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Мериты и флавсы. Мериты. Физические: Амбидекстр (1) Еда (1) Blush of Health (2) Efficient Digestion (3) Huge Size (4) Controlled Thirst (1) Regular time spent among mortals has dulled the
hungers of your palette. You reduce the difficulty of
any frenzy roll involving the sight, scent or taste of
blood by one. You cannot frenzy from sensing blood if
your blood pool is full; conversely, you lose your
normal difficulty reduction if your blood pool is less
than a quarter full (rounded down). Mark of Pure Blood (2-pt. Merit) You have a physical mark that emerged during
your Embrace, akin to a birthmark. This mark is part
of your lineage and helps establish credibility as an
heir to power and reputation of your sire’s line. Players
should work with the Storyteller to define the mark,
whether it is a particular tint of the eyes, an actual
discoloration of skin or something more exotic. All
such marks are within the bounds of natural possibility
and/or easily concealed, ensuring that mortals do not
automatically suspect your undead nature. While this
Merit has no system per se, you are more difficult to
impersonate and your mark may carry status with
vampires who know its significance Trained Scent (2-pt. Merit) You have an uncanny ability to smell blood that
appeals to you or repulses you, even while it flows in the
veins of your unsuspecting prey. This Merit only benefits
Ventrue and other vampires with discerning hunger,
such as through the Flaws Prey Exclusion (Dark Ages:
Vampire p. 305) or Selective Thirst (see p. 205). Sensing
blood you feel strongly about requires a reflexive
Perception + Alertness roll (difficulty 6), and you must
actually be close enough to breathe the target’s scent —
usually within three yards. Picking a single target out of
a crowd may require a second Wits + Alertness roll at a
difficulty determined by the Storyteller.
Ментальные Celestial Attunement (1) (чувство времени, астрономические расчеты) Common Sense (1) Concentration (1) Eidetic Memory (2) Light Sleeper (2) Ability Aptitude (1) You are particularly gifted with one Ability. Perhaps
you are a poet of great renown or a master
fleshcrafter. Within your specific Aptitude, reduce all
difficulties by 2. Characters may purchase this Merit
more than once, but Storytellers should feel free to
veto any Ability selections that seem too powerful or
unbalanced, especially for combat Abilities. Focused Rage (1-pt. Merit) You have partially transcended the blood fury of
your clan by focusing your Beast’s anger. Select one
frenzy condition from the chart on page 265 of Dark
Ages: Vampire... When faced with that provocation,
you automatically frenzy. You do not suffer the usual
difficulty increase to other frenzy conditions, however.
The Storyteller must approve the selected condition.
Only Brujah and other vampires who suffer a similar
frenzy difficulty increase may purchase this Merit . Lion-Hearted (1-pt. Merit) In a moment of great crisis, you may call upon your
honor and nobility to fortify your resolve. Once per
story, you may spend a point of Willpower to substitute
your Road rating for both your Self-Control/
Conviction and Courage for the scene. Characters
who ascribe to roads that do not venerate heroism and
valor may not purchase or retain this Merit, particularly
those on the Road of Sin (although followers of
theVia Adversarius may possess this Merit; see Road of
Sin for more information). Artful Visionary (2-pt. Merit) You are a consummate artist at heart. You reduce
the difficulty of any roll to create something new by 1.
This can be actual Expression or Crafts rolls, or even
the development of a new tactic or torture method...
Conversely, you add +1 to the difficulty of any repetitive
or menial task. You are ill suited to such labor —
surely everyone should see that you are more important
than mere drudgery!
Cathartic Fury (2-pt. Merit) Forced to play the part of the civilized monster,
you find solace and strength in periodic outbursts of
rage. At the conclusion of any frenzy, roll Courage
(difficulty 5). Each success restores one point of Willpower,
up to your usual maximum. Vampires with this
Merit still suffer degeneration for their frenzy if such
anger violates the tenets of their road.
Obsessive Savant (2-pt. Merit) You have a particular fixation that drives your
existence, be it as esoteric as death or vampirism or as
mundane as the tactics of chess. You must have one
Specialty for an Ability (usually a Knowledge, although
sometimes a Skill) that forms the core of your obsession...
