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Basic (Combat) Traits

Absalom Bouncer [Link]

Source Advanced Class Origins pg. 11
You learned to fight while serving as a bodyguard in the taverns of Absalom, where keeping the patrons alive through bloody bar brawls was just part of your job. When you make an attack that deals nonlethal damage with an unarmed strike, you gain a +1 bonus on your damage roll.

Absolute Loyalty [Link]

Source Knights of the Inner Sea pg. 0
You gain the one-time ability to immediately cast atonement upon yourself as a spell-like ability upon performing an act or being subjected to an effect that spell affects. This ability can only be used while you are acting in the service of your liege (an individual of higher social standing chosen when you take this feat).

Accelerated Drinker [Link]

Source Cheliax, Empire of Devils pg. 18
You know how to drink a potion efficiently, such as by not using your hands, tossing it in the air and catching it in your mouth, or opening it with your teeth. You may drink a potion as a move action instead of a standard as long as you start your turn with the potion in your hand.

Aldori Caution [Link]

Source Weapon Master's Handbook pg. 4
You learned defensive moves from Aldori trainers. You gain an additional +1 dodge bonus to Armor Class while you fight defensively or use the total defense action.

Ambush Training [Link]

Source Pathfinder Society Primer pg. 15
You’ve learned that taking an enemy by surprise can end a combat before it begins. You gain a +1 trait bonus on initiative checks and a +1 trait bonus on weapon damage rolls during any surprise round in which you act.

Anatomist [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 51, Advanced Player's Guide pg. 327, Second Darkness Player's Guide pg. 11
You have studied the workings of anatomy, either as a student at university or as an apprentice mortician or necromancer. You know where to aim your blows to strike vital organs. You gain a +1 trait bonus on all rolls made to confirm critical hits.

Armed Grit [Link]

Source Weapon Master's Handbook pg. 5
You make an impression during a standoff. As long as you have a firearm drawn, you gain a +2 trait bonus on saving throws against fear and the DCs of Intimidate checks to demoralize you increase by 2.

Armor Expert [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 51, Second Darkness Player's Guide pg. 11, Advanced Player's Guide pg. 327
You have worn armor as long as you can remember, either as part of your training to become a knight’s squire or simply because you were seeking to emulate a hero. Your childhood armor wasn’t the real thing as far as protection, but it did encumber you as much as real armor would have, and you’ve grown used to moving in such suits with relative grace. When you wear armor of any sort, reduce that suit’s armor check penalty by 1, to a minimum check penalty of 0.

Armored Rider [Link]

Source Armor Master's Handbook pg. 3
You gain a +1 trait bonus on Ride checks, and Ride is a class skill for you. You don’t take an armor check penalty on Ride checks while wearing light or medium armor.

Armored Soul [Link]

Source Armor Master's Handbook pg. 3
When wearing armor or using a shield, you gain a +1 trait bonus on saving throws against divine spells that deal damage.

Arodenite Sword Training [Link]

Source Arcane Anthology pg. 10
Your family has passed down training in Aroden’s favored weapon, even though the god no longer answers their prayers. You are proficient with the longsword. If your class grants longsword proficiency as well, you gain a +1 trait bonus on attacks of opportunity with longswords.

Axe to Grind [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 51
There is a fire in your heart that can’t be quenched. You gain a +1 trait bonus on damage against foes who are threatened by only you.

Back for More [Link]

Source Agents of Evil pg. 11
Anytime an opponent confirms a critical hit against you, you gain a +2 morale bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls against that foe until the end of your next turn.

Battlefield Disciple [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 51
You are skilled at supporting your allies in the heat of battle. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Heal checks made to stabilize a dying creature. In addition, when you successfully use the aid another action in combat to grant an ally a bonus on her next attack roll, the bonus you grant increases by 1.

Berserker of the Society [Link]

Source Shattered Star Player's Guide pg. 5, Faction Guide pg. 62
Requirement(s) Barbarian, Pathfinder Society
Your time spent as a Pathfinder has taught you new truths about the origins of the your rage ability. You may use your rage ability for 3 additional rounds per day.

