Merits

Merits

Where any and all information about accepted merits/HRs for them exist. May have to do more HR stuff elsewhere, but at the moment, Annapurna is adding text here as a way to get the Psychic stuff up where it can be seen.

Changeling Merits

All Changeling merits from the books are valid, except for the Fatebound merits.

• Age Reversal • (NH:GF p.84)
• Arcadian Body •••• (RoS p.87)
• Arcadian Metabolism ••• (RoS p.87)
• Brownie's Boon • (RoS p.88)
• Charmed Life •• (RoS p.88)
• Disenchanting Kiss •••• (SaD p.92)
• Dual Kith •• or ••• (RoS p.88)
• Enchanting Performance •••• (RoS p.88)
• Fae Mount •, ••, •••, or ••••• (RoS p.89)
• Faerie Favor ••• (RoS p.90)
• Faerie Healing •• (RoS p.90)
• Gentrified Bearing •••• (RoS p.92)
• Goblin Merchant • or ••• (GM p.34)
• Harvest • to ••••• (CtL p.94)
• Hedge Gate Sense • (RoS p.92)
• Hedgebeast Companion • to ••• (AN p.132)
• Hidden Life • to ••• (RoS p.92)
• Hob Kin •• (RoS p.92)
• Hobgoblin Trainer •• (RoS p.93)
• Lethal Mien •• (RoS p.94)
• Long of Days •• (RoS p.94)
• Manymask • to ••••• (ER p.14)
• Market Familiarity • or ••• (GM p.14)
• Market Sense • (RoS p.94 or GM p.33)
• Market Stall •••• (GM p.34)
• New Identity •, •• or •••• (CtL p.98 or AN p.45)
• No Seeming •• (ER p.107)
• Perfect Stillness • (RoS p.94)
• Pledgesmith • to ••• (RoS p.94)
• Prophet Circle • to ••••• (RoS p.94)
• Rigid Mask •• (RoS p.95)
• Second-Hand Skills • to ••• (GM p.26)
• Shared Sleep • (CtL p.44)
• Siren Song (RoS p.96)
• Slave • to ••••• (GM p.23)
• Soul Sense •• (RoS p.96)
• Sublime ••••• (ER p.14)
• Tokenmaster ••• (ER p.14)
• Visionary Dreams •• (RoS p.97)
• Wholesale Wares • or •• (GM p.35)
• Wisdom of Dreams ••• (RoS p.97)
• Wyrdskill ••• (ER p.15)

Fighting Style

• Dream Combat • to ••••• (RoS p.90)
• Hedge Duelist • to ••••• (RoS p.91)

Kith Restricted

• Kiss of Life •••• (SaD p.24) - Leechfinger
• Subtle Liqueur • (SaD p.29) - Brewer

Entitlement Restricted

• Outsider Fetish • to ••• (LoS p.150) - Lord Sages of the Unknown Reaches

Milestone Merits

• Bloodied Ground
• Broken Mirror
• Cuckoo's Egg
• False Heart
• Fetchbane
• Shared Guilt

CG Only

The merits below must be taken using dots during initial Character Generation. They cannot be purchased via xp.

• Enchanted Mortal •• (ER p.107) - HR: Mortal and Mortal+ characters may both take this merit.
• Seeming ••• (ER p.107) - Must be Fae-touched to take this merit.

Staff-Set via +Request

For one reason or another, the following merits require staff intervention.

• Goodwill • to ••••• (CtL p.93 & AN p.45) - To get Goodwill, send in a +req/fae to staff with an explanation of why you believe your character should have the goodwill of the court you are looking into. Staff will put your text up in a +vote for that court's members to decide whether or not you get the merit.
• Devotee • to ••••• (ER p.14) - Set a +note on yourself. Send a +req/fae to staff asking for approval of your +note and to have Devotee set on your sheet.
• Goblin Vow • to ••••• (RoS p.38) - Send a +req/fae to staff to get approval on your vow. Once vow is approved, set a +note on yourself. Staff will lock the note.
• Hedgespun • to ••••• - Send a +req/fae to staff for approval of your idea.
• Hollow Amenities • to ••••• - See 'news hollows'
• Hollow Doors • to ••••• - Ditto
• Hollow Size • to ••••• - Ditto
• Hollow Wards • to ••••• - Ditto
• Mantle • to ••••• (CtL p.97) - Mantle raises require at least a brief sentence of justification.
• Token • to ••••• (CtL p.98) - Send a +req/fae to staff for approval of your idea.

