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Merit ManualMerit Manual

Author:Angelus Morningstar

Artwork:Gavin Hargest AcknowledgementsLost Shards are fan- made products designed for use with

the World of Darkness book, Changeling: the Lost.

Absence of trademarks from copyrighted materials does not

constitute a legal challenge to the original owners.

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This document collects a number of various merits for

changeling chronicles from across the different systems.

What is presented here are the Merit names, dot costs and

prerequisite costs.

Since they cannot be replicated here in a way that

would remove the need to purchase the books, I have left

the content blank. Instead, content has been provided if

the merit is wholly original, or if the flavour text has been

altered to allow the Merit from another system to work inchangeling (some examples being merits from Ghouls).

Asset MeritsAsset MeritsArchive ( to ;

special)Prerequisite: Hollow

[Rites of Spring]

Facade ( to ;special)

Prerequisite: Hollow

Effect: Your character Hollow opens up onto property

owned directly by the changelings. This could be a shop

front, a hidden shack, or an estate. The dots of this merit

represent the Size of the space that it takes up in the real

world. This represents a place in the real world where your

character can go where no one else ever goes. Whatever

this hidden place is, the character can access it in near-

absolute secrecy and squirrel away her little trinkets

without fear of detection. When someone tries to track her

back to her den that person suffers a penalty equal to thedots in this Merit.

By extension, the Size and Security of the outward

manifestation of the Hollow are determined by the Size

and Wards of the Hollow itself. To begin with, a Facade

can only have a Size equivalent to one, but the owner of

the Hollow can extend the size of this by assigning

additional dots bought for their Hollow to the Facade.

That is, if the changeling has a Hollow with Size 3, and

buys a Facade, they could increase the Facade to 2 by

buying the fourth dot of Size and assigning it to the Facade.

In this way the total Size of the Facade and Hollow can

equal 6, but it will always be divided between the two.

They may have a Facade of Size 5 and a Hollow only Size1, representing a vast mansion with a secret hollow cache,

or the inverse representing a small wardrobe that opens up

onto a vast valley .

An archive is located in a Hollow and is protected by

the Hollows wards. This will manifest in a manner

shrouded by the Mask. Barriers manifest as strong locking

systems, veils of invisibility become a surveillance systems.

See the Hollow Merit on p. 94 ofChangeling: The Lost.

Special: Characters who share a Hollow can also share

Facade dots, with each contributing to its area of

knowledge. These characters each receive the full benefits

of the Facade. It may happen that changelings suffer afalling-out, in which case one or more might be asked to

forfeit their research privileges by the others. Those who

are banned lose whatever dots they contributed, unless an

agreement is worked out to split the Archives, allowing

outcasts to take their areas of knowledge with them.

Shared Facades should be marked with an asterisk ( * ) on

your character sheet. See the description of the Hollow

Merit for details on how to allocate dots.

Fae Mount (, , or)

[Rites of Spring]

Hedge Beast Companion( to )

[Autumn Nightmares]

Hollow ( to ;special)

[Changeling: the Lost]

Resources ( to )[World of Darkness Rulebook]

Ritual Doorway ()Prerequisite: Hollow Doors ()

[Rites of Spring]

Token (+)[Changeling: the Lost]

Workshop ( to ;special)

Prerequisite: Hollow, Hollow Size equal to points inWorkshop

[Rites of Spring]

Combat MeritsCombat MeritsBrawling Dodge ()

Prerequisite: Strength and Brawl

[World of Darkness Rulebook]

Disarm ()Prerequisite: Dexterity and Weaponry


Fighting Finesse ()Prerequisite: Dexterity and Weaponry


Gunslinger ()Prerequisites: Dexterity and Firearms


Quick Draw ()Prerequisites: Dexterity


Weaponry Dodge ()Prerequisite: Strength and Weaponry

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Fighting StylesDots purchased in these Merits allow access to special

combat maneuvers. Each maneuver is a prerequisite for the

next.

