Dragon: The Embers Core Book - MrGone's Character Sheets

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Though in its unrefined form Breath is just a
mass of flame and heat, it can be
subconsciously reassigned to different forms
of energy, often bringing the impossible into
reality by force-of-will.
Breath does not have a dot value, it
only comes in points. Like Willpower
points, Breath may be spent to achieve a
variety of functions. Unlike Willpower,
however, Breath usage is limited by Furnace
and its recovery is based on Calorie
consumption. Breath may be expended to:
• Stave off Starvation. One point of
Breath must be spent every day to
meet the Dragon’s food requirements,
or they begin to suffer from hunger
and thirst the following day (See the
World of Darkness Core Rulebook,
page 175). Because Dragons need so
much to keep the Furnace stoked,
they do not get the extended periods
without sustenance for high Stamina
or Resolve.
• Gather Aspect points as a reflexive
action instead of a manifest action.
Aspect mechanics are explained in
detail in Chapter 3 (page XX)
• Power a Philosophy. The available
Philosophies can be found on pages
XX-XX.
• Recover a single point of lethal
damage when used in conjunction
with another point (In other words, it
takes two Breath to remove one
lethal wound).
• Fly with the appropriate Aspect.
• Breathe Fire with the appropriate
Aspect.
• Pump up an Attribute with the
appropriate Aspect.
There are two major ways to recover spent
points of Breath.
• Eat the required amount of Calories
for your Furnace rating.
• Sleep on a hoard of treasure to draw
metaphoric nourishment (See the
Hoard Merit, page XX)
Merits
Merits
All modern Dragons began as
humans, so they are entitled to any merits
that a normal human could have. They must
still meet the same requirements, but such
merits are not stripped away from them
when they join the Oroboroi. In fact, the
only merits they can lose from Heart
consumption are those that specify they are
incompatible with supernatural templates. It
is important to note that Aspects do not help
with meeting prerequisites. The complexity
of having access to an ability only when a
certain combination of Dragon traits are
manifest would cause a slew of problems in
the long run, so all merits are limited by the
Mortal Coil and not the True Form.
Below are merits specifically
designed for Dragons and the mortals with
whom they interact.
Graft Graft ( (● ( to to to ●●●●●)
Effect: Your Dragon begins play
with a Graft, a boney clasp that when
attached to tools grants a bonus equal to its
rating for the use of that tool. These
dreadful devices are created by erasing the
body and soul of a mortal, though your
character may not be aware of that. In all
likelihood, the Graft was a spoil of war or a
lucky find, and its nature and function
remain a mystery to her.
Grafts may be attached to a tool at
the beginning of a scene as an instant action,
or removed from a tool in the same fashion.
All Grafts are size 1 with durability equal to
twice their rating. They are surprisingly
difficult to destroy, as they repair
themselves at a rate of 1 Structure per scene
while attached to another object. The Graft
Merit may be taken multiple times to signify
different Grafts, but its total rating cannot
exceed 5 at character creation (So you could