Merits & Flaws

Blessed with magnificent eyes, sleek hair, mighty biceps, preternatural grace, ripped abs, a dazzling smile, or some other standout physical feature, you can enchant people with the raw perfection of that feature. The feature in question doesn’t need to be visually obvious, either; maybe you smell good, possess a seductive voice, move with animalistic allure, or enjoy some likewise wondrous physical asset. (Please be tasteful here, folks.)

This Merit takes the place of related Physical Merits such

as Enchanting Gaze, Soothing Voice, Graceful, and other

potentially similar attributes. Story-wise, this Enchanting Fea­ ture becomes a standout part of your character’s description. System-wise, you reduce the difficulty by -2 when your character deploys the feature in question as part of some social feat.

If your mage employs his Enchanting Feature Merit as part of his magickal focus (see the Instruments entries for Eye Con­

tact, Dance and Movement, Ordeals and Exertions, Sex and Sensuality, Social Domination, and Voice and Vocalizations

in Mage 20, Chapter Ten), then you could count this Merit as

a personalized unique /specialized instrument (as detailed in

Mage 20, pp. 503 and 588). On the plus side, this allows you to reduce certain casting difficulties by -2 when the feature in question is specifically employed in the casting of an Effect. On the not-so-good side, this might get your mage’s eyes gouged

out, his face marred, his vocal cords cut, or… well, you get the picture… if a particularly ruthless enemy considers that feature to be “the focus of his power.”