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MJ12 Commando: /* Merits */

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Merits

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	'''Taint Resistant''' (5 pts): A Taint Resistant Nova reduces all involuntary gains of Temporary Taint (botches, failures, Taint radiation) by 1 (minimum 0). Furthermore, every 24 hours, a Taint Resistant Nova loses 1 point of temporary Taint.		'''Taint Resistant''' (5 pts): A Taint Resistant Nova reduces all involuntary gains of Temporary Taint (botches, failures, Taint radiation) by 1 (minimum 0). Furthermore, every 24 hours, a Taint Resistant Nova loses 1 point of temporary Taint.

	'''Tough''' (2 or 4 pts): You're tough. Rasputin tough-stuff that'd kill a regular person might not fail to harm you, but you'll be alive to complain about it. With the 2 point version, the character adds +1 to Stamina for the purposes of ~~calculating her health track,~~ soaking damage, or resisting poisons. The character adds +2 to Stamina for those purposes with the 4 point version.		'''Tough''' (2 or 4 pts): You're tough. Rasputin tough-stuff that'd kill a regular person might not fail to harm you, but you'll be alive to complain about it. With the 2 point version, the character adds +1 to Stamina for the purposes of soaking damage or resisting poisons and 1 -0 HL. The character adds +2 to Stamina for those purposes and gains 2 -0 HLs with the 4 point version.

	==Flaws==		==Flaws==

MJ12 Commando: /* Bonus Point Costs */

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Bonus Point Costs

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	:'''Body Modification''': 1 per 3 XP of Body Modifications		:'''Body Modification''': 1 per 3 XP of Body Modifications
	:'''Initiative''': N/A (can no longer be bought)		:'''Initiative''': N/A (can no longer be bought)
			:'''Quantum''': N/A (can no longer be bought)

	==Experience Costs==		==Experience Costs==

MJ12 Commando: /* Bonus Point Costs */

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Bonus Point Costs

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	:'''Attribute''': 4		:'''Attribute''': 4
	:'''Ability''': 2 (1 ability dot can be traded for 3 specialty dots)		:'''Ability''': 2 (1 ability dot can be traded for 3 specialty dots)
			:'''Body Modification''': 1 per 3 XP of Body Modifications
	:'''Initiative''': N/A (can no longer be bought)		:'''Initiative''': N/A (can no longer be bought)

MJ12 Commando: /* Flaws */

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Flaws

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	'''Low Pain Tolerance''' (1, 3, or 6 points): A character with Low Pain Tolerance is allergic to fights (they break out in wounds). At 1 point, the character loses the ability to roll (Stamina + Resistance) or pay Willpower to ignore wound penalties. At 3 points, a character gains all the effects of the 1 point flaw, but also increases all wound penalties by 1. (So his health track looks like -1/-2/-2/-3/-3/-5/Incapacitated). At 6 points, a character doubles all wound penalties ''beyond'' that (health levels become -2/-4/-4/-6/-6/-10/Incapacitated).		'''Low Pain Tolerance''' (1, 3, or 6 points): A character with Low Pain Tolerance is allergic to fights (they break out in wounds). At 1 point, the character loses the ability to roll (Stamina + Resistance) or pay Willpower to ignore wound penalties. At 3 points, a character gains all the effects of the 1 point flaw, but also increases all wound penalties by 1. (So his health track looks like -1/-2/-2/-3/-3/-5/Incapacitated). At 6 points, a character doubles all wound penalties ''beyond'' that (health levels become -2/-4/-4/-6/-6/-10/Incapacitated).

	'''Sickly''' (3 or 7 points): A Sickly character is extremely fragile. At the 3 point level, the character ~~halves~~ his ~~or her natural~~ soak~~, rounding down~~. At the 7 point level, the character ~~halves his or her natural soak and~~ loses 1 of each health level besides the Incapacitated level (the character's normal health track is now 1 x -1/1 x -2/Incapacitated/Dead).		'''Sickly''' (3 or 7 points): A Sickly character is extremely fragile. At the 3 point level, the character adds +1 to the damage of any attacks that penetrate his soak. At the 7 point level, the character also loses 1 of each health level besides the Incapacitated level (the character's normal health track is now 1 x -1/1 x -2/Incapacitated/Dead).

