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<blockquote data-quote="Ryuka Tana" data-source="post: 5099309" data-attributes="member: 77562">&quot;You're right I did consider balance, but ultimately, balance is also an issue of the DM's control over circumstances. I tell my PCs that 'no no, this flaw won't matter this campaign', 'that would help a lot in certain circumstances', as much as I can without spoiling the plot.&quot;&quot;As for the difference between a Merit and a Feat is pretty similar to that of a racial trait (which some merits/flaws represent, such as Light Sensitivity, or Wild Step, or the one that gives you the charge capacity of half-orcs/orcs) and a feat.&quot;&quot;Merits must be relatively power neutral (useful at level 1 and at least somewhat useful at level 30), and must not be 'too powerful' (as determined by the DM) to take at first level. Major merits should be worth more than a feat, but minor merits might simply be a bonus feat, something everyone might like, or something like Polyglot, which allows the user to benefit more from certain feats (though I have many more languages than core in my world).&quot;&quot;Merits are often things that are too specific or difficult to explain through feats. I think when I develop a merit, I consider a character's personality and talents, more than their training. Some people are talented artists, some train for years; and one cannot really learn to be a skilled singer, you can only hone a voice that already has a talent. That's the best way I can think to explain it (metaphors make things so much easier).&quot;&quot;Makes me feel a little like a designer. I hope that helps.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ryuka Tana, post: 5099309, member: 77562"] "You're right I did consider balance, but ultimately, balance is also an issue of the DM's control over circumstances. I tell my PCs that 'no no, this flaw won't matter this campaign', 'that would help a lot in certain circumstances', as much as I can without spoiling the plot." "As for the difference between a Merit and a Feat is pretty similar to that of a racial trait (which some merits/flaws represent, such as Light Sensitivity, or Wild Step, or the one that gives you the charge capacity of half-orcs/orcs) and a feat." "Merits must be relatively power neutral (useful at level 1 and at least somewhat useful at level 30), and must not be 'too powerful' (as determined by the DM) to take at first level. Major merits should be worth more than a feat, but minor merits might simply be a bonus feat, something everyone might like, or something like Polyglot, which allows the user to benefit more from certain feats (though I have many more languages than core in my world)." "Merits are often things that are too specific or difficult to explain through feats. I think when I develop a merit, I consider a character's personality and talents, more than their training. Some people are talented artists, some train for years; and one cannot really learn to be a skilled singer, you can only hone a voice that already has a talent. That's the best way I can think to explain it (metaphors make things so much easier)." "Makes me feel a little like a designer. I hope that helps." [/QUOTE]

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