Archery ( to )Prerequisites: Strength , Dexterity , Athletics [Armory]

Boxing ( to )Prerequisites: Strength , Stamina and Brawl


Chain Weapons ( to)

Prerequisites: Strength , Dexterity , Weaponry

[Armory]

Combat Marksmanship (to )

Prerequisites: Strength , Dexterity , Composure

, and Firearms

[Armory]

Fencing ( to )Prerequisites: Dexterity , Weaponry

[Armory]

Gladiatorial ( to )Prerequisites: Strength , Presence , Weaponry

[Requiem for Rome]

Grappling ( to )Prerequisites: Strength , Dexterity , Stamina

and Brawl

[Adamantine A rrow]

Improvised Weaponry (

to )Prerequisites:Wits , Weaponry

[Midnight Roads]

Knife Fighting ( to )Prerequisites: Dexterity , Weaponry

[Armory]

Kung Fu ( to )Prerequisites: Strength , Dexterity , Stamina

and Brawl


Spear Combat ( to )Prerequisite: Strength , Dexterity and

Weaponry

[Adamantine A rrow]

Staff Fighting, ( to )Prerequisites: Strength , Dexterity , Weaponry

[Armory]

Two Weapons ( to)

Prerequisites: Dexterity and Weaponry


Mental MeritsMental MeritsBureaucratic Navigator

()[Asylum]

Common Sense ()[World of Darkness Rulebook]

Crafter's Sense ()Prerequisite: Craft and a Specialty

[Free Council]

Danger Sense ()[World of Darkness Rulebook]

Dream Combat ( to)

Prerequisite:Wyrd , Empathy

[Rights of Spring]

Eidetic Memory ()[World of Darkness Rulebook]

Encyclopedic

Knowledge ()[World of Darkness Rulebook]

Hedge Duelist ( to)

Prerequisite:Wyrd

[Rites of Spring]

Hedge Gate Sense ()[Rites of Spring]

Hobgoblin Trainer ()[Rites of Spring]

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Giant ()[World of Darkness Rulebook]

High PerformanceDriving ( to )

Prerequisites: Dexterity , Resolve , Drive [Midnight Roads]

Effect: Your character is trained in advanced driving

techniques. Maybe hes a cop or a federal agent. Maybe

hes a stuntman for film and TV or the wheelman in a heist

gang.

Iron Stamina ( to )Prerequisites: Stamina or Resolv e


Iron Stomach ()

Prerequisites: Stamina [World of Darkness Rulebook]

Lethal Mien ()Prerequisite:Wyrd

[Rites of Spring]

Long of Days ()[Rites of Spring]

Natural Immunity ()Prerequisites: Stamina


Outdoorsman ()Prerequisites: Surviv al

[Midnight Roads]

Parkour ( to )Prerequisites: Dexterity , A thletics

[Strange Alchemies]

The sport of parkour began in France, and has quickly

spread to other parts of the world. Parkour demands a lev el

of athleticism from its practitioners that few other sports

do. The purpose of parkour, which is also called freerunning or urban running, is to move as quickly as

possible through an environment with a variety of

obstacles, sprinting through the terrain and using a variety

of climbing techniques, leaps, rolls and other athletic

movements to navigate. Watching an expert traceur (one

of the terms for someone who practices parkour) at work is

awe- inspiring, like something out of an action film.

Though the technique comes from well-disciplined

training, imbedding a certain body of movements and

techniques into the parkours instinctive reactions, the

goal is a flawless, seamless flow of movement from one

obstacle to the next, with hardly any pause in speed or

movement.