Psychic Merits

The following merits are a blend of Second Sight (SS) and GMC (GMC). Many psychic abilities formerly available were removed in GMC. Fate's Harvest staff thinks they are still shiny, so there will be a few House Rules to make things mesh. If a merit was created for Fate's Harvest by staff, it is marked with (HR) for House Rule.

All "Options" are available in SS merits. All "Drawbacks" are required in GMC merits.

If you have any of these merits, you are considered a Psychic.

If you have any of these merits, but also follow a Tradition (Hedge Witch, Shaman, Apostle, etc.) you are considered a Thaumaturge.

ESP Merits

• Astral Projection ••• (SS p.36)
• Clairvoyance ••• (GMC p.172)
• Clairvoyance • (HR) - Prerequisite: Clairvoyance ••• - This merit allows a psychic to add an alternate method of scrying to her repertoire. It may be purchased multiple times. Specify a new scrying method (crystal ball gazing, etc.) with each purchase.
• Dowsing • (SS p.38)
• Dream Travel • to ••••• (SS pp.38-9) - HR: Prerequisites: Astral Projection & Telepathy.
• Postcognition • or ••• (SS p.40)
• Precognition •••• (SS pp.40-1)
• Psychometry ••• (GMC p.174)

Mediumist Merits

• Automatic Writing •• (SS p.42)
• Channeling ••• (SS pp.43-4)
• Death Sight ••• (SS pp.44-5) - HR: Brought down to 3 dots instead of 4, to mesh with scaling of GMC Medium ability. Medium is not used in FH due to staff's preference for certain SS psychic merits which it would preclude.
• Ghost Calling ••• (SS pp.45-6)

Psychokinetic Merits

• Biokinesis • to ••••• (SS pp.46-7/GMC p.172/HR) - The GMC functionality has been retained (1 Willpower + 1 minute of concentration = shift Physical attribute dots around; only shift as many dots as you have dots in Biokinesis, and no attribute can go above 5 dots).

Of what was possible in SS, the following has been retained:

Passive Bonus: +1 dice bonus per Biokinesis merit dot to rolls for entering a trance/beginning meditation

Roll extended Intelligence + Composure to acquire one temporary merit-equivalent, spending successes to 'buy' them.

The psychic must meet all prerequisites for the merit she attempts to give herself.

The psychic must have Biokinesis dots equal to success-cost + 1. (e.g. a 1-success merit requires Biokinesis ••)

Effects last 1 scene unless specified otherwise.

If one of the extended rolls is an Exceptional Success, the psychic may choose a second effect to spend successes on.

Each roll's duration represents minutes equal to the desired trait's success cost. Only one (or two with Exceptional) effect may be active at a time.

Biokinesis Merit List:

• Eidetic Memory (WoD p.108) - 2 successes
• Fast Reflexes (WoD p.110) - 1 or 2 successes
• Fleet of Foot (WoD p.112) - 1-3 successes
• Fresh Start (WoD p.112) - 1 success
• Improved Awareness (SS p.46) - 1-3 successes
• Improved Immune System (SS pp.46-7) - 4 successes - Duration varies depending on illness/drug severity. See book.
• Iron Stamina (WoD p.113) - 1-3 successes
• Iron Stomach (WoD p.113) - 2 successes
• Natural Immunity (WoD p.113) - 1 success - Lasts 1 day per Biokinesis dot or until Biokinesis is used again, whichever comes first.
• Pain Resistance (SS p.47) - 3 successes
• Quick Healer (WoD p.113) - 4 successes - Lasts 1 day per Biokinesis dot or until Biokinesis is used again, whichever comes first.
• Strong Back (WoD p.113) - 1 success
• Strong Lungs (WoD p.113) - 3 successes
• Toxin Resistance (WoD p.113) - 2 successes - Lasts 1 day per Biokinesis dot or until Biokinesis is used again, whichever comes first.

• Plant Empathy • (SS p.49)
• Psychic Healing ••• or ••••• (SS p.49)
• Psychic Vampirism •••• or ••••• (SS pp.49-50)
• Psychokinesis ••• or ••••• (GMC pp.173-4) - HR: to keep psychokinesis in line with other psychic powers and compensate for higher GMC Defense ratings, rather than subtracting Resolve from attacks, use: half Defense (round down) for direct physical attacks (lashing out with fire), Stamina for attacks on the body (dropping someone's body temp).

