Can I pick a faction trait from a different faction?

[Bad Sintax]

The idea being that my character grew up in Qadira as a slave (so they have the trait from that area), but then escape slavery and join the Andoran faction to help fight slavery.

Sorry if this has been answered in a different thread.

[Netopalis]

No.

Spoiler:

To provide an expanded answer, what you are thinking of is regional traits. Traits that relate to where a character grew up would fall under that category - for instance, my sorcerer grew up in the Valashmian jungles, so he has perception as a class skill. However, traits which are from a faction are dependent upon you actually being a member of the faction when it is taken.

[Wittkyrd]

I agree with Netopalis.

There is a way around, you might start as a member of Qadira Faction, and after a scenario, you can switch into Andoran Faction, and keep your Qadira faction trait. It is going to cost you some Prestige Points though.

[zefig]

What Netopalis said. There are a number of Regional Qadira traits in the Qadira player companion. What specifically are you trying to accomplish?

[Off in the Shower]

D-:

[Katisha]

I have a PC that sort of did this.

Originally Chel faction, and took Hellfire trait.

at the start of season 3, switched to Shadow Lodge (Yeah, still get the older faction missions from the Paracountess - I figure the relationship is still there. Kind of like being two factions... sort of).

So I have a Shadow Lodge PC, with Hellfire (a Chel trait).

[Wittkyrd]

By the way;

For the lore sake, why pre-season 3 Shadow Lodge Missions are associated with Cheliax?

[Fromper]

Wittkyrd wrote:

By the way;

For the lore sake, why pre-season 3 Shadow Lodge Missions are associated with Cheliax?

Yeah, I never understood that one. I would have put Sczarni with Cheliax. Shadow Lodge seems more like Andoran, if anything - respect for individuals and all that.

[El Baron de los Banditos]

Wittkyrd wrote:

By the way;

For the lore sake, why pre-season 3 Shadow Lodge Missions are associated with Cheliax?

It was simply a closer fit than matching with Qadira, if my guess isn't off; I don't think there was a lore-based reason. Everyone else's matches either made sense or had context clues that made sense (faction missions in S2 referring to the buddy faction.)

[nosig]

LOL! pre-season 3 Shadow Lodge was knife-in-the-back type of people. Players figured they were going to be the "New Evil" faction, before we got a look at what the traits were like. Then it was "How the heck are these guys the Shadow Lodge?"