Perfect Stillness ()Prerequisite: Stealth

[Rites of Spring]

Quick Healer ()Prerequisite: Stamina


Strong Back ()

Prerequisites: Strength [World of Darkness Rulebook]

Strong Lungs ()Prerequisite:Athletics


Stunt Driver ()Prerequisites: Dexterity


Toxin Resistance ()

Prerequisite: Stamina [World of Darkness Rulebook]

Weatherproof ()[Strange A lchemies]

Effect: A lthough changelings age slowly and endure

many hardships, most still feel the cold and the heat. Most

still have to keep warm. A changeling with this Merit

doesnt feel the cold or heat at all.

Social MeritsSocial Merits

Allies ( to )[World of Darkness Rulebook]

Barfly ()[World of Darkness Rulebook]

Contacts ( to )[World of Darkness Rulebook]

Court Goodwill ( to)


Devotee ( to )Prerequisite: Wyrd

[The Equinox Road]

EnchantingPerformance ()

Prerequisite: Expression

[Rites of Spring]

Faerie Favor ()[Rites of Spring]

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Fame ( to )[World of Darkness Rulebook]

Famous Face ( to )[Strnage Alchemies]

Effect: The changeling's former identity belongs to

someone well-known. The True Fae are often ignorant of

the nuances of human culture, and dont often take intoaccount the significance of who they steal. However, often

as the case may be, the changeling has returned not quite

looking the same as before even to mortal eyes.

Friend of Beasts ( or )[Tome of the Watchtoers: A Guide to the Paths]

The changeling has less of the human world about him

and sees the world more as an animal thanks to the

changelings durance. Animals sense this, whether by scent

or some other awareness, and they accept him as one of

their own.

Gentrified Bearing ()Prerequisite:Wyrd

[Rites of Spring]

Ghost Ally ( to)

[Second Sight]

Hidden Life ( to )Prerequisite: No dots in Fame, Wyrd equal to Hidden

Life[Rites of Spring]

Hob Kin ()Prerequisite: Hollow +

[Rites of Spring]

Ingratiating Wanderer()

Prerequisites: Manipulation

[Midnight Roads]

Hideous Anyway ()[Strange Alchemies]Effect: It's possible that the monstrous mien of your

changeling can slip past the Mask, and others can glimpse

your characters true grotesqueness, but the fact is . . . hes

ugly anyway. The Mask of your character is in some way

hideous.

Inspiring ()Prerequisite: Presence

Mentor ( to )

[World of Darkness: Rulebook]

New Identity (, or)


Network ( to )Prerequisite: Changeling, member of a freehold

Like mortal trade networks, changelings have a numberof commodities that they like to exchange amongst

themselves. These commodities relate to various products,

and items that have a specific relevance to changeling

existence. A changeling with this Merit has a strongly

developed network with a number of other changeling

guilds and even Goblin Markets. He has sufficient

influence with these groups that he can gather and collect

the products of their trade with relat ive ease.

This Merit is like the Contacts Merit, in that each dot

represents one group with which the changeling maintains

trade relations, and specifically relates to the Fae procuring

any items or substances of a faerie nature.

Each dot represents one single type of resources with

which your character has connections to and from which

he may draw. If he has Network , his dots might be

assigned to an associate in a Goblin Fruit guild, a purveyor

of Faerie Dust with the changeling mafia syndicates and a

negotiation with a weaponsmith conclave. Networks can

include individuals whom you or the Storyteller defines,

but more likely they comprise an array of people, especially

guilds. The Network Merit relates strictly to faerie

products. Networks do not perform services for your

character or rush to his aid. Those actions are the purview

of other Merits such as A llies and Retainer.

Gaining such objects requires a successful Manipulation+ Persuasion or Socialize roll, depending on the

relationship between your character and the targets in

question. Penalties might apply if the information sought is

hard to acquire (-1 to -3), restricted (-3), or if sharing it

could get people in trouble or harmed ( - 3 to 5).

Dramatic Failure: The network produces shoddy or

dangerous products that manage to land the character in

trouble, this might be faerie dust imbued with homicidal

memories, or unstable tokens.