	'''Slow''' (1 point): A character with the Slow flaw halves all their movement ratings, due to whatever factor. Bad feet, being fat, being four feet tall, it doesn't matter.		'''Slow''' (1 point): A character with the Slow flaw halves all their movement ratings, due to whatever factor. Bad feet, being fat, being four feet tall, it doesn't matter.

MJ12 Commando: /* Merits */

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Merits

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	'''Taint Resistant''' (5 pts): A Taint Resistant Nova reduces all involuntary gains of Temporary Taint (botches, failures, Taint radiation) by 1 (minimum 0). Furthermore, every 24 hours, a Taint Resistant Nova loses 1 point of temporary Taint.		'''Taint Resistant''' (5 pts): A Taint Resistant Nova reduces all involuntary gains of Temporary Taint (botches, failures, Taint radiation) by 1 (minimum 0). Furthermore, every 24 hours, a Taint Resistant Nova loses 1 point of temporary Taint.

	'''Tough''' (2 or 3 pts): You're tough. Rasputin tough~~. You can~~ be ~~shot, stabbed, poisoned, and drowned, and still not die~~. At the 2 point ~~level~~, the character adds +1 to Stamina for the purposes of soaking damage or resisting poisons. ~~At the 3 point level, the~~ character ~~gets all~~ the ~~benefits of the 2~~ point ~~form and also gains an additional -0 Health Level~~.		'''Tough''' (2 or 4 pts): You're tough. Rasputin tough-stuff that'd kill a regular person might not fail to harm you, but you'll be alive to complain about it. With the 2 point version, the character adds +1 to Stamina for the purposes of calculating her health track, soaking damage, or resisting poisons. The character adds +2 to Stamina for those purposes with the 4 point version.

	==Flaws==		==Flaws==

MJ12 Commando: /* Flaws */

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Flaws

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	'''Crippled/Missing Arm''' (2 or 4 points): A character with this flaw is has a damaged or missing arm. With a crippled arm, one of the character's arms is incapable of fine manipulation due to nerve or muscle damage, but can be used for rough tasks such as smashing someone's face in. Alternatively, one of the character's arms is extremely weak and has an effective Strength of 0, but can still be used normally. A missing arm makes doing anything which requires two arms impossible without help or a prosthetic.		'''Crippled/Missing Arm''' (2 or 4 points): A character with this flaw is has a damaged or missing arm. With a crippled arm, one of the character's arms is incapable of fine manipulation due to nerve or muscle damage, but can be used for rough tasks such as smashing someone's face in. Alternatively, one of the character's arms is extremely weak and has an effective Strength of 0, but can still be used normally. A missing arm makes doing anything which requires two arms impossible without help or a prosthetic.

	'''Crippled/Missing Leg''' (1 or 3 points): A character with this flaw has a damaged or missing leg. With a crippled leg, a character is incapable of sprinting or running (the character may still limp around). A missing leg means the character is incapable of Without a prosthetic, a character may not move at more than a crawl (1 m/round) with a missing leg. Using a wheelchair, a character may move at up to their normal walking speed per turn.		'''Crippled/Missing Leg''' (1 or 3 points): A character with this flaw has a damaged or missing leg. With a crippled leg, a character is incapable of sprinting or running (the character may still limp around). A missing leg means the character is incapable of walking. Without a prosthetic, a character may not move at more than a crawl (1 m/round) with a missing leg. Using a wheelchair, a character may move at up to their normal walking speed per turn.

	'''Feeble (Attribute)''' (5 points): A character with a Feeble attribute has one attribute which they are extremely poor at. Characters with this flaw choose one of their attributes, which no longer gains a free dot (although it must be bought up to 1 at character creation) and has an attribute maximum of ''2''. If a character acquires this flaw in play for an attribute with a rating above 3, the character's actual attribute score does not change, but the effective attribute score for all intents and purposes is capped at 2 until this flaw is bought off.		'''Feeble (Attribute)''' (5 points): A character with a Feeble attribute has one attribute which they are extremely poor at. Characters with this flaw choose one of their attributes, which no longer gains a free dot (although it must be bought up to 1 at character creation) and has an attribute maximum of ''2''. If a character acquires this flaw in play for an attribute with a rating above 3, the character's actual attribute score does not change, but the effective attribute score for all intents and purposes is capped at 2 until this flaw is bought off.

