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		<title>West at 19:21, 27 April 2016</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Your character relies on rational thought, reason and his education to make sense of a frightening and irrational world. When required to make a [[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Pool::&lt;/del&gt;Resolve]] + Composure roll to resist fear, panic or some other mental breakdown in the face of the supernatural, the character may gain an edge from the reliability of reason. When spending a Willpower point to augment such a &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[Pool::&lt;/del&gt;Resolve&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/del&gt;+ Composure roll, the character may substitute his Science or Academics dots for the +3 dice bonus he would typically gain. If the Willpower point is spent to increase Resolve or Composure for the purpose of subtracting from an aggressor’s dice pool, this Merit increases the +2 dice bonus to +3 for a •••• Skill or +4 for a ••••• Skill. Specialties do not alter these effects.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Your character relies on rational thought, reason and his education to make sense of a frightening and irrational world. When required to make a [[Resolve]] + &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Composure&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;roll to resist fear, panic or some other mental breakdown in the face of the supernatural, the character may gain an edge from the reliability of reason. When spending a &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Willpower&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;point to augment such a Resolve + Composure roll, the character may substitute his &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Science &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Skill|Science]] &lt;/ins&gt;or &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Academics &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Skill|Academics]] &lt;/ins&gt;dots for the +3 dice bonus he would typically gain. If the Willpower point is spent to increase Resolve or Composure for the purpose of subtracting from an aggressor’s dice pool, this Merit increases the +2 dice bonus to +3 for a •••• Skill or +4 for a ••••• Skill. Specialties do not alter these effects.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>West: Text replace - &quot;{{Infobox Merit&quot; to &quot;{{Infobox Merit|Fixed=No&quot;</title>
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		<title>Origins at 16:40, 26 February 2015</title>
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Your character relies on rational thought, reason and his education to make sense of a frightening and irrational world. When required to make a [[Pool::Resolve]] + Composure roll to resist fear, panic or some other mental breakdown in the face of the supernatural, the character may gain an edge from the reliability of reason. When spending a Willpower point to augment such a [[Pool::Resolve]] + Composure roll, the character may substitute his Science or Academics dots for the +3 dice bonus he would typically gain. If the Willpower point is spent to increase Resolve or Composure for the purpose of subtracting from an aggressor’s dice pool, this Merit increases the +2 dice bonus to +3 for a •••• Skill or +4 for a ••••• Skill. Specialties do not alter these effects.&lt;br /&gt;
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