Failure: The network doesnt have the product your

character needs.

Success: The network is able to provide some product

thats helpful to your character.Exceptional Success: The network is able to provide

products of exceptional quality or number.

Pledgesmith ( to )[Rites of Spring]

Predator's Innocence()

[Tome of the Watchtoers: A Guide to the Paths]

A wolf does not degenerate when it kills its prey;

likewise, the changeling doesnt suffer when she makes aclean and natural killing.

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Prophet Circle ( to)

[Rites of Spring]

Retainer ( to )[World of Darkness: Rulebook]

Rigid Mask ()Prerequisite: Subterfuge

[Rites of Spring]

Siren Song ()[Rites of Spring]

Sexualized ()[Ghouls]

Maybe its something brought on by Glamour, or

perhaps its the perverse function she served for her

Keeper. Regardless, the changeling now has an intangibleundercurrent of sexual power and experience that those

exposed to her cannot help but notice. This carnal aura

can be a potent tool in taking advantage of weak- willed or

lustful individuals.

Social Maneuvers ( to)

[Night Horrors: Grim Fears]

Source Sympathy ()Prerequisite: Empathy

[Ghouls] A good servant responds unerringly to her masters

emotional state. With this Merit, a changeling holds an

emotional connection with their Keeper. Some

changelings develop this ability over decades of service,

while a few rare ones seem to do so almost immediately .

Staff ( to )Prerequisite: Resources (varies)

[Ghouls]

Your character has official command over a staff of

employees. These people are mundane mortals, but theyre

also professionally trained and capable of taking on a hostof roles. A n aristocratic household, for example, might

employ a number of maids, valets and cooks, while a social

predator might have publicists, investigators and lawyers

on the payroll.

Status ( to )Prerequisites:Varies (see below)


Striking Looks ( or)


Unobtrusive ()Prerequisite: Stealth

[Ghouls]

Your character performed her daily duty with such

apparent single- minded purpose that she seems to fade into

the periphery of the Keeper's perception. Granted, Keepers

rarely notice changeling servants anyway, but this Merit

reflects a feature of a changelings service that is truly

unusual and useful. Your character has trained herself to

notice details without appearing to pay them any heed at

the time, storing them for retrieval from memory later. Shemakes an excellent spy, retaining information without

consciously noticing it, so that even the most discerning

subjects tend to ignore her.

Wyrd MeritsWyrd MeritsAge Reversal ()

Prerequisites: Wyrd

[Night Horrors: Grim Fears]

Brownie's Boon ()[Rites of Spring]

Charmed Life ()[Rites of Spring]

Destiny ( to )[Mage: the Awakening]

Effect: Your characters thread stands out in the skein of

fate. It may be cut short through tragedy or catastrophe,

but until then, she has the ability to weave it into a sound

pattern of her choosing. She is fated for great triumphs, and

this Merit helps her achieve them. Like any true hero, shefinds success a little more easily than mere mortals. In true

heroic fashion, she also has a fatal flaw no matter how

strong her destiny might be, it has one weakness others can

use to tear it apart.

Dual Kith ( or )[Rites of Spring]

Goblin Vow ( to)

[Rites of Spring]

Harvest ( to )[Changeling: the Lost]

Mantle ( to )[Changeling: the Lost]

Manymask ( to )Prerequisite: Wyrd

[The Equinox Road]

Plant Empathy ()[Second Sight]

Effect: Plant Empathy makes a psychic a natural green

thumb, giving him almost supernatural talent at

cultivating plants.

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Soul Sense ()Prerequisite:A liv ing fetch

[Rites of Spring]

Sublime ()Prerequisite: Wyrd

[The Equinox Road]

Tokenmaster ()Prerequisite: Wyrd

[The Equinox Road]

Visionary Dreams ()Prerequisite:Wyrd

[Rites of Spring]

Wyrdskill ()

Prerequisite: Wyrd [The Equinox Road]

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