Black Powder Bravado [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 51
You are particularly successful when using deeds. Once per day, when you perform a deed that requires an attack roll and you miss with that roll, you can reroll it. You must take the second result even if it is worse.

Black Powder Fortune [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 51
You have little to fear when there’s a gun in your hand. As long as you are wielding a firearm, you gain a +2 trait bonus on all saving throws against curse, fear, and emotion effects.

Black Powder Interjection [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 51
Your confidence rises when you foil spellcasting. Once per day, when you interrupt the casting of a spell with a firearm attack, you may regain 1 grit point.

Blackjacket Weapon Flair [Link]

Source Weapon Master's Handbook pg. 4
You trained with the Blackjackets of Druma to make optimal use of magic weapons. Whenever you roll a natural 20 (the die shows a “20”) on a combat maneuver check with a magic weapon, you gain a +5 trait bonus on the check.

Blade of the Society [Link]

Source Shattered Star Player's Guide pg. 5, Faction Guide pg. 62
Requirement(s) Rogue, Pathfinder Society
The Society gave you access to charts detailing the weak spots of hundreds of humanoids and monsters. You gain a +1 trait bonus on damage rolls from sneak attacks.

Blight's Bane [Link]

Source People of the Wastes pg. 3
You are trained in the destruction of blights. You gain a +2 trait bonus to confirm critical hits against a creature that has a template affiliated with some kind of communicable condition, such as a blighted fey or a fungal creature.

Bloodthirsty [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 52
You have a vicious streak, and nothing satisfies you more than warm blood on your hands and blade. Whenever you make an attack that reduces a foe to 0 hit points or fewer or you confirm a critical hit, your attack deals 1 additional point of damage. The additional damage is a trait bonus, and is multiplied by your weapon’s critical hit multiplier.

Bloody-Minded [Link]

Source Champions of Corruption pg. 11
You are always ready for bloodshed. You gain a +1 trait bonus on initiative and Intimidate checks.

Born under the Cradle [Link]

Source People of the Stars pg. 27
Your birth sign aligned significantly with Bretheda on the day you were born, granting you a knack for cooperation in the heat of battle. You gain a +2 trait bonus on attack rolls to perform the aid another action.

Born under the Dreamer [Link]

Source People of the Stars pg. 25
Your birth sign aligned significantly with Liavara on the day you were born, and you are touched by the instinctual dreaming spirit of that planet, making you naturally poised and hard to surprise. Once per day as a free action, you can take 10 on your initiative check.

Born under the Stranger [Link]

Source People of the Stars pg. 31
Your birth was marked by the alignment of Aucturn with your birth sign and by strange happenings, giving you a link to alien beings. When feinting against aberrations, you do not take a –4 penalty for feinting against a non-humanoid creature, and you take only a –4 penalty if you feint against an aberration of animal Intelligence (instead of –8). You still cannot feint against mindless creatures.

Broken, Not Beaten [Link]

Source Agents of Evil pg. 11
You automatically stabilize when reduced below 0 hit points. Once per day when brought below 0 hit points, you can accept 1 point of damage to regain consciousness for 1 round, though you remain staggered and only able to take a single move or standard action.

Bullied [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 52, Second Darkness Player's Guide pg. 11, Advanced Player's Guide pg. 328
You were bullied often as a child, and you are now constantly ready to defend yourself with your fists when an enemy comes near. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attack of opportunity attack rolls made with unarmed strikes. Note that this trait does not grant the ability to make attacks of opportunity with your unarmed strikes— you must have a level in monk, the Improved Unarmed Strike feat, or some other similar power to gain the use of this character trait. However, that doesn’t prevent you from selecting this trait. You simply cannot make use of it until a later point if you do.

