Merits, Mortal (1st Edition)

Merit	Rating	Prerequisites	Description	Book
A Little Knowledge	•		Reduce penalties when researching oddities	Asy 50, Rel 84
Beacon of Life	•••	Occult ••	Add Occult dots to resistance against Numina and Stygian Manifestations	BotD 91
Beast Kin	••••		Rapport with related Changing Breed, resist Delusion	CB 96
Doubting Thomas	•		Inhibit psychic powers	SS 65
Gatekeeper	••••		Can spend Willpower to open an Avernian Gate	BotD 51
Lunatic Glare	••	Wolf-Blooded •••	May inflict Lunacy with a glare	BotW 125
Medium	••• or •••••	Resolve ••	Always perceive ghosts; five dot version adds control, and synergy with Unseen Sense for ghosts	BotD 93
Proximus	•	Sleepwalker	Hereditary Sleepwalker family; increased likelihood of Awakening, able to use minor magics, store Mana, and suffers a curse	MTA 334, SL 63
Regnant	• to •••••	Ghoul	Information, Vitae, resources, or intervention provided by vampiric master	Ghou 71
Sense Sympathy	•••	Ghoul, Empathy •••	Emotional connection to vampiric master similar to Blood Sympathy	Ghou 73
Sexualized	••	Ghoul	Carnal aura that benefits Presence or Manipulation	Ghou 73
Sin-Eater	•••	Resolve •••, Composure ••, Occult •, Sin-Eaters Specialty	Restore lost Morality to another	Myth 58
Sleepwalker	••••		Does not Disbelieve, Unseen Senses (Mage)	MTA 334, errata
Unseen Sense	•••	Wits ••	Alerted when particular phenomena present	WoD 109
Watched	• to •••••	Wolf-Blooded ••	Protected by a werewolf or pack	BotW 126
Witness	•••		Immune to Sybaris, able to discern Lifeless and Deathless, compulsively attracted to the Deathless	MTC 83-84
Wolf-Blooded	••••		Specialty in Animal Ken (Wolves), +2 to resist Lunacy, Unseen Sense for werewolves and spirits	WTF 79

Style Merits

Style	Rating	Maneuver	Description	Book
Deceived Cultist	Sworn to serve the Deceived. Must spend 10 cumulative Willpower resisting conditioning to shed this Merit.			Dec 38-40
	•	Conditioning	Immune to magical or nonmagical efforts to betray the cult, in action or intelligence. Must spend Willpower to willingly take an action against the cult. Immune to patron's Sybaris.
	••	Learning	Gain a dot of Occult for each decade spent in the cult. Roll Wits + Occult to sense fellow cultists. Receive benefits of Witness Merit.
	•••	Power	Gain Essence pool, the Dead Eyes Numen, and may purchase the Dead Skin, Phantom Arsenal, and Will from Power Numina. Recover Essence through ritual worship.
	••••	Resurrection	Linger on death as one of the Lucid Dead. May purchase the Regeneration, Spectral Toughness, and Spirit Prowess Numina.
	•••••	Priesthood	Gain the Siphon and Stolen Pillars (Ren) Numina. Linger on death as a Revenant or an Impassioned Soul.
Wolf-Blooded	Optional variant. Vulnerable to derangements, spirit activity, and the impulse to lash out when angered.			BotW 26-27
	••	Wolves' Rapport	Specialty in Animal Ken (Wolves)
	•••	Lunacy Mitigation	+2 to resist Lunacy.
	••••	Unseen Sense	As the Unseen Sense Merit, for werewolves and spirits.
	•••••	Lesser Regeneration	As the Quick Healer Merit for non-aggravated damage. Stacks with Quick Healer.

Notation Legend
Dot of a Trait Rating (Skills, Merits)	•
Power Trait Point (Vitae, Mana)	●
Willpower Point	○
Activation Damage	B/L/A
Special/Other Activation Cost	※
Alternate Costs	●/●●●
Costs per Item	●/item
Optional Costs	(●)
Cost Ranges	● to ●●● ●●+
Combined Notation Example	●(○) ●/item, 1L