Traits

**Traits** are age bound and the first unlocks at age 20. There are 7 Traits to unlock, starting with age 20 and then after every ten years. Players receive the last of these traits at age 80.

## 20s Traits

* **Brute Strength** - The growing might of your muscles packs additonal destructive force into your attacks, increasing your weapon damage.
	+ Adds about 20% to weapon bonus damage. (Needs checking)

* **Youthful Vigor** - As your body grows ever more powerful, your endurance and energy steadly build, increasing your maximum level.
	+ Increases Health by 120.

* **Hard-Earned Wisdom** - The painful lessons taught by the mistakes of youth are not lost on you, allowing you to gain more experience on your journey.
	+ About 13.7% more experience.

## 30s Traits

* **Blockade** - A life spent in combat has developed your skill with a shield to a fine art, expanding your effective parry window.

* **Untouchable** - Able to read your opponents' body language, you anticipate and avoid their attacks with mounting ease, increasing your evade window.

* **Insight** - Exposure to the reality warping power of the dragon has instilled a greater understanding of his wicked magic, increasing your arcane skill.
	+ Grants 10 Arcane points immediately.

## 40s Traits

* **Stone Bulwark** - Decades of battle have gifted you with sinews like granite, allowing you to absorb more damage when you block.

* **Stalwart Defense** - Your lifetime of experience has taught you how to deal grievous damage - and even more so how to avoid it, increasing your overall defense.

* **Destructive Talent** - You feel naked now without a weapon in your hand. Instruments of destruction have become extensions of your body, dealing ever more weapon damage.

## 50s Traits

* **Stone Master** - The energy of the Dragon has crept into your heart, your mind and your soul, allowing you to build up even more Dragon Stone power.

* **Shard Collector** - Your increased affinity towards the Dragon Stones seems to draw Shards more readily to you, increasing the chance that enemies will drop them.

* **War Traveler** - You have forgotten more about combat than most people will ever know. Your increased Vitality makes you a warrior. A survivor.
	+ Grants 10 Vitality points immediately.

## 60s Traits

* **Mage's Fury** - The flows and ebbs of the Dragon's magic are yours to command, channeling your mighty wrath against foes as your arcane damage spirals ever upward.

* **Mage's Defiance** - You bend the forces of the Dragon's might to your will. Your arcane defense increases, as mystical attacks part before you like the sea before a warship's prow.

* **Muscle Memory** - Decades of attacking and evading have saturated the fibers of your muscles, granting you a spry, unparalleled agility.
	+ Grants 10 Agility points immediately.

## 70s Traits

* **Arcane Endurance** - The Dragon Stones have become like old friends. You know them as well as you know yourself...and their mystical powers last much longer now.

* **Arcane Artistry** - Your now-innate understanding of the world around you allows you to upgrade items to an unprecedented degree.

* **Grizzled Might** - Your dedication and discipline have forged muscles of iron, increasing your strength to that of someone half your age.
	+ Grants 10 Strength points immediately.