Attack Ranges:

Short	Yards equal to psychic's Intelligence + Wits + Psychokinesis
Medium	Twice the above distance (-2 penalty on attack pool)
Long	Twice medium range (-4 penalty on attack pool)

• Psychokinetic Immunity ••• (HR) - Prerequisite: Psychokinesis ••• - Your character is completely immune to manifestations of his psychokinetic element. If a Doubting Thomas is present, a successful Stamina + Resolve roll is required to maintain complete protection. If the roll fails, the merit instead provides 1 point of armor that protects only against that element's damage.
• Psychokinetic Shaping ••• (HR) - Prerequisite: Psychokinesis ••• - Your character is more skilled than most at manipulating how an existing manifestation of his element behaves. The electricity in a fallen power line might arc out to strike a foe, a line of fire might streak across the earth to form a flaming wall, or a cup of water might be drawn up into a sculpted, tiny horse to 'spill' its way along a table's edge.

This merit acts in concert with standard Psychokinesis rolls.

Whenever your psychic chooses to spend successes on shaping his chosen element, gain a +3 bonus to your Intelligence + Crafts roll.

• Telekinesis • to ••••• (GMC p.174)

Telepathic Merits

• Animal Empathy •• or •••• (SS pp.55-6)
• Animal Possession •••• (SS p.56)
• Animal Rapport ••• to ••••• (SS p.57) - Dot value depends on Size of animal. See book.
• Aura Reading ••• (GMC p.172) - HR: Since the GMC writeup doesn't specifically say so, staff clarifies that the following SS functionality is retained: dematerialized ghosts/spirits/astral projectors show up as faint wispy blobs with this power, enough to show that something is there without showing what, necessarily, it is.

Staff is not going to insist upon a chart of aura colors, but if you prefer to have one, the following chart is based on http://whitewolf.wikia.com/wiki/Aura. Additions have been made.

As a general rule, the more strongly someone feels something, the more brightly that color appears.

Aura Colors - Emotional States

Afraid	Orange
Aggressive	Purple
Angry	Red
Anxious	Aura is scrambled like static/white noise
Bitter	Brown
Calm	Light Blue
Compassionate	Pink
Confused	Mottled, shifting colors
Conservative	Lavender
Daydreaming	Sharp, flickering colors
Depressed	Gray
Desirous/Lustful	Deep Red
Distrustful	Light Green
Envious	Dark Green
Excited	Violet
Frenzied	Rapidly rippling colors
Generous	Rose
Happy	Vermilion
Hateful	Black
Idealistic	Yellow
Innocent	White
Lovestruck	Blue
Obsessed	Green
Psychotic	Hypnotically swirling colors
Sad	Silver
Spiritual	Gold
Suspicious	Dark Blue
True Faith	Halo of silver/gold, brighter if more faithful

Aura Colors - Supernaturals

Changeling	Iridescent highlights in aura; brighter/more rainbowy with higher Wyrd
Diablerist	Black veins in aura
Ensorcelled	Single iridescent vein in aura
Faerie	Brilliant rainbow highlights in aura
Fae-touched	Iridescent splotches in aura
Ghost	Weak, intermittent aura
Ghoul	Pale blotches in aura
Mage	Myriad sparkles in aura
Pledge-bound	Fine threads of scarlet in the aura
Thaumaturge	The occasional sparkle in aura
Vampire	Aura colors are pale, washed out
Werewolf	Very bright, vibrant aura
Wolfblooded	Always slightly brighter than it should be

• Mental Blast ••••• (SS p.58) - HR: Prerequisite: Telepathy •••••
• Mind Breaker ••••• (SS pp.58-9) - HR: Prerequisite: Telepathy •••••
• Mind Control ••••• (SS pp.59-60)
• Psychic Empathy •••• or ••••• (SS pp.60-1) - HR: Prerequisites: Aura Reading & Telepathy
• Psychic Illusions ••••• (SS pp.61-2) - HR: Prerequisites: Mind Control & Telepathy
• Psychic Invisibility ••••• (SS pp.62-3) - HR: Prerequisites: Mind Control & Telepathy
• Telepathic Communication •••• (SS p.63) - HR: Thought Projection is now unnecessary, as it is covered by Telepathy. Prerequisite: Telepathy •••••. In addition, activating the power does not require the expenditure of Willpower if the Telepathy merit has already been successfully activated for the scene. Roll Presence + Empathy, succeed, and you can trade thoughts for the scene at will, as long as the target is within sight.
• Telepathic Rapport ••• (SS pp.63-4) - HR: As Thought Projection no longer exists and Mind Reading IS Telepathy, a rapport may now be made after successfully communicating a message to the target with Telepathy ••••• and spending the requisite Willpower dot. Note: dot, not point. New dots may be purchased for 8xp, as usual.
• Telepathy ••• or ••••• (GMC p.175) - HR: Staff is retaining some SS functionality. With ••• you cannot read Supernaturals' thoughts. With ••••• you may, subtracting their Resolve + Supernatural Advantage (if it's a player on FH, that'll be Wyrd!) from your regular Wits + Empathy roll.