Careful Combatant [Link]

Source Champions of Purity pg. 11
You have a strong sense of self-preservation, believing it is more important to safely extract yourself from a fight that has turned hopeless than to stubbornly stand your ground and risk death—for when you’re dead, you can’t protect the innocent. When using the withdraw action, both the first and second squares of your movement are not considered threatened by any opponents you can see, rather than just the first square.

Clockwork Engineer [Link]

Source People of the Wastes pg. 3
You have experience with the ancient clockwork constructs that roam certain wastelands, and this has granted you an understanding of these guardians. You gain a +2 trait bonus on damage rolls against creatures with the clockwork subtype.

Coherent Rage [Link]

Source Faction Guide pg. 62
Requirement(s) Ulfen Guard
Your determination allows you to hold onto a shred of your rational mind at all times. Select one of the following skills: Bluff, Escape Artist, Handle Animal, or Stealth. You may use this skill normally while raging.

Cold and Calculating [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 52
You are adept at tricking favored enemies of your race or those related to your race. You gain a +1 trait bonus on all Bluff checks against favored enemies that share one of your subtypes. You also gain a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls made against such favored enemies during the surprise round.

Courageous [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 52, Second Darkness Player's Guide pg. 11, Advanced Player's Guide pg. 328
Your childhood was brutal, but you persevered through force of will and faith. No matter how hard things got, you knew you’d make it through as long as you kept a level head. You gain a +2 trait bonus on saving throws against fear effects.

Crimson Carapace [Link]

Source Armor Master's Handbook pg. 3
A combination of armor and agility protects you from deadly attacks. When wearing light armor and fighting defensively or using Combat Expertise, you receive a +2 trait bonus to your AC against attack rolls to confirm a critical threat.

Crowd Dodger [Link]

Source Quests and Campaigns pg. 18
You spent much of your youth on crowded streets, dodging quickly around and under others. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Acrobatics checks to move through another creature’s space and to avoid attacks of opportunity for leaving a threatened square.

Suggested Characters: Absalom natives, Chelaxians, Lion Blades.

Dedicated Defender [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 52
When a companion is down, you fight harder. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls and on checks made to overcome spell resistance while you are adjacent to a dying or disabled ally, animal companion, eidolon, familiar, or mount.

Defender of the Society [Link]

Source Shattered Star Player's Guide pg. 5, Faction Guide pg. 62
Requirement(s) Fighter, Pathfinder Society
Your time spent studying the greatest warriors of the Society taught you new defensive skills while wearing armor. You gain a +1 trait bonus to Armor Class when wearing medium or heavy armor.

Deft Dodger [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 52, Second Darkness Player's Guide pg. 11, Advanced Player's Guide pg. 328
Growing up in a rough neighborhood or a dangerous environment has honed your senses. You gain a +1 trait bonus on Reflex saves.

Demon Slayer [Link]

Source Faction Guide pg. 62
Requirement(s) Mendev Crusaders
By studying a demonic opponent, you can sense and target its weak spots. You can attempt a Knowledge (planes) check to find a demon’s weak spot. (DC 10 + the demon’s CR). If you succeed, you gain a +3 trait bonus on rolls to confirm critical hits against that demon until the end of the battle. This effect only works on demons.

Demon Smiter [Link]

Source Champions of Purity pg. 13
You grew up around those who fight the demons streaming out of the Worldwound, and from their stories you learned about the demons’ weaknesses. You are likely from Mendev or have joined that nation’s cause as a crusader. Once per day when fighting demons, you gain a +4 trait bonus on a single attack roll.

Devil Fighter [Link]

Source Armor Master's Handbook pg. 2
Learning how devils think helps you resist their trickery. You gain a +1 trait bonus to your AC against attacks made by lawful outsiders.

Dirty Fighter [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 52, Second Darkness Player's Guide pg. 11, Advanced Player's Guide pg. 328
You wouldn’t have lived to make it out of childhood without the aid of a sibling, friend, or companion you could always count on to distract your enemies long enough for you to do a little bit more damage than normal. That companion may be another PC or an NPC (who may even be recently departed from your side). When you hit a foe you are flanking, you deal 1 additional point of damage (this damage is added to your base damage, and is multiplied on a critical hit). This additional damage is a trait bonus.

