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No. Trait Icon Name Effects
1 r2_sp_trait_all_agent_character_kill_betrayal Level 1
Venal
Some people would sell their own mother in the name of advancement.
Assassination > Betrayal: +5% chance of positive outcome (this_agent)
Level 2
Treacherous
Those who deal in lies should never be trusted.
Assassination > Betrayal: +10% chance of positive outcome (this_agent)
Level 3
Betrayer
All the good is gone, leaving nothing but betrayal.
Assassination > Betrayal: +15% chance of positive outcome (this_agent)
2 r2_sp_trait_all_agent_character_kill_slaughter Level 1
Dirty Blade
"What's the point in cleaning it?"
+5% chance of successful assassination (this_agent)
Level 2
Blood-soaked
Some warriors just don't know when to stop.
+10% chance of successful assassination (this_agent)
Level 3
Gore-drenched
"For the love of the gods! He's already really dead!"
+15% chance of successful assassination (this_agent)
3 r2_sp_trait_all_agent_settle_poison_well Level 1
Purveyor of Poisons
"Does this water smell a bit… well, you know? Off?"
+5% casualties for all garrison units (this_agent)
Level 2
Ingenious Poisoner
You can put a dead horse in water but you can't make anyone else drink.
+10% casualties for all garrison units (this_agent)
Level 3
Master of Poisons
Without water people become surprisingly flexible in their outlook.
+15% casualties for all garrison units (this_agent)
4 r2_sp_trait_all_agent_settle_promote_disorder Level 1
Provocateur
Words are more effective than stones.
Incite Unrest: -5 public order (this_agent)
Level 2
Instigator
The people will be given a voice.
Incite Unrest: -10 public order (this_agent)
Level 3
Troublemaker
"A riot? You call this a riot? I'll show you a riot!"
Incite Unrest: -15 public order (this_agent)
5 r2_sp_trait_all_background_abandoned Level 1
Foundling
"Everything I possess I made, or took, with these two hands…"
+2 cunning (this_agent)
+10% chance of evading enemy agents (this_agent)
6 r2_sp_trait_all_background_assassin Level 1
Murderous
Killing can be an art.
+1 cunning (this_agent)
7 r2_sp_trait_all_background_spy Level 1
Born Sneaky
This character has a serpentine mind, unhindered by polite convention.
+2 cunning (this_agent)
+10 line of sight (this_agent)
8 r2_sp_trait_all_fervour Level 1
Keen
Bravery is all very well, but…
+2% movement speed of all units (this_general_force)
+2 zeal (this_agent)
Level 2
Taste for Battle
"At them! At them! No hanging back now!"
+4% movement speed of all units (this_general_force)
+4 zeal (this_agent)
Level 3
Mad for It!
"I love the smell of victory in the morning. Smells like… corpses!"
+6% movement speed of all units (this_general_force)
+6 zeal (this_agent)
9 r2_sp_trait_all_gambling Level 1
Fond of Gambling
"A small wager, then, just to make it interesting…"
-1% tax rate (local province)
Level 2
Inveterate Gambler
You win some, lose some, it's all the same to them.
-3% tax rate (local province)
+1 cunning (this_agent)
Level 3
Ruled by Luck
"My luck will change soon. It must!"
-6% tax rate (local province)
+1 cunning (this_agent)
10 r2_sp_trait_all_hates_barbarians Level 1
Hates Smelly Barbarians
"Smelly, trouser-wearing, excessively-bearded excuses for men. Bastards!"
+10% melee attack skill for all units during battles against barbarian tribes (this_general_force)
11 r2_sp_trait_all_hates_carthage Level 1
Loathes Greedy Carthaginians
Nice Carthaginians are greedy, rapacious, miserly, cheating, baby-murdering scum.
+10% melee attack skill for all units during battles against Carthage (this_general_force)
12 r2_sp_trait_all_hates_easterners Level 1
Hates Desert-dwelling Easterners
The only good easterner is a very dead easterner.
+10% melee attack skill for all units during battles against Eastern factions (this_general_force)
13 r2_sp_trait_all_hates_egyptians Level 1
Loathes Fake Egyptians
"Stick a false beard on a Greek and turn him into Pharaoh? I don't think so!"
+10% melee attack skill for all units during battles against Egypt (this_general_force)
14 r2_sp_trait_all_hates_greeks Level 1
Uncomfortable Amongst Greeks
"All that knowledge! All those ideas! Those Greeks are up to something I tell you!"
+10% melee attack skill for all units during battles against Hellenic factions (this_general_force)
15 r2_sp_trait_all_hates_romans Level 1
Despises Treacherous Romans
Romans, with their straight roads, aqueducts, law-making ways, and big bent noses, really annoy this person.
+10% melee attack skill for all units during battles against Rome (this_general_force)
16 r2_sp_trait_all_hates_successors Level 1
Hates Avaricious Successors
"They're not proper Greeks, and as for being the heirs of Alexander? Oh, sod off!"
+10% melee attack skill for all units during battles against Successor kingdoms (this_general_force)
17 r2_sp_trait_all_leader_mad Level 1
Somewhat Strange
"Don't lie to me. My eyes WILL fall out if I stop looking up."
+5% corruption (factionwide)
+2% construction costs (all regions)
Level 2
A Disturbing Nature
Chewing one's own nails is bad, but the nails of others…
+10% corruption (factionwide)
+4% construction costs (all regions)
Level 3
Prince of the Moon People
"Bow before me, puny men of Earth, or suffer the attentions of my cloth-rending moths!"
