Physical Merits

Physical merits refer to special skills, abilities, or aptitudes in physical pursuits or contests that characters may possess. These may range from very simple merits, such as those that indicate a character has a good sense of balance or can lift a considerable amount of weight, to very complex and supernatural ones, often possessed by only a few beings in the world at any given time. Merits always represent either an innate quality of a character, a situation they have encountered that has permanently affected them, or a skill they have worked hard to acquire.

Physical merits are broken down into merits belonging in the realm of Dexterity (merits involving speed, skill, and flexibility), Stamina (merits involving resistance to and recovery from injury), and Strength (merits involving feats and raw physical power).