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Traits

Traits are those things that make up a character. For the most part this page is just a smaller categorization of the main page to keep things pretty.

Primary Traits are things that get rolled

• Attribute Rules - What a character is, at her core, capable of.
• Virtue Rules - Virtues represent the aspects of the character's will.
  • Conviction - A character's drive and determination to persue what she has set her mind to
  • Sacrifice - A character's compassion and willingness to give up a part of herself for others and her goals
  • Temperance - A character's judgment and ability to remain cool in the most heated of moments
  • Valor - A character's bravery and strength to stand in the face of overwhelming opposition
• Essence - The strength of the very substance that a character is made of

Secondary Traits are things that all characters have, but are never rolled

• Size and Mentality
  • Size is how physically large a being is.
  • Mentality is how complex a sentient's mind is
• Health and Resilience
  • Health is the raw meat of a character. How much they can take before not being able to take any more.
  • Resilience is how much must be applied to actually harm a character
• Integrity and Resolve
  • Integrity is a character's mental stability, ability to correlate and accomodate conflicting thoughts, and so on
  • Resolve is her resistance to such things - the ability to overcome a problem outright.
• Foundations - What a character stands for. Her opinions are not neutral on some topics, and are harder to sway.

Tertiary Traits traits modify the characteristics of the character.

• Knacks - Knacks are a bit like specialties, but instead of granting bonuses, they negate a penalty in limited context.
• Specialties - Specialties add dice to roll in specific contexts or otherwise modify an attribute for a single purpose
• Merits - Various effects that don't quite add up to knacks or specialties.
• Flaws - Not so beneficial things that may be inflicted upon you.
  • Flaws do not grant immediate xp, but instead allow for the player to overcome additional challenges because of it, for which the storyteller may award more experience.
• Mutations - A subset of Merits and Flaws, kinda.

Backgrounds - Backgrounds are things that a character earns, through inheritance, force, or friendship.