Misc. Supernatural Merits

The following are written in the GMC book as "supernatural" merits, but do not easily fit under other categories.

• Cursed •• (GMC p.172)
• Mind of a Madman (GMC p.173)
• Omen Sensitivity ••• (GMC p.173)
• Thief of Fate •• (GMC p.175)

Thaumaturgical Merits

Here will be the list of Second Sight thaumaturge merits, and any equivalencies I end up doing for GMC. Frankly, I may just keep the Second Sight versions, because GMC doesn't differentiate between Ghosts and Spirits.

• Alchemy (External) •• or •••• (SS p.102)
• Alchemy (Internal) •• or •••• (SS pp.103-4)
• Communion •• or •••• (SS p.104)
• Countermagic •• or •••• (SS pp.105-6)
• Curse of Ill-Fortune ••• (SS p.106)
• Divination ••• (SS p.106)
• Dream • to ••••• (SS pp.106-7)
• Dream Travel ••• (SS p.107) - HR: The merit itself is the same, but when purchasing via +xp/buy, to avoid conflicts with the Psychic Dream Travel merit, this merit is called 'shamanic dream travel' instead.
• Enchantment •• or •••• (SS pp.107-8)
• Evocation •• or •••• (SS pp.108-9)
• Familiar ••• or •••• (SS pp.109-110) - HR: When purchasing via +xp/buy, use 'familiar (twilight)' and 'familiar (embodied)' to differentiate between the two variations on the merit.
• Favorable Fortune ••• (SS pp.110-11)
• Geomancy ••• (SS p.111)
• Healing •••• (SS pp.111-2)
• Invocation •• or •••• (SS p.112)
• Longevity ••••• (SS pp.113)
• Luck Magic •• or •••• (SS pp.114-5)
• Magical Nexus • to •• (SS p.115)
• Psychic Projection •••• (SS p.115)
• Sacrifice • (SS pp.115-6)
• Scrying ••• (SS p.116)
• Second Sight ••• (SS p.116)
• See Auras •• (SS pp.116-7) - Use tables listed under Psychic 'Aura Reading' above.
• See Spirits •• (SS pp.117-8)
• Soul Jar •• or •••• (SS pp.118-9)
• The Last Spell • (Errata) - http://www.conradhubbard.com/games/secondsightcut.html
• Visionary Trances •• or •••• (SS p.119)
• Warding ••• (SS p.120)
• Weather Control •••• (SS pp.120-1)

Universal Merits

These merits are available to all characters.

• Allies • to ••••• (GMC p.166)
• Alternate Identity •, •• or ••• (GMC p.166)
• Ambidextrous ••• (GMC p.164)
• Anonymity • to ••••• (GMC p.166)
• Anti-Psi ••••• (SS p.64)
• Area of Expertise • (GMC p.161)
• Barfly •• (GMC p.166)
• Believers • to ••••• (SS pp.64-5)
• Contacts • to ••••• (GMC p.166)
• Cheap Shot •• (GMC p.176)
• Choke Hold •• (GMC p.176)
• Common Sense ••• (GMC p.161)
• Crack Driver •• or ••• (GMC p.164)
• Danger Sense •• (GMC p.162)
• Defensive Combat • (GMC p.176)
• Demolisher • to ••• (GMC p.164)
• Direction Sense • (GMC p.176)
• Double Jointed •• (GMC p.165)
• Doubting Thomas • (SS p.65)
• Eidetic Memory •• (GMC p.176)
• Encyclopedic Knowledge •• (GMC p.162)
• Eye for the Strange •• (GMC p.162)
• Fame • to ••• (GMC p.167)
• Fast Reflexes • to ••• (GMC p.162)
• Fighting Finesse •• (GMC p.176)
• Fixer •• (GMC p.167)
• Fleet of Foot • to ••• (GMC p.165)
• Ghost Ally ••• to ••••• (SS pp.65-6)
• Giant ••• (GMC p.165)
• Good Time Management • (GMC p.163)
• Hardy • to ••• (GMC p.165)
• Holistic Awareness • (GMC p.163)
• Hypnotic Voice •••• (SS p.66)
• Indomitable •• (GMC p.163)
• Inspiring ••• (GMC p.167)
• Interdisciplinary Specialty • (GMC p.163)
• Iron Skin •• or •••• (GMC p.178)
• Iron Stamina • to ••• (GMC p.165)
• Iron Will •• (GMC p.167)
• Language • (GMC p.163) - Specify a language at time of purchase.
• Library • to ••• (SS p.113)
• Lucid Dreamer • (SS p.67)
• Meditative Mind •, •• or •••• (GMC p.163)
• Mentor • to ••••• (GMC p.167)
• Multilingual • (GMC p.163) - Remember, any time you want to buy the Language merit for any of the languages you have under Multilingual, you get an automatic replacement. Send in a +request and staff will fix your +sheet for you.
• Patient • (GMC p.163)
• Professional Training • to ••••• (GMC pp.163-4)

