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='''<span style="color: darkkhaki;">Merits and Flaws'''=
=='''<span style="color: cyan;">Merits</span>'''==
10 CP to pick one, 8 CP for a random one
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!scope="row" style=" color:black;background-color:khaki; width: 150px;" |<b><big>Merit</big></b>
!scope="row" style=" color:black;background-color:khaki; width: 100px;" |<b><big>Description</big></b>
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|You are a light sleeper.<br>
|Gives you the ability to detect various things even while sleeping. People walking in, <br>
Speech, Actions etc. Wakes you up easier when magically slept.<br>
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|You are exceptionally calm in combat.<br>
|Greater success when you type flee. +4 hit. Immune to panic enemy<br>
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|You are exceptionally intelligent.<br>
|<nowiki>+2 int, +1 wis.</nowiki><br>
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|You have a good knowledge of weaponry.<br>
|All weapon skills begin at 40%, your chosen weapon starts at 75%. Increased damage.<br>
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|You have an affinity to magic.<br>
|<nowiki>+1 Casting Level</nowiki><br>
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|You are resistant to magic.<br>
|<nowiki>-4 saves</nowiki><br>
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|You are exceptionally agile.<br>
|<nowiki>+2 dex. Helps with all skill checks.</nowiki><br>
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|You are large for your race.<br>
|<nowiki>+2 con, -1 dex. +1 size. +2hp per level.</nowiki><br>
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|You have a deep perception of beings.<br>
|Lets you see Auras around most beings. Gold means the character/mob is good.<br>
Red means they are evil.<br>
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|You are very healthy.<br>
|Slightly Increased Regeneration Rate and resistant to disease and poison.<br>
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=='''<span style="color: salmon;">Flaws</span>'''==
-3 CP to pick one, -5 CP for a random one
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!scope="row" style=" color:black;background-color:khaki; width: 150px;" |<b><big>Flaw</big></b>
!scope="row" style=" color:black;background-color:khaki; width: 100px;" |<b><big>Description</big></b>
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|You have trouble sleeping.<br>
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|You suffer from horrible nightmares.<br>
|Randomly wakes you up in your sleep<br>
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|You are completely insane.<br>
|Everything from seeing things that aren't there,<br>
to hearing voices, to just screaming you head<br>
off. The Insanity Flaw has it all<br>
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|You have an obsessive hatred for a random race.<br>
|A randomly chosen race is picked and whenever<br>
your in the same room as that race, It will automatically<br>
spam your hatred for that race. In the world of PK you <br>
will attack that race without choice.<br>
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|You are deaf.<br>
|Can't hear tells, say, or other IC channels<br>
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|You are vulnerable to magic.<br>
|<nowiki>+2 or +3 saves</nowiki><br>
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|You are illiterate.<br>
|Can't read/write notes, knotes, etc. - int.<br>
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|You lost an arm in a childhood accident.<br>
|Can't wear shield or secondary weapon<br>
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|You cannot speak.<br>
|Can't talk tells, say, or other IC channels<br>
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|You suffer from a nervous tic.<br>
|Randomly twitch every now and then,<br>
It's not for those that like to rely on Hide and Sneak<br>
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|You suffer from narcolepsy.<br>
|Randomly fall asleep every few ticks for no reason.<br>
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|You are exceptionally weak and frail.<br>
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=='''<span style="color: deepskyblue;">Merit Level</span>'''==
Characters that have not chosen a merit or flaw at creation can choose to 'quest' for a merit level once they have completed their training. You can only quest for a merit. You cannot quest for a flaw. This is called questing for a 'merit level'.
To begin work on a merit level, go to your guildmaster and type 'merit'.
You will now have a notification in your score that you have 30000 experience points to achieve before you receive your merit (understand, the merit is completely random).
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