Dirty Trickster [Link]

Source Antihero's Handbook pg. 7
You learned early that there’s no point in fighting fair when you’re fighting for your life. Others may look down their noses at your tactics, but you know you wouldn’t have survived this long without breaking a few conventions of fair play. You can take the Improved Dirty TrickAPG feat without meeting its prerequisites, and you gain a +1 trait bonus on combat maneuver checks to attempt a dirty trickAPG.

Disillusioned [Link]

Source Quests and Campaigns pg. 18
Your childhood was ended by a great disaster or atrocity that you witnessed. To cope with the horror, you have learned to reflexively suppress all emotion. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Will saving throws against emotion and fear effects.

Suggested Characters: Galtans, Hellknights, Nidalese.

Dispelled Battler [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 52
When deprived of magic, you fight harder. You gain a +1 trait bonus on weapon attack and damage rolls while within an area of antimagic such as that created by an antimagic field. You also gain this bonus for 1 round after you are subject to an area or targeted dispel magic spell, regardless of the effect’s success or failure in dispelling your spells and magical effects.

Dormant Defense [Link]

Source People of the Wastes pg. 4
Your body never lets down its defenses, even when you rest. The DC for Perception checks you attempt while asleep increases only by 7 (instead of the normal +10 increase). While you are dazed, stunned, or helpless, each critical hit or sneak attack scored against you has a 25% chance of being negated; when a critical hit or sneak attack is negated, roll its damage normally. This doesn’t stack with the fortification armor special ability and similar effects.

Dragon Armor [Link]

Source Armor Master's Handbook pg. 3
Xa Hoi’s elite warriors are trained to deflect energy attacks. Choose an energy type (acid, cold, electricity, fire, or sonic) when you acquire this trait. When you are wearing medium or heavy armor, you gain a +2 trait bonus on Reflex saves against spells and effects of the chosen energy type.

Dueling Cloak Adept [Link]

Source Knights of the Inner Sea pg. 0
You are trained in using your cloak to disguise your body and deceive your enemies. While wearing a cloak and using an Aldori dueling sword, you gain a +2 trait bonus on Bluff checks made to feint. Additionally, every time you successfully feint while wearing a cloak, you gain a +1 dodge bonus to your Armor Class until your next turn.

Easy Way or the Hard Way [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 52
You are skilled at subduing your enemies. Whenever you attack one of your favored enemies with a weapon that deals lethal damage and choose to deal nonlethal damage, you take only a –2 penalty on the attack roll instead of the normal –4.

Elemental Apprentice [Link]

Source Elemental Master's Handbook pg. 3
You spent your childhood in a region of Golarion where the use of elemental magic is commonplace or the environment is heavily infused with elemental energies, such as the volcano Asuulek’s Mouth or the hurricane-lashed Sodden Lands. Your time near raw elemental energies has inured you to taking damage from them. At character creation, select acid, cold, electricity, or fire (once chosen, this damage type can’t be changed). Once per day as a free action, when you hit a creature with a melee weapon, you can convert an amount of damage dealt by your attack equal to your character level into the selected energy type. You cannot convert this damage if any damage from the attack would normally deal a different type of energy damage (such as that of a flaming weapon).

Evasive Sting [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
Larger enemies have a hard time striking you. You gain a +1 dodge bonus to AC against enemies that are both your favored enemy and at least two size categories larger than you.

Excitable [Link]

Source Gnomes of Golarion pg. 14
Requirement(s) Gnome
You demand that everything must happen right now, no matter what, and are too impatient to wait for everyone else to catch up. You finish people’s sentences, blurt out the punch lines to slowly-told jokes, rarely make plans, and leap headlong into anything that looks like it might get interesting. While this has sometimes gotten you in trouble, it’s also trained you to start moving a split second before everyone else, and that’s saved your hide a few times as well. You gain a +2 trait bonus on all Initiative checks.

