Trait

During character creation you will be given training points to spend on different traits. These points are lost when you finish creating your character, so we encourage to spending all of them. Some classes or lineages will receive certain traits automatically; this is noted below.

Type	Name	Cost	Function	Free for
background	aristocrat	2	At level 10 and every year thereafter, you will be granted a small stipend or inheritance.
background	forger	1	You may forge the "from" line on notes you send.	watcher
background	weapon maintenance	1	You can repair weapons when they are damaged.	all warriors
background	streetwise	2	+10% resistance to the skills: peek, plant, steal, waylay, and garrote.
background	Loremaster	1	You have studied extensively, and have a mastery of rare lore and esoterica.
background	thieves cant	1	You know a silent sign language.	thief
background	mortician	1	Improved chance to trophy a corpse without damaging it.	void scholar
background	god touched	3	Varies; see individual god touch entries for full information.
general	brave	2	+15% chance to provoke, rescue, and distract; +20% fear resistance	fighter
general	cowardly	1	+50% flee chance, +10% cower chance, higher wimpy floor	thief
general	cynic	2	+50% feint resist; immunity to mimic and ventriloquate
general	frugal	1	+15% to haggle.
general	linguistic	1	+1 language; doubles chance of language skillups
magical	gifted	1	Allows you to cast a spell you do not have the mana for provided your mana is >0.
magical	obscure	1	Your spellcasting speech will be ciphered, even if the observer speaks arcane.	void scholar, void templar
magical	pious	2	Free use of recall past level 25; improved success chance for sacrifice.
magical	battlecaster	n/a	Never lose concentration when casting spells in combat.	all Templars
physical	ambidextrous	2	Allows the use of a sword-type weapon of any weight in the offhand slot.	swordmaster
physical	charming	2	+1 base and maximum charisma	bard, gladiator
physical	cold-natured	1	Immunity to weather cold checks.
physical	eagle-eyed	2	+1 scan range	alatharya, ranger
physical	endurance	1	Halves rate of hunger accrual.	psionicist
physical	fleet	1	Removes failure chance when using get command in combat	thief
physical	hollow leg	1	Increases maximum satiety.	barbarian
physical	iron stomach	1	Immunity to poison from spoiled or tainted food.	chaja
physical	light sleeper	1	Sends messages when someone enters or leaves the room while you're asleep.	watcher
physical	long-lived	1	Sets maximum age to highest possible range on character creation.	caladaran
physical	survivor	1	+10 maximum deaths on character creation.	fire templar
stealth	Hide	n/a	Allows the user to hide in urban terrain.	Bandit, Assassin, Thief
stealth	Sneak	n/a	Allows the user to move without exiting hide.	Assassin, Thief
stealth	Camouflage	n/a	Allows the user to hide in wilderness terrain.	Ranger, Bandit
stealth	Wilderness Movement	n/a	Allows the user to move without exiting camouflage.	Ranger
mana recovery	Brawler's Renewal	n/a	Recover mana with melee attacks.	Gladiator, Fighter, Bandit, Barbarian, Ranger