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 | thieves cant | 1 | You know a silent sign language. | thief |
| background | mortician | 1 | You have a talent for dismembering and dissecting corpses without damaging them. | void scholar |
| background | god touched | 3 | Varies; see god touch for full information. | |
| general | brave | 2 | +15% chance to provoke, rescue, and distract; +20% fear resistance | spirit templar |
| general | cowardly | 1 | +50% flee chance, +10% cower chance, higher wimpy floor | thief |
| general | cynic | 2 | +50% feint resist; immunity to mimic, figment's cage, enhance pain, 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. | |
| 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 |
