Jack-Of-All-Trades
Merit · 3 pts
You have a little knowledge about a lot of things. If making a roll on a Skill you do not possess, you do not suffer the usual penalty to the roll’s difficulty. You may attempt a roll on a Knowledge that you do not possess, although the difficulty for the roll is raised by 2. Only homid or metis characters may take this Merit.
Also in BoS p. 46 — text differs from W20 (61%)
You know a little about a lot. When attempting to make a roll using a Skill (not a Talent) that your character does not possess, you don’t suffer the usual penalty. (See Skills, Mage 20, p. 279.) If you’re trying to use a Knowledge your character does not possess, you can still make the roll but with an addition of +2 to the normal difficulty. (See Knowledges, Mage 20, p. 283.)
Because Talent Traits represent innate gifts honed by practice, this Merit does not grant access to Talents that your character does not possess.