Need some campaign trait ideas


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So i am going to be running this for a group of 8 to 10 people, but I don't want to overlap on campaign traits. Has anyone come up with alternative traits for this AP?


Not that I've seen. However, there are 7 campaign traits, and Close Allies assumes that you and the PC chosen for your trait both have it, so if you only have 8 people, the only repeat you have is Close Allies, and that's expected by the AP. So, really, you only need two extra traits if you get to 10 people.

The tricky part with these campaign traits is they are more powerful than the standard campaign trait, and grant an increase in the 1/adventure abilities. I can see a couple of options for other traits.

Pathfinder Agent: You are a member of the Pathfinder Society, and have visited many different lands in pursuit of lost knowledge and artifacts. You gain a bonus language, chosen from your race's list of languages, and at 1st level and every 2 levels thereafter (3rd, 5th, etc), you gain a bonus skill rank that can only be applied to Disable Device, Knowledge (history), Knowledge (nobility), Knowledge (local), or Linguistics.
Once per adventure, as an immediate action, you may reroll a failed saving throw after you have learned the result but before the effects are applied.

Reformed Criminal: Whether you plied your trade in Riddleport, Kaer Maga, or elsewhere in Avistan, you have since reformed your ways and tried to leave your criminal life behind you. Just because you left the life behind you, however, doesn't mean you left the skills or people behind you. You gain trapfinding, as the Rogue ability, and Disable Device becomes a class skill for you.
Once per adventure, when you fail a check to disarm a trap by 5 or more, you can immediately re-roll the check before the trap goes off with an additional bonus equal to your level (minimum +10).

Polish up the flavor or choices to your preferred power level. Pathfinder Agent is basically just Intrigued by Thassilon with different skills and a different once per adventure ability. Reformed Criminal is just a way to get trapfinding if no one makes a character that has it.


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Thanks for the ideas!

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