Gatekeeper Merit

{{Infobox_Merit
|Source=Book of the Dead
|Pages=p. 51
|Status=Allowed
|Fixed=Yes
|Type=Power
|Restriction=Mortal
|Level1=4
|Prerequisite=[[Prerequisite::Character Creation Only]]
}}
A gatekeeper that experiences the Awakening, the First Change, or the Embrace loses this Merit, as does a character taken by the True Fae. [[Hunter: The Vigil]] characters can have this Merit at the Storyteller’s discretion. Sin-Eaters cannot possess this Merit, though of course they can already open Avernian Gates.

The character can open Avernian Gates. All that is required is that she touches the gate, and the player expends a point of Willpower. The gateway remains open for a number of minutes equal to the character’s Morality. This Merit doesn’t enable the character to detect Avernian Gates; for that, she would need the [[Unseen Sense]] Merit, with a focus on ghosts or other death-related phenomena<ref>[[World of Darkness Sourcebook|WoD]], p.109</ref>.


'''Drawback:''' If word of the character’s talents gets out, she can expect various supernatural factions to want her enslaved or dead in very short order.


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