Merit
Cost: • to •••••
Prerequisites:
- None
Your character has an assistant, sycophant, servant, or follower on whom she can rely.
Establish who this companion is and how he was acquired. It may be as simple as a pay check. He might owe your character his life. However it happened, your character has a hold on him.
A Retainer is more reliable than a Mentor and more loyal than an Ally. On the other hand, a Retainer is a lone person, less capable and influential than the broader Merits.
The Merit’s dot rating determines the relative competency of the Retainer.\
- A one-dot Retainer is mildly useful, mostly for reliably taking on menial tasks; sometimes you don’t need to be wowed, you just need to get a thing from point A to point B.
- A three-dot Retainer is a professional in his field, someone capable in his line of work.
- A five-dot Retainer is one of the best in her class.
If a Retainer needs to make a roll, if it’s within her field, double the dot rating of the Merit and use it as a dice pool. For anything else, use the dot rating as a dice pool.
This Merit can be purchased multiple times to represent multiple Retainers.