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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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Having trained from a young age, you're capable of amazing feats of daring.
Ultimate Campaign
You were adopted and raised by someone not of your actual race, and raised in a society not your own.
Advanced Player's Guide
You have enough human features that it's easy for you to pass for a pureblooded human.
Applies to: Half-Orc
Ultimate Campaign
You exude confidence in the presence of those more powerful than you—sometimes unreasonably so.
Ultimate Campaign
You have studied the workings of anatomy, either as a student at university or as an apprentice mortician or necromancer.
Advanced Player's Guide
You've long been a friend to animals, and feel safer when there are animals nearby.
Applies to: Gnome
Advanced Player's Guide
You have worn armor as long as you can remember, either as part of your training to become a knight's squire or simply because you were seeking to emulate a hero.
Advanced Player's Guide
You spent time working under artisans, or your parents were artisans who were particularly skilled at their trade.
Ultimate Campaign
Raised in the church of Asmodeus (whether or not you are currently a follower), you've focused your indoctrinated fervor primarily on the elimination of demons.
Ultimate Campaign
You have a strong emotional attachment to a person or object that you're terrified of losing.
Ultimate Campaign
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