For rolls involving this specialty, you reduce the
difficulty by three in addition to receiving the usual
bonus die (minimum difficulty of 3). Your intensity
discomfits those who do not share your obsession, adding
+1 to the difficulty of most Social rolls with people who
observe you indulging your hobby. Storytellers should
feel free to veto any Obsessions that seem too powerful
or unbalanced for their games Disciplined Eye (3-pt. Merit) With a point each of blood and Willpower and a
successful Willpower roll (difficulty 6), you may force
your third eye closed for a full scene. It will not betray
you no matter what Valeren powers you use. Other
Salubri may regard your with distrust or envy if they
know of your unusual gift. Only vampires with two or
more dots of Valeren may purchase this Merit. Well-Educated (3-pt. Merit) Either through monastic training or determined
royal tutors, you are one of the lucky few to receive
superlative tutelage in classics, natural sciences and
theology... Whenever you attempt a task involving a
Knowledge you do not possess, your player may still
roll at +1 difficulty as if the required Ability was a
Skill. Characters must have at least three dots of
Academics to purchase this Merit. Iron Will (5-pt. Merit) Your mind is as a castle, daring intruders with
towers of ego and walls of raw will. Any attempt to
affect you with Dominate or otherwise magically
tamper with your mind adds 2 to the usual difficulty.
Characters must have a Willpower of 8+ to purchase
or retain the benefits of this Merit. Unimpressed (5-pt. Merit) You have tight control over your emotions and
a monstrous awareness of self. All rolls to affect you
with Presence or otherwise magically tamper with
your emotions add 2 to the difficulty. Only characters
with Self-Control 4+ and Willpower 6+ may
purchase or retain the benefits of this Merit.
Социальные: Крестоносец (1) Известный сир (1) Debt of Gratitude (1-3) Master of Protocol (1t) Your sire or another mentor has laboriously
tutored you in most forms of etiquette, even customs
outside your own culture and time. You likely
know the proper greeting for a Roman senator or
the appropriate bow for a caliph as easily as the
titles of address within your own kingdom. As such,
you may learn as many Etiquette specialties as your
Intelligence + Etiquette, and you receive a –1
difficulty to any Etiquette roll involving those
specialties. Unbroken Lineage (1-2) You can perfectly recite your lineage back to
your Antediluvian progenitor. If this Merit is worth
only one point, noble Cainites accept your recitation
and treat you more favorably as a true keeper
of the Traditions. If this Merit is worth two points,
your bloodline has sufficient prestige to warrant an
extra dot of Status that remains as long as none of
your direct ancestors rejects you. Even if you err
and lose face, you always have at least one dot of
Status from your birthright. Former Ghoul (3) You spent a number of years as a ghoul prior to
receiving the Embrace. As such, you have a better
understanding of Cainite society and the powers of
the Blood. The difficulty of all rolls to recall such
information is 2 less than normal. In addition, you
may purchase Potence with your starting Discipline
dots, although it is not considered a Clan
Discipline unless that is normally the case. Secrets (1-5) You know something important — probably
something you shouldn’t know. You may use this
secret for blackmail or simply file it away for use in
some future night. The rating of this Merit determines
the importance and detail of this secret. A
one-point Secret may be the confirmed existence
of a spy from a rival vampire court (without knowing
the spy’s identity). Five points means you
know the spy is none other than the prince himself,
or rather, a fleshcrafted doppelganger created
by the Tzimisce to destabilize the court in preparation
for their invasion. The player should work
with the Storyteller to determine the secret, or
simply trust the Storyteller to select a secret appropriate
to the story. As always, the Storyteller
should feel free to disallow secrets that are not
appropriate to his games. Note that this Merit can
also reflect clan Secrets, such as the resting place
of a torpid elder or a particular koldunic ritual
known to a select bloodline. Well-Known (Var) Word of your exploits and lineage has spread
through the society of the Damned. As a result,
your Status applies in a number of additional cities
equal to the points invested in this Merit. Should
you fail in some task or lose favor with your Prince,
however, word of that disgrace will spread just as
quickly. Fame is ever fickle. Characters must have
at least one dot of Status to purchase this Merit.
