighting Finesse (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Dexterity •••, a specialty in Weaponry or Brawl. |
| Effect: | Use dexterity with specialty instead of strength. |
| Book | 61 CoD |
Firefight (• to •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Composure •••, Dexterity •••, Athletics ••, Firearms •• |
| Effect: | Different maneuvers for combat shooting. |
| Book | 61 CoD |
Fleet of Foot (• to •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Athletics •• |
| Effect: | +1 Speed per dot. Pursuers suffer -1 per dot when chasing |
| Book | 47 CoD |
Giant (•••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Character generation only. |
| Effect: | Size 6 and gains +1 health box. |
| Book | 47 CoD |
Grappling (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | See '+news grappling' in-game. |
| Effect: | Different ways to restrain. |
| Book | 62 CoD/49 HL |
Greyhound (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Athletics •••, Wits •••, Stamina ••• |
| Effect: | When in a chase, get an exceptional success on three successes instead of five. |
| Book | 48 CoD |
Hardy (• to •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Stamina ••• |
| Effect: | Add dots of merit to rolls for resisting disease, poison, loss of consciousness, suffocation, and deprivation. |
| Book | 47 CoD |
Heavy Weapons (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Stamina •••, Strength •••, Athltics ••, Weaponry •• |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 62 CoD |
Improvised Weaponry (• to •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Wits •••, Weaponry • |
| Effect: | unknown |
| Book | 62 CoD |
Iron Skin (•• or ••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Stamina •••, Martial Arts •• or Street Fighting ••. |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 63 CoD |
Iron Stamina (• to •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Stamina ••• or Resolve ••• |
| Effect: | Counteracts negative modifiers from fatigue and damage. |
| Book | 48 CoD |
Light Weapons (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Wits ••• or Fighting Finesse, Dexterity •••, Athletics ••, Weaponry •• |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 63 CoD |
Marksmanship (• to ••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Composure •••, Resolve •••, Firearms •• |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 63 CoD |
Martial Arts (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Resolve •••, Dexterity •••, Athletics ••, Brawl •• |
| Effect: | See +news martial arts in game. |
| Book | 63 CoD |
Parkour (• to ••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Dexterity ••• and Athletics •• |
| Effect: | • Ignore environmental penalties up to dots in Parkour. Subtract Parkour from successes needed to evade in a foot chase. •• 1 Autosuccess when using Dex+Ath to mitigate falling damage. Add Parkour rating to the number of damage that can be removed this way. Cannot be used on a terminal velocity fall. ••• Without rolling, can run and jump to gain 10 feet+5 feet per dot of athletics as an instant action. •••• Spend a willpower to gain rote on one athletics roll to jump, run, or climb. Lose defense for the turn. ••••• Meditate (per page 75 CoD), Athletics actions become reflexive. Spend a willpower and gain 3 autosuccesses instead of 3 dice. |
| Book | 48 CoD |
Police Tactics (• to •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Brawl ••, Weaponry • |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 64 CoD |
Quick Draw (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Wits •••, Specialty in Weaponry or Firearms |
| Effect: | Drawing or holstering a weapon becomes a reflexive action anytime defense applies. |
| Book | 49 CoD |
Relentless (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Athletics ••, Stamina •• |
| Effect: | Opponent's need two additional successes to catch or evade your character. |
| Book | 49 CoD |
Seizing the Edge (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Wits •••, Composure ••• |
| Effect: | Always have the Edge in the first turn of a chase (pg 84, CoD). Additionally, the other person must make a Wits+Composure test as if being ambushed, or your pc does not have to count Speed or Initiative when determining the needed successes for the first turn. |
| Book | 49 CoD |
Shiv (• or ••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Street Fighting ••, Weaponry • |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 64 CoD |
Sleight of Hand (••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Larceny ••• |
| Effect: | Take one instant,larceny based action per turn. Unless someone is specifically looking for it, the action goes unnoticed. |
| Book | 49 CoD |
Small-Framed (•)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Character generation only |
| Effect: | Very short. Size 4. -1 Health. +2 to rolls for hiding or going unnoticed. Also applies when being small is an advantage. Drawback: Also may not be taken seriously by people. |
| Book | 49 CoD |
Street Fighting (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Stamina •••, Composure •••, Brawl ••, Streetwise •• |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 65 CoD |
Stunt Driver (• to ••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Dexterity •••, Drive •••, Wits ••• |