Suggested Professions & Asset Skills
Profession	Asset Skills
Academic	Academics, Science
Artist	Crafts, Expression
Athlete	Athletics,Medicine
Cop	Streetwise, Firearms
Criminal	Larceny, Streetwise
Detective	Empathy, Investigation
Doctor	Empathy, Medicine
Engineer	Crafts, Science
Hacker	Computer, Science
Hit Man	Firearms, Stealth
Journalist	Expression, Investigation
Laborer	Athletics, Crafts
Occultist	Investigation, Occult
Politician	Politics, Subterfuge
Professional	Academics, Persuasion
Religious Leader	Academics, Occult
Scientist	Investigation, Science
Socialite	Politics, Socialize
Stuntman	Athletics, Drive
Survivalist	Animal Ken, Survival
Soldier	Firearms, Survival
Technician	Crafts, Investigation
Thug	Brawl, Intimidation
Vagrant	Streetwise, Survival

• Psychic Resistance • to ••• (SS p.67) - HR: Since the book was written before Changelings became A Thing, assume that they are on the list with other supernatural beasties this won't work for.
• Pusher • (GMC p.169)
• Quick Draw • (GMC p.165)
• Resources • to ••••• (GMC p.168)
• Retainer • to ••••• (GMC p.170)
• Safe Place • to ••••• (GMC p.170)
• Shiv • or •• (GMC p.179)
• Sleight of Hand •• (GMC p.165)
• Small-Framed •• (GMC p.165)
• Small Unit Tactics •• (GMC p.170)
• Staff • to ••••• (GMC p.170)
• Status • to ••••• (GMC p.170)
• Striking Looks • or •• (GMC p.170)
• Sympathetic •• (GMC p.171)
• Taste • (GMC p.171)
• Tolerance for Biology • (GMC p.164)
• Trained Observer • or ••• (GMC p.164)
• True Friend ••• (GMC p.172)
• Unseen Sense •• (GMC p.175)

Staff-Set via +Request

For one reason or another, these merits require staff intervention.

• Hobbyist Clique •• (GMC p.167) - Send in a group +request to staff with all prospective members to briefly explain the clique. Staff will set the merit on all members.
• Mystery Cult Initiation • to ••••• (GMC p.168) - If you are joining an existing cult, please send in a +request and CC the cult leader. Staff will not add you to a cult without a comment on your +job from the cult leader consenting that you qualify as an Initiate.

If you are beginning a new cult, your +request must include the following information:

• Purpose - Why does your cult exist?
• Relic - An item which grounds members' faith.
• Doctrine - The rules and traditions which define your cult.

See the book for details and examples of the benefits each level of the cult's merit will provide.

Please include suggestions for your cult along those lines.

Styles

• Armed Defense • to ••••• (GMC p.175)
• Close Quarters Combat • to ••••• (GMC p.176)
• Fast-Talking • to ••••• (GMC p.167)
• Firefight • to ••• (GMC pp.176-7)
• Grappling • to ••••• (GMC p.177)
• Heavy Weapons • to ••••• (GMC p.177)
• Improvised Weaponry • to ••• (GMC pp.177-8)
• Light Weapons • to ••••• (GMC p.178)
• Marksmanship • to •••• (GMC pp.178-9)
• Martial Arts • to ••••• (GMC p.179)
• Parkour • to ••••• (GMC p.165)
• Police Tactics • to ••• (GMC p.179)
• Street Fighting • to ••••• (GMC pp.179-180)
• Unarmed Defense • to ••••• (GMC p.180)