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<sup>This page refers to the traits characters can acquire at 3 RPP or via spending GPP. For the traits which can be found on [[equipment]], see [[equipment traits]] instead.</sup>

====== Background Traits ======

**Background Traits** are permanent modifiers to a character which can be acquired either via the random selection of 3 traits rolled and offered to the player once they achieve 3 RPP, or via purchasing them using GPP. The effects of trait can be as simple as conferring a percentage bonus to a particular stat or providing an initial bonus to the character's reputation star, or as complex as denoting their membership of a specific bloodline and offering access to restricted skill trees. Traits often dramatically affect a character's playstyle and combat ability while also serving as a means to better convey aspects of a character's personality or background, so a player should give some thought to their choice of traits.

A player's earliest characters will likely not have the ability to purchase many traits owing to a lack of GPP, but this is no reason to despair. Clever play and smart building can see you rise above characters with the perks of accrued GPP, but even then optimal combat ability is rarely that important to tell a compelling story or portray a complete character arc. Should your character meet their end, then simply think of it as the horizon of possibilities for your next character widening as their RPP value at the time of death (not counting bonus catch-up RPP) will be converted to GPP which can be spent on future characters.

===== List of Background Traits =====

The following is a list of all background traits currently available in-game.

==== Bloodline/Species Traits ====

These traits denote your character as belonging to a specific lineage or race and often grant access to a special skill tree related to it or impose notable mechanical changes. **Unless otherwise noted, a character can only possess one of these traits.**

^ __Trait__ ^ __GPP Cost__ ^ __Description__ ^
| [[One of the Enlightened]] | 60 | Your character is a member of the Enlightened bloodline, granting them powers of foresight which allows them to see what actions people are about to take in combat. |
| [[One of the Keepers]] | 60 | Your character is a member of the Keeper bloodline, whom possess the ability to see and even commune with lost spirits and the dead, but in turn suffer from decreased sanity and can only see the world through the flow of TRACE. |
| [[One of the Jun]] | 60 | Your character is a member of the Jun bloodline, whom take increased damage in combat but in turn have access to incredible regenerative abilities which allow them to defy even mortal blows. Taking this trait will prefix "Jun, " to your character's name. |
| [[Phase Disruption]] | 60 | Your character is a member of the Valyris bloodline, granting them the exceptional ability to expose and weaken ALTERs, but in turn making them a prime target for their kind on top of suffering from visual and auditory impairment which reduces their speed and agility by 15%. Taking this trait will prefix "Valyris, " to your character's name. |
| [[trait_replicant|Replicant]] | 60 | Your character is a replicant, an android created to be an obedient servitor by the Ascension Group which has gained sentience and gone rogue. Your physical attributes are enhanced and your capacity for cyberware far exceeds that of a human, however you are wholly unable to manipulate TRACE. This trait confers further restrictions than other traits in this category due to its nature. |
| [[Sanguine]] | 65 | Your character is a nightsworn, a vampire-like being which must feed on the TRACE of others to nourish itself. Your max vitality is reduced by 15%, but interacting with corpses restores 10% of your HP. Unlike other traits in this category, this can be taken alongside another trait listed here with the exception of Replicant. |
| [[The Sight]] | 60 | Your character is a member of the Kandara bloodline, granting them exceptional ocular abilities such as the ability to project energy beams from their eyes. Taking this trait will prefix "Kandara, " to your character's name. |

==== Stat Traits ====

These traits confer bonuses to character statistics, sometimes simply a small flat bonus and at other times offering a more considerable bonus albeit with a drawback.

==== Combat Traits ====

These traits chiefly affect a character's combat ability, offering unique situational modifiers or altering how certain mechanics work.

==== Gear Traits ====

These traits bestow unique equipment upon acquisition.

==== Miscellaneous Traits ====

These traits confer effects which do not fall under the purview of any of the above, often times interacting with the game's other systems or chiefly focusing on character flavour.

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