{"id":"shared/trait/merit/deathwalker","type":"trait","system":"merit","line":"shared","name":"Deathwalker","sources":[{"source":"BoS","page":75}],"entries":["The Underworld welcomes you. While most Umbral travelers are more or less barred from the Shadowlands and Low Umbra unless they possess special magicks (or have died), you can step sideways into the Dead Lands with a simple ap­ plication of {@sphere Spirit|M20} 3. When you do so, your aura assumes the pale tone of death, and you become essentially indistinguish­ able from a ghost unless some knowledgeable entity makes a successful {@attribute Perception|V20} + {@ability Occult|V20} roll (difficulty 7) to see you for what you really are. If the Avatar Storm is still raging in your chronicle, you can pass into the Low Umbra without suffering the Storm’s effects.","This sort of “gift” often leaves macabre traces on the mortals it favors. Hence, this Merit is well-suited for the Flaws: {@flaw Echoes|M20}, {@flaw Uncanny|BoS}, and {@flaw Primal Marks|BoS}. Thanks to their innate ties to the Dead Lands, Deathwalkers, as a rule, view the Otherworlds through {@rote The Vidare Mortem|HDYDT|the Vidare Mortem}, suffer from Morbidity Quiets, and tend to have a rather fatalistic view of life."],"cost":4,"category":"Supernatural","_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"headed_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"bos-merits"},"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/shared/trait/merit/deathwalker","html":"/records/shared/trait/merit/deathwalker","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/shared/trait/merit/deathwalker/children","sources":[{"abbr":"BoS","page":75,"folio":75,"title":"The Book of Secrets"}]},"_db":{"title":"Deathwalker","props":[["Cost","4 pts"],["Type","Supernatural"]],"parent_id":null,"level":4,"category":"Supernatural","summary":"The Underworld welcomes you. While most Umbral travelers are more or less barred from the Shadowlands and Low Umbra unless they possess special magicks (or have died), you can step sideways into the Dead Lands with a","tags":[],"children":[]}}