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|author_name=Sam Kay
|date_created=11th February 2010
|status=Complete
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==Character Traits==
<onlyinclude>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 [[4e Character Backgrounds|character backgrounds]] in reverse, applying a small penalty such as a {{I}}bonuses and penalties|penalty]] to a single skill. In addition, they provide a small {{I}}bonuses and penalties|bonus]] in another area to offset a penalty; so, for example, if a flaw imposes a -2 penalty to {{I}}bluff skill|bluff]] {{I}}skill checks|checks]], it might apply a +1 bonus to {{I}}diplomacy checks|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 {{I}}retraining|retrain]] a trait once it is selected&mdash;its there for life!

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]].</onlyinclude>

===Traits===

{{SMW Category Query|[[Category:4e]] [[Category:User]] [[Category:Trait]]}}


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Author	Sam Kay +
Identifier	4e Variant Rule +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Title	Character Traits +