NWoD Fantasy:merits

General Merits

General merits expand the existing list of merits available in the core rulebook. The merits are listed and described below:

Name	Effect	Cost
Arcane Training	Allows the use of Arcane order merits and powers	●
Armor Proficiency	Lower armor speed penalty by 3 and defense penalty by 1	●●●
Block Recovery	Don't forfeit attack action after blocking	●●
Clever Disarm	Disarm with brawl instead of weaponry	●●
Endurance	You do not tire easily	●
Die Hard	+2 to stamina rolls for going unconscious	●●
Exotic Proficiency	Allows the use of an exotic weapon or shield	●●
Fast Reload	Reduces reload action one step. Full>Instant>Move>Free	●●
Hafting	No penalty for using reach weapons at close range	●●
Scorpion Strike	Free attack on those entering your reach range	●●●●
Improved Shield bash	Retain blocking ability when initiating a shield attack	●●●●
Martial Training	Allows the use of Martial order merits and powers	●
Mounted Combat	Enables additional actions while mounted	●●●
Charge	Automatic 2 damage on a successful charge	●●●●
Ride-by-Attack	Move before and after an attack action	●●
Offhanded block	Use block with offhanded weapon instead of a shield	●●●●
Power attack	+1 dice on all-out attacks	●●
Improved grapple	+2 on all grappling checks	●●
Sunder	+2 dice on weapon and armor attacks	●●
Improved Sunder	9 again on weapon and armor attacks	●●●
Point blank shot	+1 ranged damage when firing at short range	●●●●
Longshot	Range on bows, crossbows, or throwing increased by 1.5x	●●
Precise Shot	Lower target's cover by 1 step	●●
Shot on the Run	Split your move over a ranged attack action	●●
Run	Move at x2 speed as a single action	●●●●
Two Weapon Defense	+1 defense when fighting with two weapons	●●●
Weapon Specialty	Chosen weapon type gains +1 bonus damage	●●●

*- unlike normal merits,“feat” merits have only prerequisite merits, other than that, the costs for each merit is separate, not cumulative, unless otherwise stated.