Failed Aspirant [Link]

Source Advanced Class Origins pg. 11
You’ve failed the trials to gain entry to one of the Houses of Perfection. Though you are disappointed, you were able to pick up one trick from the monks. Choose a single combat maneuver. Once per day, you can perform that combat maneuver without provoking an attack of opportunity, and you gain a +2 bonus on that attempt.

Faith's Hunter [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
Divine powers smile upon you each time you grievously wound a favored enemy. When you confirm a critical hit against a favored enemy, you may extend the duration of any divine spell affecting you by 1 round. The benefits from multiple critical hits stack. Divine spells with an instantaneous duration can’t be extended in this manner.

Fencer [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53, Advanced Player's Guide pg. 328, Second Darkness Player's Guide pg. 11
You trained with blades for long hours as a youth, either taking lessons in the genteel art of fencing from tutors paid for by your parents or being taken under the wing of a disenfranchised fencer who may have turned to a life of crime. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attack of opportunity attack rolls made with daggers, swords, and similar bladed weapons.

Firebug [Link]

Source Quests and Campaigns pg. 18
You were the child of a gunsmith or alchemist and always enjoyed experimenting with fiery alchemical items and minor explosives. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls made with thrown splash weapons and alchemist bombs.

Suggested Characters: Alkenstar natives, Katapeshi, Thuvians.

Fugitive [Link]

Source Antihero's Handbook pg. 7
You crossed the law (or those in charge thought you did), and you are now a wanted criminal. As such, you have grown used to looking over your shoulder wherever you go. While in settlements, you gain a +3 trait bonus on Perception checks to determine awareness for the purpose of a surprise round.

Guerrilla Tactics [Link]

Source Wilderness Origins pg. 2
You gain a +2 trait bonus on Stealth checks and Initiative checks in forests.

Hard to Kill [Link]

Source Champions of Purity pg. 7
Your strong will to live and spread good combined with your pure physicality makes you a tough opponent to take down. You may have discovered this as a child after a tragic accident or during the course of your first battle. When you are attempting a Constitution check to stabilize when dying, the penalty on the check is only half your negative hit point total instead of your full negative hit point total.

Hellknight Devotion [Link]

Source Advanced Class Origins pg. 25
Your family has strong ties to a Hellknight order, and you harness this belief as a weapon. Once per day as a swift action, you can empower the next single melee attack you make to be treated as lawful-aligned for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.

Hellknight Initiate [Link]

Source Monster Summoner's Handbook pg. 10
You have laboriously studied the training rites of various Hellknight orders with the intent of joining one yourself. You gain a +2 trait bonus on damage rolls against outsiders summoned through conjuration (calling) and conjuration (summoning) spells and effects.

Helpful [Link]

Source Champions of Purity pg. 9
You always know the best way to assist your companions, be it assisting them with a task, defending them in battle, or helping them place a wellaimed strike. When using the aid another action, you grant your ally a +3 bonus instead of a +2 bonus.

Hidden Hand [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
Your concealed weapons strike fast and true. You gain a +1 trait bonus on Sleight of Hand checks made to conceal light weapons and a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls when making an attack with a light weapon during a surprise round.

Hill Fighter [Link]

Source Sargava, the Lost Colony pg. 23
Requirement(s) Sargavan
You are used to fighting in hilly environments (Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook 427–428). You may run or charge downhill on a steep slope (moving up to your base speed) without making an Acrobatics check to avoid stumbling—but if you travel farther than this distance, the normal rules for steep slopes apply.

Holdout [Link]

Source Quests and Campaigns pg. 18
You were robbed at a young age by bullies, an experience that impressed upon you the importance of being able to hold on to whatever you cared to keep. You gain a +1 trait bonus to CMD against disarm and steal combat maneuvers.

Suggested Characters: Half-orcs, River Kingdoms natives, Varisians.