| Effect: | • Subtract pc's drive skill from opponent's pool when trying to hit or ram the pc's car. •• Double speed gains from 5 mph to 10 mph per success when accelerating. ••• Never make maneuvering checks when turning at high-speed. •••• Ignore damage equal to pc's Wits before applying Durability when intentionally hitting something with a vehicle. |
| Book | 49 CoD |
Unarmed Defense (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Dexterity •••, Brawl ••, Defensive Combat (Brawl) |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 65 CoD |
Aura Reading (•••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Read auras to get information about a target. |
| Book | 56 CoD |
Automatic Writing (••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | A way to get clues or statements from ghosts or spirits. |
| Book | 56 CoD |
Biokinesis (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Heal twice as fast and rearrange physical attributes. |
| Book | 57 CoD |
Clairvoyance (•••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Project senses to another place. |
| Book | 57 CoD |
Cursed (••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Your character knows when and how they will die. And is liberated by it. |
| Book | 57 CoD |
Laying On Hands (•••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Heal others, but take half of what is healed onto yourself. |
| Book | 57 CoD |
Medium (•••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | Empathy •• |
| Effect: | Communicate with the dead. |
| Book | 57 CoD |
Mind of a Madman (••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | Empathy ••• |
| Effect: | Bonuses to investigating, pursuing, and stopping a culprit - but it is very traumatic. |
| Book | 57 CoD |
Numbing Touch (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Render someone sluggish and clumsy. Numbed. |
| Book | 58 CoD |
Omen Sensitivity (•••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Get clues about things going on. |
| Book | 58 CoD |
Psychokinesis (••• or •••••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Manipulate elements such as fire, water, cold, and electricity. |
| Book | 58 CoD |
Psychometry (•••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Read impressions on physical objects. |
| Book | 58 CoD |
Telekinesis (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Use your mind to lift and shove items. |
| Book | 59 CoD |
Telepathy (••• or •••••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Mind reading. |
| Book | 59 CoD |
Thief of Fate (•••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Touching someone jinxes their luck. Must spend a willpower to not affect them. |
| Book | 60 CoD |
Unseen Sense (••)
| Merit Type: | Mortal+ |
| Pre-req: | None. |
| Effect: | Sixth sense for a type of supernatural. Vampires, werewolves, god machine, spirits, ghosts, and angels. |
| Book | 60 CoD |
Hearing Whispers (••)
| Merit Type: | Werewolf |
| Pre-req: | Bone Shadow |
| Effect: | effect |
| Book | WtF 106 |
Totemic Evocation (•••)
| Merit Type: | WolfBlood |
| Pre-req: | Ur's Blood •• |
| Effect: | They take on a very, very tiny aspect of a tribal totem. They may use an Influence from a tribal totem rated at half of their Willpower (Red=Metal, Black=Plants, Death=Death, Winter=, Destroyer=War) once per story. Doing so also necessitates spending 1 Willpower, and a Presence + Expression roll as they evoke the power of a tribal totem. |
| Book | None |
No merits found.
No merits found.
Arcadian Metabolism (••)
| Merit Type: | Changeling |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | In the Hedge, Bashing damage heals at one point per minute, Lethal damage heals at one point per day. |
| Book | 111 CtL |
Brownie's Boon (•)
| Merit Type: | Changeling |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | Reduce the interval for any mundane extended action roll while no one watches by half. May spend a Glamour to halve it again. |
| Book | 111 CtL |
Cloak of Leaves (• to •••)
| Merit Type: | Changeling |
| Pre-req: | Autumn Mantle ••• |
| Effect: | Anyone using a supernatural ability to cause damage or inflict physical Tilts upon the character suffers a penalty equal to his dots in this Merit. |
| Book | 111 CtL |
Cold Hearted (•••)
| Merit Type: | Changeling |
| Pre-req: | Winter Mantle ••• |
| Effect: | May spend a WP to ignore the effects of a single Clarity Condition once per scene. |
| Book | 111 CtL |
Court Goodwill (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | Changeling |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | Allows for improved social interactions with members of another Court as well as limited use of another Court's Mantle effects. |
| Book | 112 CtL |
Defensive Dreamscaping (••)
| Merit Type: | Changeling |
| Pre-req: | None |
| Effect: | Add half Wyrd (rounded down) to Defense in dreams. |
| Book | 112 CtL |
Diviner (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | Changeling |
| Pre-req: | Composure •••, Wits ••• |
| Effect: | Ask merit dots worth of yes/no questions per chapter of the ST as divined from dreams. |
| Book | 112 CtL |
Dream Warrior (•)
| Merit Type: | Changeling |
| Pre-req: | Wyrd 2+, one Social Attribute •••, a specialty in Brawl or Weaponry |
| Effect: | Gain one bonus success to spend on a subtle oneiromantic shift generated from a Weaponry or Brawl attack. |
| Book | 112 CtL |
T
his is a listing of all the style merits, regardless of where they come from. Just to make sure they are noted clearly as styles.