			'''Fragile''' (2 or 4 points): A character who is Fragile is extremely prone to injury. At the 2 point level, the character no longer can soak lethal damage with Stamina. At the 4 point level, the character halves his Stamina-derived Bashing soak, therefore having a soak of (Stamina/2)B and 0L, rounding down fractional soak as usual. Fragile characters tend to be, but are not always, afflicted by some sort of disorder that causes brittle bones.

			'''Glass Jaw''' (3 points): Characters with this flaw are extremely easy to daze or render unconscious beyond what their durability would imply. The character is Dazed if he takes more than (Stamina/2) levels of damage (round up) in one round, and Unconscious if he takes more than (Stamina) levels of damage in a round.

	'''Low Pain Tolerance''' (1, 3, or 6 points): A character with Low Pain Tolerance is allergic to fights (they break out in wounds). At 1 point, the character loses the ability to roll (Stamina + Resistance) or pay Willpower to ignore wound penalties. At 3 points, a character gains all the effects of the 1 point flaw, but also increases all wound penalties by 1. (So his health track looks like -1/-2/-2/-3/-3/-5/Incapacitated). At 6 points, a character doubles all wound penalties ''beyond'' that (health levels become -2/-4/-4/-6/-6/-10/Incapacitated).		'''Low Pain Tolerance''' (1, 3, or 6 points): A character with Low Pain Tolerance is allergic to fights (they break out in wounds). At 1 point, the character loses the ability to roll (Stamina + Resistance) or pay Willpower to ignore wound penalties. At 3 points, a character gains all the effects of the 1 point flaw, but also increases all wound penalties by 1. (So his health track looks like -1/-2/-2/-3/-3/-5/Incapacitated). At 6 points, a character doubles all wound penalties ''beyond'' that (health levels become -2/-4/-4/-6/-6/-10/Incapacitated).

	'''~~Glass Jaw~~''' (3 ~~pts~~): ~~Characters with this flaw are~~ extremely ~~easy to daze~~ or ~~render unconscious beyond what their durability would imply~~. ~~The~~ character is ~~Dazed if he takes more than (Stamina~~/2) ~~levels of damage~~ (~~round up~~) ~~in one round~~, ~~and Unconscious if he takes more than (Stamina) levels of damage in a round~~.		'''Sickly''' (3 or 7 points): A Sickly character is extremely fragile. At the 3 point level, the character halves his or her natural soak, rounding down. At the 7 point level, the character halves his or her natural soak and loses 1 of each health level besides the Incapacitated level (the character's normal health track is now 1 x -1/1 x -2/Incapacitated/Dead).

			'''Slow''' (1 point): A character with the Slow flaw halves all their movement ratings, due to whatever factor. Bad feet, being fat, being four feet tall, it doesn't matter.

	'''~~Sickly~~''' (3 ~~or 7 pts~~): ~~A Sickly~~ character is ~~extremely fragile. At the 3 point level~~, the character ~~halves his or her natural soak~~, ~~rounding down. At the 7 point level, the character halves his or her natural soak~~ and ~~loses 1 of each health level besides the Incapacitated level (the character's normal health track is now 1 x -1/1 x -2/Incapacitated/Dead)~~.		'''Unlucky''' (3 points): An unlucky character is cursed to fuck up a lot, and fuck up big half the time. When an unlucky character rolls a 1, it subtracts a success above and beyond any other effects it may have.