Honored Fist of the Society [Link]

Source Shattered Star Player's Guide pg. 5, Faction Guide pg. 62
Requirement(s) Monk, Pathfinder Society
You have studied dozens of ancient texts on martial arts that only the Society possesses, and are more learned in these arts than most. You increase your ki pool by 1 point.

Hunter's Knack [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
When you watch and wait before attacking, your strike is true. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls against your favored enemies when you make such attacks as part of a readied action.

Ichimeiyo Champion [Link]

Source Weapon Master's Handbook pg. 5
You draw strength from adhering to the Ichimeiyo honor code in combat. Once per day, if an effect would compel you to harm an ally, abandon an ally, or break your word, you can attempt a Will save at the usual DC to end the effect. If the effect normally allows a Will save at this point, you can roll twice and take the better result.

Improvised Defense [Link]

Source Bastards of Golarion pg. 25
You’re never defenseless, even when you are caught off guard. Whenever you wield an improvised weapon, you gain a +1 shield bonus to AC. If you use the improvised weapon to attack, you lose this shield bonus until the beginning of your next turn.

Indelible Ire [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
When you are gravely wounded, you’re stirred to greater combat focus. Each time a critical hit is confirmed against you, you gain a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls for 1 round.

Inspiring [Link]

Source Quests and Campaigns pg. 18
As a child, you learned the power of a simple expression of faith in another when you gave a hero the inspiration to fight on in the face of terrible odds and save you from danger. As a standard action, you can speak words of encouragement to grant a +1 morale bonus to an ally within 30 feet who can see and hear you. The ally can use this bonus on any d20 roll of her choice before the start of your next turn. You cannot use this trait to grant a bonus to yourself or to an ally who has already benefited from this trait within the last 24 hours.

Suggested Characters: Eagle Knights, Iomedaeans, Mendevian crusaders.

Inspiring Rush [Link]

Source Knights of the Inner Sea pg. 0
Your charge inspires nearby companions to new heights of daring. Once per day when you make a charge attack, you gain a +1 trait bonus on both your attack and damage rolls, as do any allies who make a charge attack before the beginning of your next turn.

Jacket Training [Link]

Source Armor Master's Handbook pg. 2
You can treat an armored coatUE as light armor. This choice must be made when you don the armor, and can’t be changed until you remove and redon the armor. You must still be proficient in wearing medium armor to avoid adding the armor’s check penalty on all attack rolls and skill checks that involve moving.

Jungle Fighter [Link]

Source Sargava, the Lost Colony pg. 23
Requirement(s) Sargavan
You are sure-footed in jungle environments, and your speed may not be reduced to less than 10 feet by difficult terrain in jungles (meaning you may take a 5-foot step in difficult terrain and not provoke an attack of opportunity).

Just Like New [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
Broken firearms are not problems—they are challenges. Your first attempt to remove the broken condition from your starting firearm and to upgrade it to a masterwork weapon costs 150 gp instead of 300 gp. In addition, when wielding a firearm that has the broken condition or is treated as if it had the broken condition, you take a –1 penalty on attack rolls made with it instead of the normal –2.

Killer [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53, Advanced Player's Guide pg. 328, Second Darkness Player's Guide pg. 11
You made your first kill at a very young age and found the task of war or murder to your liking. You either take particular pride in a well-placed blow, or find vile pleasure in twisting the blade to maximize your target’s pain. You deal an amount of additional damage equal to your weapon’s critical hit modifier when you score a successful critical hit with a weapon; this additional damage is added to the final total, and is not multiplied by the critical hit multiple itself. This extra damage is a trait bonus.

Kin Guardian [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
You are dedicated to defending members of your family. When you use the aid another action to give a member of your family a bonus to AC, increase the bonus by 2. This increase is a trait bonus (and therefore doesn’t stack with increases granted by other family members using this trait). This trait has no effect when using the aid another action to increase a family member’s next attack roll.

