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Traits

This section is connected to UA:Character Traits. It is recommended that one reads these rules and familiarizes themselves with them before using any traits in a campaign.

Traits

Name	Summary
ADHD	You're bright, unusually so, but you're so easily — HEY LOOK A NICKEL
Adorableness	You are someone whom everyone finds to be unnaturally adorable and cute. This may sometimes happen even when you don't realize it or do not want it to happen due to the attention it brings. Or maybe you know that you're adorable and wish to use it to further your goals in life.
Agender	You have no gender.
Agile	You are quicker on your feat than most people. But you lack the strength of body others possess.
All Brawn No Brain	"SMASH GOOD!" "BOOK BAD!"
Anosmia	Your character lacks any sense of smell, but her/his other senses pick up the slack
Arachnophobia	You have quite the fear of spiders and other arachnids.
Aspie	Your character has Asperger syndrome
Automatonophobia	You are afraid of things that resemble life, such as dolls and puppets.
Avenger	You have a grudge that must be settled...
Bandit's Child	Bandits will often ignore you. But what about enemies?
Bear Grylls	You are basically Bear Grylls now.
Berserk	While a normal person most of the time, whenever you're injured in battle quite a bit, you fly in to a rage.
Bibliophile	You are unable to resist reading.
Big	Unlike most members of your race, you are exceptionally large: A giant among your kind. The character is one size larger than normal, and takes on all benefits and detriments of this size.
Bigender	Your character can change gender at will. This takes 1 hour and is an Extraordinary Ability during this though you are considered helpless, it resembles the effect of a polymorph spell or similar effect. It is a total gender swap from appearance to all the other... 'special' bits.
Blind As a Bat	You have been permanently blinded, but have adapted to sense everything in your immediate area.
Blind, Born	Your character was born blind, but gained better hearing than most as a result.
Blood Frenzied	When your life is in danger, the feel of your blood being shed drives you into a berserk rage.
Book Worm	You are widely read and have encyclopedic knowledge, but perhaps lack the depth of understanding that an expert would have.
Born Big	You were born bigger than others of your race.
Buxom Bombshell	There are those gifted with great curves, and then there's you
Cassandra's Curse	You can see the future almost effortlessly. Too bad no one else can know.
Child of Druid	You have tapped into the inner druid you have being either raised or blood related to a druid.
Child Soldier	A warrior at an early age, their maturity doesn't match their age, but no one ever takes them seriously... until its too late. The Character must be under the starting age for their race. Characters with this trait over the age or under the affects of age altering spells, lose the trait.
Cold Homeland	Your were born and raised in frigid polar regions, and your body has become attuned to cold as a result.
Color Blindness, Complete	Your color vision is non-existent.
Complete Apathy	You are incapable of emotions, and to other you may seem soulless
Compulsive Truthteller	You have a hard time not telling the truth, and it requires a strong will to even attempt to lie.
Conservative	Your character is stuck in their ways and usually sticks to traditional ways of thinking.
Cool	You are the most interesting person around, but all the attention made you unable to fully perceive the world.
Craftsman	You are exceptionally gifted in all forms of the crafts, whether it be Smithing, writing, enchanting or brewing. Those around you see you as a gifted crafts master, and look to you when they need a weapon fixed or some armour patched.
Cross Trained.	Your time spent training in skills found different for your profession has left your body slightly behind your peers.
Curse of the Wild	The lycanthropic affliction that runs through your veins is so potent that you can barely control your changes even at the best of times, but in turn, it proves easier to assume your much more savage form on whim.
Dat Booty Doe	Due to genetics or the perfect exercise routine, you have a slim waist but have been blessed with wide hips and a rather plump derriere. Unfortunately, your curvaceousness comes with a few drawbacks.
Dead Nerves	The character has a weak sense of touch and is incapable of feeling pain.
Dedicated Magician	You are so focused on your particular specialty of magic that others have little hope of resisting your spells. But, many say such dedication leads to folly...
Dense Skeleton	Due to your relatively higher density skeleton, you are tougher, but heavier and harder to heal.
Dependable	Your party can find you as a stone to base the party upon.
Desid	You have suffered an irreversible injury to your mind and brain that has caused you to have a permanent migraine.
Digestive Versatility	While the character can eat a wider range of foods, even those of questionable freshness, the results at the other end can be disturbing.
Diminished Lifeforce	The character in question has a very obvious, possibly disfiguring, scar received from an injury involving a large amount of negative-planar energy. Unshielded/inadequately shielded contact with the Negative Plane destroyed a portion of the character's life force, resulting the character being a full size category smaller.