Сверхъестественные Inoffensive to Animals (!-2) Medium (2) Arcane Resistance (2, 4, или 5) Oracular Ability (3) Spirit Mentor(3) Unboundable (3) Lucky (4) True Love (4) Nine Lives (6) Sweet Blood (1-pt. Merit) Your vitae tastes like the finest wine, sweet and
heady without the slightest trace of salt or metallic
tang. As such, you may hide your blood in a chalice
or feed ghouls without betraying the true nature of
their draught. Darksight (2-pt. Merit or Flaw) At will, you may invert the meaning of light
and dark to your eyes. This requires a turn of
concentration and a successful Perception + Alertness
roll (difficulty 7). With Darksight active, you
may view pitch-black darkness as though it were
brightly and uniformly lit, while torches cast a
radiance that obscures perception in the manner
that darkness interferes with normal senses. The
significance of colors likewise inverts, lending a
surreal hue to the world without interfering with
your ability to separate hues. All penalties for
partial darkness instead apply to weak illumination,
and the absolute emptiness of sunlight and
similarly bright radiance blinds you (and burns
you, in the case of sunlight). The Merit does not
allow you to see through mystical shadows, such
as those produced by Obtenebration. As a Flaw,
your Darksight is permanent; you will never again
view the universe through any semblance of human
vision. Personal Aura (2-pt. Merit) You do not project the aura associated with
your road. Instead, your aura reflects some deeper
aspect of your Nature or personality. You may
choose the aura associated with any road or design
your own (subject to Storyteller approval), calculating
your aura modifier according to your
permanent Willpower. Sanctifying Kiss (2-pt. Merit) Your lips have a particular crimson luster like
roses or fine wine. Whenever you kiss someone, you
leave traces of sweet vitae behind. This secretion is
not sufficient to create a ghoul or sire progeny,
although you may surreptitiously administer the
blood oath if you kiss on the mouth or touch your
lips to an open cut. It requires a Perception +
Alertness roll (difficulty 8) to notice the slight
taste of your blood. Discipline Prodigy (5-pt. Merit) You are especially skilled in the use of one of
your clan Disciplines. The difficulty to use any
level of this Discipline is reduced by 1, although
this Merit can never reduce the difficulty of any roll
below 4. Characters may purchase this Merit only
once and gain no benefit when using Discipline
techniques. Prodigies of Koldunic Sorcery or other
forms of blood sorcery reduce the difficulty of all
paths and rituals. Prodigies of Obtenebration also
find Abyss rituals easier. Promethean Clay (5-pt. Merit) Your flesh ripples and molds itself to your
preternatural will, almost before you consciously
invoke the change. The difficulty to use any Vicissitude
power on you is 2 less than normal, and you
may activate Vicissitude powers reflexively at your
full dice pool while taking other actions. Powers
that require multiple turns to activate still require
the usual duration — the change simply occurs
without conscious direction. As a final benefit, you
need no physical sculpting to use the first three
levels of Vicissitude on yourself, as your flesh undulates
and extrudes to its desired shape. Only
characters with at least one dot of Vicissitude may
purchase this Merit. Pure Blood (5-pt. Merit) The Curse of Caine runs strongly in your veins.
You may spend one more blood point per turn than
your generation should permit. You look especially
pale and drawn under Soulsight and yet oddly
flushed with abundant health. Arcane (1- to 5- pt. Merit) You are mystically unknowable, shrouded from
notice and record by the vagaries of circumstance
and disinterest. Those who see you seldom care
enough to remember you later. For every point
invested in this Merit, subtract one die from any
dice pool used to search for you actively (typically
Perception and/or Investigation). Being anonymous
isn’t the same as being invisible, however,
and Arcane does not aid in Stealth rolls or other
active attempts to hide. Characters with Influence
or Status may not purchase Arcane or vice versa,
and Arcane can also prove a detriment to other
Backgrounds. Mentors may well lose interest in an
Arcane pupil, for example. This Merit is less common
among the status-conscience members of the
High Clans than among the Low, though a disproportionate
number of True Brujah possess it (which
leads some to wonder how many Sages truly exist).
