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Some heroic (or even otherwise mundane) individuals possess capabilities beyond the norm - twists of fate, chance knacks or advantages beyond usual skill and talent. Others have, like the Greek heroes, tragic flaws of character that impede or harm. These are Merits and Flaws.

Merit is a special boon or benefit. It has a cost in Traits and is typically purchased with Free Traits equal to this cost. A Flaw, conversely, is a special problem. Taking a Flaw gives you a number of extra Free Traits equal to its rating. You can't take more than five Traits of Flaws normally, though you can take any two Flaws of any value (so you could be both blind and paraplegic, but we don't recommend it, and you couldn't have a whole host of problems all at once).

In some cases you may gain a new Flaw in the course of play. You generally don't gain points for this. You might be able to gain a Merit (at an Experience Trait cost of twice the Merit's rating), but this is unusual and should be specially worked into the story; generally, you either have a Merit or you don't.

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