Armed Defense (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | Fighting |
| Pre-req: | Dexterity •••, Weaponry ••, Defensive Combat (Weaponry) |
| Effect: | Varies |
| Book | 60 CoD |
Close Quarters Combat (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Wits •••, Athletics ••, Brawl ••• |
| Effect: | Various maneuvers for fighting in tight spaces. |
| Book | 61 CoD |
Fast-Talking (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Manipulation •••, Subterfuge •• |
| Effect: | • -1 to an opponent's Resolve or Composure roll when resisting a social interaction. •• Use fancy words to confuse the opponent. Apply one relevant specialty to any social roll made, even if it isn't tied to the skill being used. ••• Keep an opponent from advancing a discussion. Re-roll one failed Subterfuge roll per scene. •••• When your PC opens a Door using conversation (Persuasion, Empathy, Subterfuge, etc), they can spend a point of Willpower to immediately open another Door. ••••• If a mark gains willpower from their Vice while your PC is present, you can roll Manipulation+Subterfuge to open a Door, regardless of the interval or Impression level. |
| Book | 50 CoD |
Firefight (• to •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Composure •••, Dexterity •••, Athletics ••, Firearms •• |
| Effect: | Different maneuvers for combat shooting. |
| Book | 61 CoD |
Grappling (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | See '+news grappling' in-game. |
| Effect: | Different ways to restrain. |
| Book | 62 CoD/49 HL |
Heavy Weapons (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Stamina •••, Strength •••, Athltics ••, Weaponry •• |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 62 CoD |
Improvised Weaponry (• to •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Wits •••, Weaponry • |
| Effect: | unknown |
| Book | 62 CoD |
Light Weapons (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Wits ••• or Fighting Finesse, Dexterity •••, Athletics ••, Weaponry •• |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 63 CoD |
Marksmanship (• to ••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Composure •••, Resolve •••, Firearms •• |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 63 CoD |
Martial Arts (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Resolve •••, Dexterity •••, Athletics ••, Brawl •• |
| Effect: | See +news martial arts in game. |
| Book | 63 CoD |
Parkour (• to ••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Dexterity ••• and Athletics •• |
| Effect: | • Ignore environmental penalties up to dots in Parkour. Subtract Parkour from successes needed to evade in a foot chase. •• 1 Autosuccess when using Dex+Ath to mitigate falling damage. Add Parkour rating to the number of damage that can be removed this way. Cannot be used on a terminal velocity fall. ••• Without rolling, can run and jump to gain 10 feet+5 feet per dot of athletics as an instant action. •••• Spend a willpower to gain rote on one athletics roll to jump, run, or climb. Lose defense for the turn. ••••• Meditate (per page 75 CoD), Athletics actions become reflexive. Spend a willpower and gain 3 autosuccesses instead of 3 dice. |
| Book | 48 CoD |
Police Tactics (• to •••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Brawl ••, Weaponry • |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 64 CoD |
Street Fighting (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | Fighting |
| Pre-req: | Stamina •••, Composure •••, Brawl ••, Streetwise •• |
| Effect: | Variable by purchased rating. • Take a one die penalty this turn to calculate Defense with the higher, not lower, of Dexterity and Wits. •• Unarmed attacks inflict a temporary -1 penalty. ••• Inflict two bashing damage to opponents within range who attempt to rise from prone. Inflict Knocked Down when your attack successes exceed the target's Stamina. •••• Spend Willpower to inflict two extra bashing damage when you hit. ••••• When you're suffering wound penalties and about to be attacked or overpowered, spend Willpower and sacrifice Defense to interrupt with a preemptive attack. |
| Book | 65 CoD |
Street Fighting (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Stamina •••, Composure •••, Brawl ••, Streetwise •• |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 65 CoD |
Stunt Driver (• to ••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Dexterity •••, Drive •••, Wits ••• |
| Effect: | • Subtract pc's drive skill from opponent's pool when trying to hit or ram the pc's car. •• Double speed gains from 5 mph to 10 mph per success when accelerating. ••• Never make maneuvering checks when turning at high-speed. •••• Ignore damage equal to pc's Wits before applying Durability when intentionally hitting something with a vehicle. |
| Book | 49 CoD |
Unarmed Defense (• to •••••)
| Merit Type: | General |
| Pre-req: | Dexterity •••, Brawl ••, Defensive Combat (Brawl) |
| Effect: | |
| Book | 65 CoD |