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Nobody's perfect; everybody has limitations, imperfections, problems, phobias, or deficiencies that can hamper them. That's all part of being sentient. Character traits are a way of representing a character's weaknesses without having a major impact on the game, in order to add depth and aid the player in roleplaying the character. | Nobody's perfect; everybody has limitations, imperfections, problems, phobias, or deficiencies that can hamper them. That's all part of being sentient. Character traits are a way of representing a character's weaknesses without having a major impact on the game, in order to add depth and aid the player in roleplaying the character. | ||
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As with a {{I}}feats|feat]], a character must fulfil the prerequisites for the flaw in order to select it, so a character cannot select the [[Poor Liar (4e Trait)|''poor liar'']] trait if they are trained in the {{I}}Bluff skill|bluff skill]]. | As with a {{I}}feats|feat]], a character must fulfil the prerequisites for the flaw in order to select it, so a character cannot select the [[Poor Liar (4e Trait)|''poor liar'']] trait if they are trained in the {{I}}Bluff skill|bluff skill]]. | ||
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Character Traits
Nobody's perfect; everybody has limitations, imperfections, problems, phobias, or deficiencies that can hamper them. That's all part of being sentient. Character traits are a way of representing a character's weaknesses without having a major impact on the game, in order to add depth and aid the player in roleplaying the character.
Flaws work like character backgrounds in reverse, applying a small penalty such as a penalty to a single skill. In addition, they provide a small bonus in another area to offset a penalty; so, for example, if a flaw imposes a -2 penalty to bluff checks, it might apply a +1 bonus to diplomacy checks.
A character can select only a single character trait at character creation, in the same way as a character background (though the trait is in addition to the character's background bonus). A character cannot, however retrain a trait once it is selected—its there for life!
As with a feat, a character must fulfil the prerequisites for the flaw in order to select it, so a character cannot select the poor liar trait if they are trained in the bluff skill.
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| Author | Sam Kay + |
| Identifier | 4e Variant Rule + |
| Rating | Undiscussed + |
| Title | Character Traits + |
