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Traits Compendium

Browse background traits by type, source, and eligibility. Combat, social, faith, magic, race, and regional options all live here.

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Magic

Your childhood was either dominated by lessons of some sort (whether musical, academic, or other) or by a horrible home life that encouraged your ability to block out distractions and focus on the immediate task at hand.

Advanced Player's Guide
Magic

Your childhood was dominated either by lessons of some sort (whether musical, academic, or other) or by a horrible home life that encouraged your ability to block out distractions and focus on the immediate task at hand.

Ultimate Campaign
Race

Having lived outside of traditional elf society for much or all of your life, you know the world can be cruel, dangerous, and unforgiving of the weak.

Applies to: Elf
Ultimate Campaign
Race

Having lived outside of traditional elf society for much or all of your life, you know the world can be cruel, dangerous, and unforgiving of the weak.

Applies to: Elf
Advanced Player's Guide
Religion

Cayden Cailean's holy brews invigorate your mind, making you less susceptible to mental attacks.

Ultimate Campaign
Religion

Your god's holy brews invigorate your mind, making you less susceptible to mental attacks.

Advanced Player's Guide
Race

Your parents allowed escaping slaves to hide in your home, and the stories you've heard from them instilled into you a deep loathing of slavery.

Applies to: Halfling
Advanced Player's Guide
Race

Your parents allowed escaping slaves to hide in your home, and the stories you've heard from them instilled into you a deep loathing of slavery.

Applies to: Halfling
Ultimate Campaign
Social

You have no problem making friends and learning information from them wherever you go.

Ultimate Campaign
Regional

A hard life on the edge of civilization has made you resourceful but has also given you a streak of self-preservation bordering on paranoia.

Applies to: Any Frontier Area
Ultimate Campaign
Magic

Your interest in magic was inspired by witnessing a spell being cast in a particularly dramatic method, perhaps even one that affected you physically or spiritually.

Advanced Player's Guide
Magic

Your interest in magic was inspired by witnessing a spell being cast in a particularly dramatic method, perhaps even one that affected you physically or spiritually.

Ultimate Campaign
Race

Your keen senses lead you to hidden treasures.

Applies to: Dwarf
Ultimate Campaign
Race

Your keen senses lead you to hidden treasures.

Applies to: Dwarf
Advanced Player's Guide
Magic

The link between you and your eidolon is stronger than most.

Ultimate Campaign
Magic

You are convinced you're alive to achieve a great purpose.

Ultimate Campaign
Social

You are no stranger to loss and intense emotions.

Ultimate Campaign
Religion

Torag's sacred duties are to protect the faithful, take lessons from the great craftsmen and strategists of the past, and prepare against dark times.

Ultimate Campaign
Religion

Your god's sacred duties are to protect the faithful, take lessons from the great craftsmen and strategists of the past, and prepare against dark times.

Advanced Player's Guide
Social

You were trained to harvest all parts of an animal with care and precision.

Ultimate Campaign