+20% corruption (factionwide)
+6% construction costs (all regions)
18 r2_sp_trait_all_looter Level 1
Looter
To the victor the spoils.
+5% income from looting settlements (this_general_force)
Level 2
Butcher
Robbing the vanquished is not enough for some.
+10% income from looting settlements (this_general_force)
Level 3
Destroyer
What's a little genocide between friends?
+20% income from looting settlements (this_general_force)
19 r2_sp_trait_all_mad Level 1
Strange
"I like pans. Why don't you like pans?"
-2 authority (this_agent)
+1 zeal (this_agent)
Level 2
Disturbing to Others
"Lord Amphora is my friend. My only friend. Not like you…"
-4 authority (this_agent)
+2 zeal (this_agent)
Level 3
Touched by the Gods
"God told me. That slave had elves inside her. I didn't find them."
-6 authority (this_agent)
+3 zeal (this_agent)
20 r2_sp_trait_barbarian_berserker Level 1
Shieldbiter
"Grrrrrrrr! The red mist comes! Let me at 'em!"
+1 zeal (this_agent)
+3% melee attack skill for all units (this_general_force)
-3% melee defence skill for all units (this_general_force)
Level 2
Axe-friend
This warrior's brutal axe-rage is something to behold.
+2 zeal (this_agent)
+6% melee attack skill for all units (this_general_force)
-6% melee defence skill for all units (this_general_force)
Level 3
Berserker
If you see this character coming, run. Just run. Fast!
+3 zeal (this_agent)
+9% melee attack skill for all units (this_general_force)
-9% melee defence skill for all units (this_general_force)
21 r2_sp_trait_barbarian_blood_feud Level 1
Blood Feud
"You really shouldn't have killed my uncle."
+3 zeal (this_general)
22 r2_sp_trait_barbarian_high_casualties Level 1
Likes a Scrap
Their thirst for battle is insatiable, no matter the cost in lives.
-5% morale for all enemy units (this_general_enemy_force_regionwide)
-2% morale for all units (this_general_force)
-5% to number of battle captives (this_general_force)
Level 2
Bloodthirsty
This character obviously relishes shedding blood.
-10% morale for all enemy units (this_general_enemy_force_regionwide)
-5% morale for all units (this_general_force)
-10% to number of battle captives (this_general_force)
Level 3
Mad for It
"Hunting, fighting, killing horde. Wade through blood and spill some more!"
-15% morale for all enemy units (this_general_enemy_force_regionwide)
-10% morale for all units (this_general_force)
-20% to number of battle captives (this_general_force)
23 r2_sp_trait_barbarian_mad Level 1
Nutter
Laugh, and the world cringes in terror.
Level 2
Dribbling Moon-calf
"I am mad. You are mad. We are mad. And so is Lord Mushroom. Deal with it."
Level 3
Sausage-sucking Loon
"I like your eyes. You have nice eyes. Very nice eyes. Yes."
24 r2_sp_trait_civilised_high_casualties Level 1
A Bit of Claret
This general enjoys the sight of blood, particularly enemy blood.
-5% morale for all enemy units (this_general_enemy_force_regionwide)
-2% morale for all units (this_general_force)
-5% to number of battle captives (this_general_force)
Level 2
Bloody
This general delights in bloodshed for its own sake.
-10% morale for all enemy units (this_general_enemy_force_regionwide)
-5% morale for all units (this_general_force)
-10% to number of battle captives (this_general_force)
Level 3
Take No Prisoners!
"Prisoners? Parasites! Extra mouths to feed."
-15% morale for all enemy units (this_general_enemy_force_regionwide)
-10% morale for all units (this_general_force)
-20% to number of battle captives (this_general_force)
25 r2_sp_trait_female_all_agent_settle_promote_disorder Level 1
Provocatrix
Words are more effective than stones.
Incite Unrest: -5 public order (this_agent)
Level 2
Instigator
The people will be given a voice.
Incite Unrest: -10 public order (this_agent)
Level 3
Troublemaker
"A riot? You call this a riot? I'll show you a riot!"
Incite Unrest: -15 public order (this_agent)
26 r2_sp_trait_female_all_background_spy Level 1
Womanly Wiles
This woman has a serpentine mind masked by polite convention.
+2 cunning (this_agent)
27 r2_sp_trait_greco_roman_humors_blood Level 1
Sanguine
An unconcerned expression hides many thoughts.
+2 cunning (this_agent)
+1 gravitas per turn (this_agent)
28 r2_sp_trait_roman_proscriptor Level 1
Proscriptor
Always the first to point an accusing finger…
+1 influence per turn for your political party (factionwide)
-1 public order per turn (local province)
29 r2_sp_trait_rome_mad Level 1
Not Quite Right
"Is this important? Bzzzz! Bzzzz! I haven't made nearly enough honey today! Bzzzz!"
-2 authority (this_agent)
+1 zeal (this_agent)
Level 2
Dangerous
"When my father, Jupiter, hears of this, he will turn you inside out! And I will watch!"
-4 authority (this_agent)
+2 zeal (this_agent)
Level 3
Unhinged
"I'm a little garum pot, short and stout…"
-6 authority (this_agent)
+3 zeal (this_agent)
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