Diplomatic Leader	You are a born leader, able to lead your comrades into battle, but you prefer to negotiate for peace.
Divinely Spellgifted
Dragon Power Mark	A rune drawn on the back of the shoulder in turn gives the ability of using dragon powers
Elder Wisdom	You are much older than time itself.
Electrical Generator	You have electrical energy flowing through your body.
Elemental Bloodline	The small amount of elemental power resides in you.
Elementalist	You are a master of elemental magic, but falter when casting certain types of other spells.
Emotionless	Emotion has run dry on you, you simply lack any.
Excessively Fat	The amount of fat accumulated in your body is noticeable. You're not obese, but you could stand to lose a few pounds...
Excessively Fat, Variant	The amount of fat accumulated in your body is noticeable
Extremely Feminine	You are disturbingly feminine, and people tend to believe you to be a girl, whether you are or aren't.
Extremely Masculine	You are disturbingly masculine, and people tend to believe you to be a guy, whether you are or aren't.
Extroversion	You are the life of the party, outgoing and fun loving, but somewhat blunt.
Feminine	You are very feminine
Fidgetophoric	Can't seem to hold still. At all. Must always be moving.
Fleet but Frail	Seriously, you should thank all of the living gods you can AVOID a hit, because you sure as hell can't TAKE one!
Focused Fighting	You prefer one-on-one combat.
Focused Training	You trained yourself to master one skill at the cost of others.
Ghost-Warped	Your body reacts strangely to contact with ghosts and other incorporeal creatures, granting you some of their disabilities for a short time.
Giantism	You possess a rare gene which causes you to be much larger than most members of your race.
God-Like Beauty	You are graced with beauty, having the best features of your race and gender. You can stop others in their tracks with just a look. However, your vanity has clouded your ability to see through illusions especially those that pander to your ego.
Good Shot, Mate	Professionals have standards. Yours is your respect for others in your profession.
Graced by Calamity	The Character is one of the true Kalosians.	The Character is of the true Katoterans.
Hardened	Your emotions have been torn from you by some tragic event of your past, or you went to an illegal military combat school where you were forced to learn not to feel emotion through brutal training.
Hardy	You are incredibly resistant to disease
Headless	Your head has become detached from your body.
Heightened Smell	You have extraordinary olfactory ability.
Hel's Attention	Due to the many deaths and resurrections you've endured, your body has begun to show the effects of distorting the natural cycle of life and death. Hel is taking notice.
Hermaphroditic	You bear both genders.
High Society	Your character exudes an aura of class and expects the same in return.
Hooded	This Character always wears a hood.
Hot Homeland	Your were born and raised in hot equatorial regions, and your body has become attuned to heat as a result.
Insane anarchist	The character is insane with no regard to rules or authority! Also the character is very impulsive.
Introversion	You find pleasure in spending hours alone, but, in result, not at all comfortable when in large groups.
Iron Liver	The fabled few with the Iron Liver are immune to the intoxicating effects of alcoholic beverages.
Jack of all Trades	While being knowledgable in a wider than average number of areas, you lack the focus to ever become a true expert in anything.
Joker	You are always making fun of people and their flaws
Kleptomaniac	You find surprising things in your pockets. Where could they have come from?
Liberal
Light Sleeper	Whether by training or nature, you wake up to almost any noise.
Lithe	A extraordinary intuition has given you a remarkable sense for danger.
Little	Unlike most members of your race, you are exceptionally small: A dwarf among your kind. The character is one size smaller than normal, and takes on all benefits and detriments of this size.
Little Brother/Sister	You have a little brother or sister who follows you around constantly; he/she is annoying, but you love him/her with every fiber of your being.
Logical	You are very understanding in math and science, though the arts of society elude you.
Magic-Sight	You can see magic but it distracts you.
Mana Blood	You were born with mana flowing through your body. You can cast your spells using your blood but with a potential toll on your body. You may sacrifice hit points to cast spells. For each level of the spell you must spend 1 hp. However, if your damage take from this trait exceeds half your hit points you become fatigued. If this damage exceeds three quarters you are exhausted instead.
Mana Blooded	You were born to be a spell caster but are physically incapable of casting spells the traditional ways like trough hand movements or spoken words. Instead you cast through pure force of will, this however takes it's toll on your physical body.
Masculine	You are very masculine
Masochist	You enjoy the feeling of pain.
Master Performer	You are an excellent performers, but you spent your time as a student mastering performance rather than more lucrative studies.
Merchant's Bearing	You have spent much time around skilled merchants, and hence have become exceedingly frugal, unable to easily part with your hard won coins. As such, given sufficient time, you seem to always pay less for your supplies than others.
