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--- rules:personality_traits [2012/12/24 23:10] – sam
+++ rules:personality_traits [2015/02/04 22:40] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-====== Personality Traits ======
+====== Virtues (Personality Traits) ======
+**Virtues** is the new term for what were Personality Traits (and prior to that, Passions).
 //Personality traits// are a way to mechanise a character's personality. Ultimately, this should be roleplayed, but there are situations where it is useful to check whether a character can resist their base impulses. Providing a personality trait for characters means that players who want to play a character in a particular way can get more control over how their character behaves.
-For this reason, personality traits are used as 'saving throws' against conditions, and they are always a measure of how well a character resists certain behaviours. Success in a trait check means that the character may behave as the player desires, failure means they behave as the GM rules. For example, the //Bravery// passion allows a character to resist fear, and stand their ground in the face of danger.
+For this reason, personality traits are used as 'saving throws' against conditions, and they are always a measure of how well a character resists certain behaviours. Success in a trait check means that the character may behave as the player desires, failure means they behave as the GM rules. For example, the //Bravery// virtue allows a character to resist fear, and stand their ground in the face of danger.
 Traits aren't common in all genres and settings for **YAGS**, and their number and details may well vary between settings that they appear in.
-===== Defining Traits =====
+===== Defining Virtues =====
-All traits default to a value of **4**, and are used with **Will**. A typical trait check will therefore be //Will x 4 + d20// against a target difficulty number. A target of 20 is considered to be something reasonably exceptional, which has a good chance of causing a normal person to act irrationally.
+All virtues default to a value of **4**, and are used with **Will**. A typical trait check will therefore be //Will x 4 + d20// against a target difficulty number. A target of 20 is considered to be something reasonably exceptional, which has a good chance of causing a normal person to act irrationally.
-Traits will normally be open to modification at character generation, allowing +1/-1 changes to any trait from 2 to 6, i.e. increasing one trait by +1 means lowering another by -1.
+Virtues will normally be open to modification at character generation, allowing +1/-1 changes to any virtue from 2 to 6, i.e. increasing one trait by +1 means lowering another by -1.
 Advantages/disadvantages may allow traits to be increased/decreased outside of these bounds. Normally, a +1 advantage will add +2 to a trait (maximum 8); a -1 disadvantage will drop a trait by -2 (minimum 2).
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   * **Discipline** - How likely a character is to ignore insults or hold back on violence.
   * **Sanity** - How well grounded the character is in the real world. Most likely to be used in horror or fantasy settings where loss of sanity is common.
+=== Example Levels ===
+== Bravery ==
+^ Level ^ Examples ^
+| 2     | Coward. Will rarely take risks. |
+| 3     | Will tend to hang back if danger is present. Will only take risks if really important. |
+| 4     | Typical person. Will try to avoid danger, though will take risks if it is important. |
+| 5     | |
+| 6     | Heroic. |
+==== Animal Traits ====
+Animals tend to have the following traits:
+  * **Bravery** - As for characters.
+  * **Cunning** - How likely to plot and plan
+  * **Orneriness** - How likely to ignore instructions
 ===== Using Traits =====
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 **30** - Very difficult.