Age Reversal

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-	|Level1=1	+
-	|Restriction=Changeling	+
-	|Type=Changeling	+
-	|Status=Banned	+
-	|Prerequisite=Wyrd ●●●●	+
	|Source=Night Horrors Grim Fears		|Source=Night Horrors Grim Fears
	|Pages=p. 84		|Pages=p. 84
-	}}{{CHR|This Merit is not allowed|Banned}}	+	|Status=Banned
-		+	|Fixed=Yes
-		+	|Type=Power
		+	|Restriction=Changeling
		+	|Level1=1
		+	|Prerequisite=[[Prerequisite::Wyrd]] {{dot4}}
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	The changeling ages backward instead of forward: a 50-year-old man gets younger by the day — one year of life is equal to one year reversed (instead of turning 51, he turns 49 on his birthday). This has little mechanical effect, though certainly it’s possible that a player will seek to affect stats accordingly as a character grows younger — Willpower might drop, for instance, but Physical stats might increase a bit. (Why is this such a low-dot Merit? Ultimately, because in the day-to-day game, it doesn’t have a lot of effect.		The changeling ages backward instead of forward: a 50-year-old man gets younger by the day — one year of life is equal to one year reversed (instead of turning 51, he turns 49 on his birthday). This has little mechanical effect, though certainly it’s possible that a player will seek to affect stats accordingly as a character grows younger — Willpower might drop, for instance, but Physical stats might increase a bit. (Why is this such a low-dot Merit? Ultimately, because in the day-to-day game, it doesn’t have a lot of effect.
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Latest revision as of 05:46, 27 April 2016

The changeling ages backward instead of forward: a 50-year-old man gets younger by the day — one year of life is equal to one year reversed (instead of turning 51, he turns 49 on his birthday). This has little mechanical effect, though certainly it’s possible that a player will seek to affect stats accordingly as a character grows younger — Willpower might drop, for instance, but Physical stats might increase a bit. (Why is this such a low-dot Merit? Ultimately, because in the day-to-day game, it doesn’t have a lot of effect.

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