Midget	You possess a rare gene which causes you to be much smaller than most members of your race.
Misgendered Body	You appearance is strongly deceiving in every way, to the point of fooling many, if not all; into believing you are of a gender you are not.
Moderate
Modern	Kids today are very smart, but they don't know their history.
Mute	Unable to speak by any means
Needy	You always have to be the center of attention.
Negative Energy Conduit	Your body seems to hum with suppressed power-that of the Negative Energy Plane. You can control this power, but it does have drawbacks...
Night Hunter	You gain attack bonus in darkness, however penalty for been expose in light.
Nightmares	Sometimes after a long day your body is stressed and your mind is ready for rest but the plane of dreams denies you access and you are shunted into someones nightmare.
Nimble Fingers	Your hands are quick and precise but you lack in upper-body strength.
Numb to Pain	Your character suffers from a strange affliction which makes him/her incapable of feeling pain.
One with the Psionic Plane	You have a connection with the psionic plane.
Outlaw Reputation	You are well known for your outlawish past (or present). You may also just look like an outlaw...
Overresearched	You think too much about what you're saying, and you tend to mix languages because of it.
Overresearched, Condensed	You think too much about what you're saying, and you tend to mix languages because of it.
Peasant Weapon Specialist	The only weapon you care about is the pitchfork you used on the farm to chase away wolves.
Perpetual Chaos	Your mental powers are great, but have weakened your attention to the real world.
Phantasmagorist	You are an arcanist who is gifted in the art of illusion.
Positive energy conduit	creates an aura of positive energy and makes everyone feel better when around you
Preparedness	Even though your body is fragile, your mind is sharp!
Problem with Authority	You hate being told what to do by anyone other than yourself.
Proud	You are very prideful in who you are and what you do.
Psychic Potential	You were born with the seed of psionic potential within you. However, this has caused you to take longer to grow, leaving you less skillful than some of your counterparts.
Quiet Anger	You are bottled within yourself and letting no emotions visible, but within is a mix of everything that has been kept inside.
Quiet Type, Simple Phrase	You don't say much...
Quiet Type, Single Insight	You don't say much...
Reckless	You have total chaos once battle arises and care little what happens to yourself.
Savage Tendencies
Sexist	Your character has something against the opposite sex and believes that the character's sex is the superior sex.
Shrewd Merchant	You know the value of money like the back of your hand.
Sociopath	You find it hard to empathize with others. You feel that you know what is most important. You do not pity those who are ignorant.
Spontaneous Combustion	Your uncanny ability to light yourself on fire has followed you throughout your life.
Stagnophobia	You have a fear of staying in one place for too long.
Steel Ranger	You are, were, or will be a member of the ancient order Of Paladins known as the Steel Rangers/Paladins
Submissive	Your character likes following orders and has trouble disobeying them.
Synesthesia	Your body mixes up your senses, generally a person with synesthesia is able to see sounds, hear with their eyes.
Tall	You are taller then most other member of your race
The Redeemed	Through personal tragedy you have come out of a dark place with a sense of peace.
Tidiness	Everything must be clean, tidy and immaculate or you might not be even sleep that night.
Trained in Class	You know what you trained in, and know it well! If using a class with Archetypes, you can change between them 3 times per day.
True Believer	You have a habit of evangelizing to most people you meet.
Twin Sibling	You have a twin, one that you have lived with your entire life.
Two souls	You were supposed to be a twin, but your twin died before birth and his soul is attached to you. They may aid you by letting you see through their eyes, moving objects, and mind controlling weak-minded individuals.
Unidextrous	You have favored one hand for your entire life, all that work has made it better.
Unique Handwriting	You Writing is sloppy, small, hastily written, and often abbreviated.
Unnatural Aura	Your growth has been tainted by a strange creepiness that scares others. While some creatures barely notice your aura, others are sensitive to it and find it disturbing and threatening.
We Are Many	A man with a broken mind may be unstable, but he will not be controlled
Wealthy Family	Your family is rather well-off, possibly due to a lucrative merchant trade, or even nobility; you enjoy a one-time benefit to your starting finances.
Weapon Specialist	You have trained with only one type of weapon your entire life.
Wingless	Your body reject wings completely, but the will to fly is still within you.
World Historian	Character is keen on events that have happened in the past, but suffers with keeping up to date.
Worshiped	You were worshiped as a child.
Xenophilia	You have an extreme attraction to exotic species, though your interaction with your own kind suffer for it.
Xenophobic	You are aggressive, disapproving, or racist against others not of your own race. You will go out of your way to avoid or allow others to know your feelings about this.
Zealous	You have a drive to win battles with ardent determination.