The following lists provide direction to find traits for particular, number-crunching builds. In particular, these lists focus on four different cornerstones of a character: core statistics, skills, defensive statistics, and offensive statistics.
Traits for Statistics
These traits provide basic adjustments useful to any build, from Ability Score increases to Saving Proficiencies. It includes other traits for some slightly more narrowed builds, such as Magic Adept and Skill Proficiencies.
Basic
- Ability Score Boost
- AC Bonus
- Armor Mastery
- Armor Proficiency
- Armor Training
- Fast Movement
- Improved Initiative
- Quick Reflexes
- Saving Proficiency
- Skill Proficiency
- Weapon Mastery
- Weapon Proficiency
- Weapon Training
Fantasy Extension
Steampunk Extension
- None
Traits for Skills
For those looking to boost their skill bonuses, check out this list of useful traits.
Basic
- Assassin’s Apprentice (bolsters Crafting)
- Auspicious Mark (useful for skills)
- Combat Swipe (bolsters Thievery)
- Court Bred
- Crafting (bolsters Crafting)
- Cunning Liar
- Dedicated Worker
- Devout Knowledge
- Fast Stealth (bolsters Stealth)
- Feather Balance
- Healer
- Historian
- Inspire Competence
- Interrogator
- Intimidating Glare (bolsters Intimidation)
- Improved Jack of All Trades
- Jack of All Trades
- Jester
- Knowledge Keeper
- Lore Keeper
- Lore Master
- Master of All Trades
- Nature Sense
- Parkour Trained
- Pick Pocket
- Quick Disable (bolsters Thievery)
- Quick Recall (bolsters skills with Recall Knowledge actions)
- Raging Leaper (bolsters Athletics)
- Scholar
- Silver-Tongued
- Skill Proficiency
- Spelunker
- Swift Tracker (bolsters Survival)
- Terrifying Howl (bolsters Intimidation)
- Track Master
- Trapfinding
- Trapspotter (bolsters Perception)
- Versatile Performance
Fantasy Extension
Steampunk Extension
- Constructor
- Swashbuckler’s Edge
- Swashbuckler’s Grace
- Superior Feint (bolsters Deception)
Traits for Defense
This list has a range of traits dedicated to boost those character facets of AC, Damage Reduction, Saves, Immunities and Resistances. Note, many of those listed are Fortifications or Immunizations.
Basic
- AC Bonus
- Armor Mastery
- Armor Proficiency
- Armor Training
- Auras (Aura of Courage, Aura of Resolve, Aura of Righteousness)
- Auspicious Mark (useful for saves)
- Bravery
- Calm Rage
- Clear Mind
- Countersong
- Danger Sense
- Defensive Strike
- Diamond Resilience
- Distraction
- Divine Grace
- Divine Health
- Energy Absorption
- Energy Resistance
- Evasion
- Fearless Rage
- Flawless Mind
- Furious Defense
- Guarded Stance
- Improved Evasion
- Indomitable Will
- Insightful Wisdom
- Inspire Courage
- Inspire Greatness
- Inspire Heroics
- Internal Fortitude
- Hex (Ward Hex)
- Holy Champion
- Ki Guardian
- Perfect Clarity
- Perfect Self
- Poison Resistance
- Protect Vitals
- Purity of Body
- Reflexive Dodge
- Renewed Vigor
- Renewed Vitality
- Resist Nature’s Lure
- Saving Grace
- Saving Proficiency
- Smite Alignment (specific AC bonuses)
- Still Mind
- Superstition
- Timeless Body
- Uncanny Dodge
- Venom Immunity
- Well-Versed
Fantasy Extension
Steampunk Extension
Traits for Offense
The following list is a general and large category that has traits for increasing attack rolls and damage output, changing damage types, and dealing better critical hits.
Basic
- Accurate Stance
- Additional Strike
- Animal Fury
- Auras (Aura of Faith, Aura of Justice)
- Auspicious Mark
- Bond (Allies, Divine Weapon)
- Bleeding Attack
- Bleeding Blow
- Cleave
- Combat Hold
- Crippling Sneak
- Deadly Accuracy
- Deadly Performance
- Deadly Sneak
- Debilitating Injury
- Double Debilitation
- Elemental Burst
- Elemental Fury
- Energy Breath
- Favored Enemy
- Flying Strike
- Formless Mastery
- Flurry of Blows
- Greater Rage
- Hammer Strike
- Hex (Fortune Hex)
- Holy Champion
- Improved Quarry
- Inspire Courage
- Inspire Ferocity
- Inspire Greatness
- Insightful Wisdom
- Ki Hurricane
- Ki Range
- Ki Strike
- Knockback Strike
- Knockdown Stance
- Lethal Accuracy
- Master Hunter
- Master Strike
- Mighty Rage
- Mighty Swing
- No Escape
- Off-Hand Strike
- Opportunist
- Powerful Sneak
- Powerful Stance
- Quarry
- Quivering Palm
- Rage
- Reckless Stance
- Restrictive Strike
- Shattering Strike
- Slow Reactions
- Smite Alignment
- Sneak Attack
- Spin Strike
- Style Strike
- Taunting Stance
- Unarmed Strike
- Unexpected Strike
- Weapon Master
- Weapon Proficiency
- Weapon Training
Fantasy Extension
Steampunk Extension
- Bleeding Wound
- Deadeye
- Death’s Shot
- Expert Loading
- Lightning Reload
- Marksman
- Perfect Strike
- Riposte
- Quick Clear
Traits for Actions and Conditions
For traits that protect against or inflict conditions, read through this list. This also includes traits involving common battle actions.
Basic
- Blinding Strike
- Deafening Strike
- Defensive Roll
- Dirge of Doom
- Fascinate
- Fatiguing Strike
- Fearless Rage
- Frightening Performance
- Greater Ground Breaker
- Greater Shove Aside
- Ground Breaker
- Improved Combat Hold
- Internal Fortitude
- Knockdown Stance
- Mass Suggestion
- Master Strike
- Mercy
- No Escape
- Quick Recall
- Quick Reflexes
- Paralyzing Strike
- Resiliency
- Roused Anger
- Sharpened Accuracy
- Shove Aside
- Sickening Strike
- Slow Reactions
- Slowing Strike
- Soothing Performance
- Sprint
- Stand Up
- Stunning Strike
- Suggestion
- Sweep Strike
- Terrifying Howl
- Tireless Rage
Fantasy Extension
- None