Traits

Traits are optional qualities of your character that can be selected only upon its creation.

Unlike perks, traits give you not only bonuses, but also penalties.

There is a max limit to the number of traits that one character may have, currently set at 2.

Some Class Perks can add, remove or change traits.

List of Traits

Name	Benefit	Penalty
Bloody Mess	Regen 25% of your max AP after each kill.	-20% cap to all Skills
Bonehead	25% crit chance and -50% crit roll from enemy when being hit in head. +30% Critical Chance Resistance against NPCs.	-2 to Intelligence
Bruiser	+4 to Strength, doubled base melee damage +35% melee damage against NPCs.	-10% Movement Speed when using Melee -20% Movement Speed when using guns.
Cannibal	Ability to consume special drugs for Cannibals.	You are unable to use regular drugs Severe radiation or HP lost when drugs timers runs out.
Chem Reliant	Doubled total Drugs limit (from 5 to 10) Inflicts 3 Lethal Damage for each drug taken when hitting NPCs.	100% chance to become addicted
Fast Metabolism	-10s Healing Rate CD +25 Healing Rate Regenerates 5 HP after 3 seconds from receiving a hit from NPCs	Halved duration of drug effects
Fast Shot	+20% shorter Attack Speed for single shots +5 Lethal Damage bonus. Only valid for weapons that can have aimed shot. Grants a 15% chance to spawn ammo upon shooting (single shot/not flamer/not rocket) in enemy NPC corpses.	Firing Aimed Attacks becomes impossible Critical power caped to 149 Doesn't get damage type bonuses: +5% Max Accuracy from Normal Damage Weakness from Electro Damage Confussion from Laser Damage Burning effect from Fire Damage Critical Defence Bypass from Plasma Damage
Finesse	+15% to Critical Chance. +33% chance to apply critical effects. +10% to Critical Chance against NPCs.	-25% to your total damage.
Gifted	+1 to all S.P.E.C.I.A.L. changes the max cap of special stats from 20 to 40 +3 Luck to armor wear tempo against NPCs.	Skill points per INT reduced to 2 x Int Additional sources of INT doesn't change SP per Level
Good Natured	+20% additional party points +10% HP +100 Speech skill cap. NPCs deal 5 less damage against you.	Having slaves becomes impossible Killing an NPC gives +5 Weakness Killing a Player removes +10% HP bonus for 20 minutes
Heavy Handed	HtH attacks can apply an effect to your opponent, and +2 Lethal Damage Caps minimal melee damage at 15% against NPCs.	-20% to Critical Power tables.
Jinxed	Your enemies have more critical failures Immune for heavy handed Heals 10% HP when enemy NPC misses.	You have more critical failures
Kamikaze	+15% bonus to your Damage +10% Damage Resistance penetration against NPCs.	-10 to all DR
Loner	+10% to any experience points gained Bonus to accuracy: +100	having NPC followers becomes impossible
One Hander	+20% Damage when using One-handed weapons (40% for pistols). +10% against NPCs when using One-handed weapons. Note: Bonus also applies to melee Punch type weapons.	-15% to maximum chance to hit when using two-handed weapons.
Small Frame	+2 to Action Points +5% maximum accuracy against NPCs.	Significantly reduced carry weight capacity