It is thought that meddling with time can make
time itself forget the meddler. Gifts of the Beast Your Beast has a terrible awareness and power
all its own that emerges when its wrath or fear
overtakes you. You may select additional Traits
that manifest only during frenzy or Rötschreck, as
approved by the Storyteller. Such Beast Traits cost
two fewer bonus points than normal, to a minimum
cost of 1, and must be instinctive or physical in
nature. In the case of Disciplines, only physical
Disciplines are permitted (Celerity, Fortitude or
Potence), even if they are not normally associated
with your clan. Beast Traits are cumulative with
normal traits, although they cannot exceed generational
limits. Additional Beast Traits may not be
gained or increased with experience. For example,
the Toreador Justinius is normally quiet and reserved.
When his slumbering Beast awakens,
however, its speed and killing prowess possess him.
He gains an additional dot of Celerity and Dexterity
and three dots of Brawl. The total cost of the
Merit is 10 bonus points (7 – 2 for the Celerity, 5 –
2 for the Dexterity, and 2 – 2, minimum 1 for each
dot of Brawl).
Флавсы Физические: Низкий рост (Short) (1) Smell of the Grave (1) Addiction (3) Permanent Wound (3) Slow Healing (3) Child (4) Unblinking Vigil (1-pt. Flaw) Your eyes do not close — ever. Perhaps you stared
too deeply into the Abyss or fleshcrafted away your
eyelids for better alertness. Your quirk probably makes
astute observers uncomfortable (+1 to the difficulty of
friendly social interactions with anyone whose player
makes a successful Perception + Alertness roll at
difficulty 8 to notice). Ментальные Deep Sleeper (1) Nightmares (1) Pray Exclusion (1) Vengeful (2) Noble Arrogance (1-pt. Flaw) You have never known an existence other than
privilege and wealth, either in life or undeath. You
fervently believe in your innate superiority over
mere mortals and the riffraff of the Low Clans,
perhaps too much. You cannot believe that your
inferiors could ever pose a real threat. As such, you
are prone to underestimating adversaries of lesser
station and your haughty bearing adds 2 to the
difficulty of all Social rolls to interact with those
you perceive as beneath you. Characters must have
at least two dots of Status to purchase this Flaw. Poor Taste (1-pt. Flaw) Your aesthetic runs counter to that of society,
or perhaps you really are simply a tasteless cretin
with pretensions of class. In either case, you add 1
to the difficulty of Social rolls involving mainstream
artists or critics. Intimidation rolls suffer
also with this penalty — you are graceless even at
the art of fear. Fierce Bigot (2-pt. Flaw) You hold particular hatred or disdain for a
specific class or community of mortals, most likely
the common rabble of serfs and servants. You make
all frenzy checks at +2 difficulty around such individuals
and always attack them first if you do
succumb to frenzy Enraptured by Beauty (3-pt. Flaw) Your preternatural senses and aesthetics find
beauty supernaturally enthralling. Whenever you
encounter music, art or even a pretty face that
appeals to your tastes, you fall into trancelike reverie
until the object leaves your senses or the scene
ends. You may not even break away to defend
yourself, though an attack permits a new roll to
resist. Characters with this Flaw may avoid or break
free of rapture with a Self-Control or Instinct roll
(difficulty 6). Toreador may not purchase this Flaw. Atrophied Heart (4-pt. Flaw) You have grown cold and aloof, emotionally
detached from the ever-changing world around
you. You certainly understand good and evil as
philosophical concepts, but morality is no longer
something you feel with any passion. As a result,
you add 2 to the difficulty of any degeneration
check and pay double the usual experience to raise
Compassion/Conviction or Road. True Brujah may
not purchase this Flaw. Selective Thirst (4-pt. Flaw) Your aristocratic palette prefers the taste of a
particular “vintage” of mortal blood, even to the
point of spurning all other flavors. You may favor
the delicate nectar of youthful virgins, the robust
draught of the Norse or the touch of piety in a
priest’s veins. Whatever your tastes, you may drink
only from mortals who meet your criteria. All other
blood tastes foul and rancid to you, and you will
immediately vomit it like mortal food even in the
throes of frenzy. Even your exacting sensibilities
find Cainite blood sweet to the taste, no matter its
source. Ventrue may not purchase this Flaw. Сверхъестественные Repulsed by Garlic (1) Touch of Frost (1) Eerie Presence (2) Repulsive to Animals (2) Grip of Damned (4)
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