	=[[Aberrant 2.0 Variant Chargen]]=		=[[Aberrant 2.0 Variant Chargen]]=

MJ12 Commando: /* Merits */

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Merits

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	==Merits==		==Merits==
			'''2nd Generation Nova''' (1 pt): A 2nd Generation Nova does not gain Taint from any normal source (including high Quantum) due to their adapted physiology. 2nd Generation Novas cannot willingly gain Taint (or Chrysalis) under any circumstance, and heal all temporary Taint (and Chrysalis) every 24 hours. Furthermore, 2nd Generation Novas can buy Node up to 10 (and never gain mental disorders from high Node), but may not possess Dormancy. Powers which automatically give Permanent Taint no longer do so for 2nd Gen Novas.
			: Yes, 2nd Generation Nova is extremely cheap (despite this it is also an extremely rare merit). The methods of gaining involuntary Taint are rare, and being incapable of using any Taint-based mechanics at all gives this a rather significant downside.

			'''(Ability) Prodigy''' (3 pts): A character with this merit allows the character to increase one chosen ability up to 6 with experience or bonus points, ''and'' as a side effect allows a character to choose a special benefit for that ability. An example would be being able to pick locks and bypass simple electronic systems without tools for Security, reflexively draw a weapon without any action for Firearms, so on and so forth. These abilities should be ST-approved.

			'''Daredevil''' (5 pts, Baseline only): Much like latents are extremely weak psions and can occasionally access both Attunement and minor powers, and there are a variety of extremely weak sub-Novas, the character is a very weak Eximorph. When in situations of extreme duress, the character may occasionally tap into some of her power. The character halves difficulties for rolls, as long as the base difficulty is +3 or more (final difficulty is rounded up). Furthermore, if the character spends Willpower to gain an automatic success on a roll, she may also reroll up to 2 ''failed'' dice, taking the second result as if they were the result of the original roll. Finally, if the character is killed, she may pay all her Willpower (as long as she has at least 2 points remaining) to barely survive, although permanent injury is not out of the question.

			'''Determinator''' (2, 5 or 10 pts): A character with this merit is extremely hard to stop. Not any harder to ''kill'', just stop. At the 2 point level, the character adds +1 to her Stamina score for the purposes of resisting Dazing or Stun, and can pay 1 willpower to ignore 2 levels of injury for the purposes of resisting those effects (rather than 1). At the 5 point level, the character gains those abilities and also gains the ability to ignore being Incapacitated by Bashing damage with a Willpower roll (cumulative +1 difficulty). At the 10 point level, the character automatically succeeds on WP rolls to ignore being Incapacitated from Bashing and can attempt to do the same with Lethal damage, at the same difficulty. Determinators treat Incapacitated as a -6 wound penalty.

	'''High Pain Tolerance''' (3 or 5 points): The 3 point version works identically to the one in the Player's Guide. At 5 points, a character is completely inured to pain and suffers no wound penalties.		'''High Pain Tolerance''' (3 or 5 points): The 3 point version works identically to the one in the Player's Guide. At 5 points, a character is completely inured to pain and suffers no wound penalties.

	'''~~Determinator~~''' (~~2, 5 or 10 pts~~): A character ~~with this merit is extremely hard to stop. Not any harder to ''kill'',~~ just ~~stop. At the 2 point level~~, ~~the character adds +1 to her Stamina score for the purposes of resisting Dazing~~ or ~~Stun~~, ~~and can pay 1 willpower to ignore 2 levels of injury for~~ the ~~purposes~~ of ~~resisting those effects (rather than 1)~~. ~~At the 5 point level~~, the character ~~gains those abilities and also~~ gains the ability to ~~ignore being Incapacitated by Bashing damage with a Willpower roll (cumulative +1 difficulty). At the 10 point level, the character automatically succeeds on WP~~ rolls ~~to ignore being Incapacitated from Bashing and can attempt to do the same with Lethal damage, at the same difficulty~~. ~~Determinators treat Incapacitated as a -6 wound penalty~~.		'''Lucky''' (3 points): A Lucky character may just be lucky, or it may be something more, a latent quantum power, being what the Trinity era calls a "noetic probability vortex", or incomplete activation of eximorph genetics. Either way, the character gains the ability to reroll up to 3 rolls per session. The second roll always stands.

