[Bug][Changeling] Mantle not reducing available merit points

[IanDominey]

When I add one dot of Mantle merit to a new Changeling character, the number of available merit points does not decrement, even after selecting name of the court to which the character belongs. Is this correct behaviour?

[asvaldson]

That's because the first dot in Mantle is free. Page 74 of Changeling: The Lost

Step Six:
Select Merits
Your character has seven dots of Merits, which you may
distribute as you see fit. Merits should fit into your character
concept; an effete socialite is unlikely to have the Fighting
Style: Boxing Merit (although explaining such an apparent
incongruity may lead to an interesting character hook). As
always, your Storyteller is the final arbiter, and is free to disallow
certain Merits or even provide a free dot, perhaps to represent
some contact or item crucial to the chronicle. If your
character is in a Court, you automatically gain one free dot
in the appropriate Mantle Merit, such as Mantle (Autumn).
For a list of new Merits specifically for changelings,
see p. 77. Remember also that you may spend three of your
Merit dots to increase your character’s Wyrd by one, or six
dots to increase it by two.

[IanDominey]

Doh, I'm such an idiot. Thanks for pointing that out. I think the character creation section of Changeling could be better laid out. I read Changeling when it was first released and only again picked it up this week to run a game.

It took me ages to find the part about getting a free specialty. I remembered it was there somewhere but couldn't find it. It never occurred to me to look under the Seeming section, I assumed it would be listed under Specialties!

I think I'll need to reread the book cover-to-cover.

[IanDominey]

Mods, feel free to delete this thread now that it's been solved. Thanks.