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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cybern" data-source="post: 1066890" data-attributes="member: 13147">I know that Feats can emulate Merits, but you have so few feats that you just can't take a flavor feat and have that feat you need to survive (I'm talking character creation here).I know flaws are unbalancing if let unchecked, but I guess rolled stats are worse.  If you want to play a undead-slaying shy cleric, the DM is gonna say to get a low Cha score.  Then this shy cleric isn't good at turning undead anymore.  So you add him a feat to turn more undeads... even though your rolls will get crappy.Social merits and flaws are a blast in our campaign, such as Mafia ties or Snitch or Confused etc.In Heavy Gear they explain that flaws are a way to reward players for good focused roleplay.  DnD doesn't even have "rewards for good roleplay".</blockquote>