	'''Taint Channeler''' (4 pts): A Nova with this power is particularly adept at making Taint work for him, rather than the other way around. The Nova gains double the effect whenever he chooses to take temporary Taint~~, or halves the cost (round up) if the power costs 2 temporary Taint or more~~. That is to say, a Nova can gain 1 temporary Taint to add 2 successes to a max roll, regenerate 4 Quantum points, or turn all the dice on a powermax into successes. This Taint can be converted into Chrysalis as usual.		'''Taint Channeler''' (4 pts): A Nova with this power is particularly adept at making Taint work for him, rather than the other way around. The Nova gains double the effect whenever he chooses to take temporary Taint. That is to say, a Nova can gain 1 temporary Taint to add 2 successes to a max roll, regenerate 4 Quantum points, or turn all the dice on a powermax into successes. This Taint can be converted into Chrysalis as usual.

	'''Taint Resistant''' (5 pts): A Taint Resistant Nova reduces all involuntary gains of Temporary Taint (botches, failures, Taint radiation) by 1 (minimum 0). Furthermore, every 24 hours, a Taint Resistant Nova loses 1 point of temporary Taint.		'''Taint Resistant''' (5 pts): A Taint Resistant Nova reduces all involuntary gains of Temporary Taint (botches, failures, Taint radiation) by 1 (minimum 0). Furthermore, every 24 hours, a Taint Resistant Nova loses 1 point of temporary Taint.

	'''~~2nd Generation Nova~~''' (~~1 pt~~): ~~A 2nd Generation Nova does not gain Taint from any normal source~~, ~~including Quantum or Node~~, ~~due to their adapted physiology. 2nd Generation Novas cannot willingly gain Taint (or Chrysalis) under any circumstance~~, and ~~heal all temporary Taint (and Chrysalis) every 24 hours. Furthermore~~, ~~2nd Generation Novas can buy Node up to 10 (~~and ~~never gain Taint from high Node), but may~~ not ~~possess Dormancy~~. ~~Powers which automatically give Permanent Taint no longer do so for 2nd Gen Novas.~~		'''Tough''' (2 or 3 pts): You're tough. Rasputin tough. You can be shot, stabbed, poisoned, and drowned, and still not die. At the 2 point level, the character adds +1 to Stamina for the purposes of soaking damage or resisting poisons. At the 3 point level, the character gets all the benefits of the 2 point form and also gains an additional -0 Health Level.
	~~: Yes, 2nd Generation Nova is extremely cheap (despite this it is also an extremely rare merit). The methods of gaining involuntary Taint are rare~~, ~~and being incapable of using any Taint-based mechanics at all gives this a rather significant downside.~~

	~~'''(Ability) Prodigy''' (3 pts): A character with this merit allows~~ the character to ~~increase one chosen ability up to 6 with experience~~ or ~~bonus points~~, ~~''and'' as a side effect allows a~~ character ~~to choose a special benefit for that ability. An example would be being able to pick locks~~ and ~~bypass simple electronic systems without tools for Security, reflexively draw a weapon without any action for Firearms, so on and so forth. These abilities should be ST~~-~~approved~~.

	==Flaws==		==Flaws==

MJ12 Commando: /* Experience Costs */

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Experience Costs

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	\|'''Q-Power (L4)''' \|\| \|\|Current x 9		\|'''Q-Power (L4)''' \|\| \|\|Current x 9
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	\|'''Q-Power (L5)''' \|\| \|\|Current x 11		\|'''Q-Power (L5)''' \|\| \|\|Current x 12
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	\|'''Q-Power (L6)''' \|\| \|\|Current x 13		\|'''Q-Power (L6)''' \|\| \|\|Current x 15
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	\|'''Willpower''' \|\| \|\|Current x 1		\|'''Willpower''' \|\| \|\|Current x 1

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Genetic Modifications

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	~~=Genetic Modifications=~~
	~~Currently a placeholder, mostly filled with example common templates.~~

	*Alphas (Enhancement 1)
	~~: Dex/Sta + 1 (5 pts), App +1 (2 pts), Per + 1 (2 pts), Enhanced Antibodies (1 pt)~~

	=New/Altered Merits and Flaws=		=New/Altered Merits and Flaws=

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	\|'''Extra''' \|\| \|\| 10		\|'''Extra''' \|\| \|\| 10
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	\|'''Strength''' \|\| \|\| 4		\|'''Strength''' \|\| \|\| 3
	\|}		\|}