You’ve done great things for your community, and people love you for it. You might have cleaned out the resident drug dealers, defied slumlords, established a halfway house or a center of worship – whatever it was that you did for the Masses, you get free food, “friends of the house” discounts, places to

crash (possibly with happy bedmates!), and other offerings of thanks from the people you have helped.

Also known as Folk Hero, this Merit reflects your pop­ ularity among the local Sleepers. You reduce the difficulty of your social rolls by -2 when you’re dealing with the people of your community, and receive constant aid and respect from those people whenever you need them. The catch, of course, is that you must live up to your heroic reputation; turn your back on these grateful souls, or take their goodwill for granted, and you’ll be “yesterday’s hero” in no time.