Difference between revisions of "Traits"

Physical traits pertain to your characters physical state of being.

Positive

• Athlete: <Sport>: Your character is skilled at a particular sport. Pick one per point.
• Fighter: Your character is a capable fighter. This is more capable fighting than pushing, slapping or hair pulling.
• Naturally Athletic: Your character is universally athletic.

Negative

Not Athletic: Not only is your character not a natural athlete, but they suck at pretty much any and all athletic things. They can't run without tripping, they can't flip without doing bodily harm to themselves, they can't even entertain the idea of catching a baseball.

Can't Fight: The only hope your character has in a fight is if the other punches themselves! Pushing, slapping and hair pulling is the best you can do.

Social traits pertain to the social aspects of your character.

Positive

• Attractive: Your character is more attractive than the common person.
• Charming: Your character possesses a very charismatic personality, more so than most.
• Influential: Your character possesses influence in their avenue of life (business world/high school/etc). This covers popularity.
• Persuasive: Your character is very talented at sweet-talking and getting what they want. This covers seduction and carousing.
• Silver Tongue: Your character excels socially, just by sheer nature.
• Manipulative: Your character knows how to manipulate others to get what they want. This covers lies and deception.

Negative

• Homely: You may be pretty deep down, but your physical appearance is not one that stops traffic…or blends into the crowd. You stand out in a bad way.
• Honest: You can't lie, manipulate or even mislead someone. Either you can’t morally do it, or you lack the ability to keep a straight face to be convincing.
• Invisible: You have zero effect on things socially. You aren't popular because no one even realizes you exist. This doesn't mean you don’t have friends, just that your voice is never heard when it comes to public matters or popularity.
• Socially Awkward: You not only lack that natural social grace that makes someone charming, but you come off as weird, awkward or outright dull.
• Bully: You love to throw your weight around.
• Deceptive: You are exceptionally good at misleading others and giving false impressions.
• Arrogant
• Intolerant of ...
• Overambitious
• Overconfident
• Spoiled
• Troublemaker

Mental traits pertain to the mental aspects of your character.

Positive

• Academic: Your character is a natural study. This doesn’t mean they are a geek or bookworm, but that they retain information easily.
• Intellectual: Your character is very intelligent. This does not cover book smarts (see Academic), but your natural intelligence.
• Well Educated : You have an exceptional education under your belt. You know a lot about things related to your field of study.

Negative

• Dullard: Your character is not a smart person. It doesn't mean you’re dumb as a rock, but you're not the brightest color in the box.
• Lower-Class: You may not be poor, but you lack the connections to the upper-crust and high society. In fact those people up there, they look down on you completely and you lack the etiquette and class it takes to change their mind.
• Sheltered: Your character has been raised in such an environment that when it comes to the streets and the hard knocks of life, your character knows nothing about them!
• Struggling: Your character struggles academically. Either they ignore classes and don’t turn in homework or test badly due to a learning disability.
• Weak-Willed: Your character just isn't a willful person. They are easily manipulated and can't stand firm on a subject in the face of stronger wills.
• Absentminded: You can become preoccupied to the point of being ignorant to what is happening around you. You easily become sidetracked and can be very forgetful.
• Dyslexic: You are afflicted by a learning disorder. You have trouble reading and comprehending written text. This is not a reflection on your intelligence, however you struggle with your studies because of this, and frequently get your left and right confused.

Duel

• Rumormonger: Your character loves rumors, starting them and spreading them! If it happens, they probably know the story behind it.

Environmental traits pertain to the things that effect and make up your characters life.

Positive

• Genius: Your character is a certified (or uncertified) genius.
• High Society: Your character is part of high society. This normally covers the upper-crust circles in the social, business and political world.
• Street Smart: Your character is 'in the know' out on the streets. This normally covers less 'desirable' avenues such as gangs, crime or drug culture.
• Willful: Your character is stubborn and good at holding their ground when they set their mind to something.

Negative

• A-Lister: Your character's place in the world is in the popular crowd. When it comes to knowing who’s-who, you got that. It also means you're popular. Very popular.
• Brain: Your character is a nerd. This doesn’t make them a Star trek fan but they do know their way around the academic world, as well as computers and the like.
• Delinquent: Your character is one of the bad kids, or at the very least, their connections put them in that category. If it comes to stolen tests, smoking in the back lot or where to score those scalped concert tickets your character may have an idea who to talk to.
• Golden Child: Some people are just born in the spotlight, and your character is one of those people. Things are just easier for these characters. They have respect and many other perks in life.
• Jock: You’re a jock. It’s a lot like being an A-Lister except that you get the glory and perks of being one of the schools star athletic figures!