Larger Than Life [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
You wield firearms with truly terrifying menace. When you use the Intimidate skill on a creature while wielding a firearm, you are considered one size category larger than your actual size.

Lastwall Defender [Link]

Source Advanced Class Origins pg. 25
Your military service in Lastwall taught you how to identify undead creatures, changing them in your mind from mysterious terrors to concrete foes you know how to deal with. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attack and damage rolls against undead creatures that you have personally identified using the Knowledge (religion) skill.

Martial Performer [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
Your training has made you a martial performer. When you gain a monk bonus feat, you may instead take a performance feat for which you meet the prerequisites.

Merciful Scimitar [Link]

Source Weapon Master's Handbook pg. 5
You learned from worshipers of Sarenrae to cut foes with a scimitar without killing them. You can deal nonlethal damage with a scimitar without taking a penalty on your attack rolls.

Monk Weapon Skill [Link]

Source Weapon Master's Handbook pg. 5
Your exposure to teaching from the Houses of Perfection makes your attacks with monk weapons even more deadly. Select one monk weapon with which you are proficient (unarmed attacks do not qualify for this purpose). You gain a +1 trait bonus on damage rolls with this weapon.

Monster Challenger [Link]

Source Monster Hunter's Handbook pg. 3
You have made it your mission to bring down a fearsome beast. Choose two of the following: aberrations, animals, dragons, fey, magical beasts, oozes, and vermin. You can move at full speed without penalty while using Survival to follow tracks left by your chosen creature types.

Monster Survivor [Link]

Source Monster Hunter's Handbook pg. 3
You’ve escaped with your life after a terrible monster attack. You gain a +4 dodge bonus to AC against attacks of opportunity made against you by Large or larger opponents when you’re making a withdraw action.

Muscle of the Society [Link]

Source Pathfinder Society Primer pg. 15
Your intense training with the Swords has taught you how to infiltrate otherwise inaccessible ruins and extract their treasures without too much exertion. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Strength checks made to break doors and lift portcullises, and you treat your Strength score as 2 higher for the purpose of determining your carrying capacity.

Natural Flyer [Link]

Source Blood of the Ancients pg. 27
All your life, the sky has beckoned to you, and you have dreamed of reveling in the freedom and bliss of flight. You gain a +1 trait bonus on Fly checks, as well as Acrobatics checks attempted while flying. Fly is always a class skill for you.

Nature's Mimic [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
Your knowledge of nature informs your fighting style, and that style gives you insight into related aspects of the natural world. You gain a +1 trait bonus on all Knowledge (nature) checks, and Knowledge (nature) is always a class skill for you. You can make Knowledge (nature) checks pertaining to animals that correspond to your style feats untrained.

Never Stop Shooting [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
Even when the chips are down, you keep on shooting. If your hit point total drops to 0 or lower but you are not dead, you may act as if disabled rather than dying (as if you possessed the Diehard feat). However, you can use your actions only to draw a firearm, reload a firearm, or attack with a firearm. If you have the Diehard feat, this trait also allows you to substitute your Wisdom score for your Constitution score for the purpose of determining the negative hit point total at which you die.

No Escape [Link]

Source Champions of Balance pg. 7
Struggle as they might, ne’erdo- wells and vagrants are hard pressed to evade the law once in your clutches. You gain a +1 trait bonus on combat maneuver checks to lawfully and nonlethally restrain a creature you’ve witnessed commit a crime.

Obari Veteran [Link]

Source Merchant's Manifest pg. 2
You’ve spent years aboard ships traveling the lucrative Obari Crossing, transporting Garundi and Vudrani goods. You gain +1 bonus on Profession (sailor) checks, and Profession (sailor) is a class skill for you. You also gain a +1 trait bonus on weapon damage rolls against creatures with the aquatic subtype.

Ogre Avoidance [Link]

Source People of the Wastes pg. 24
You have practiced defensive maneuvers to avoid being caught by ogres, whose grasps you know are tight and unforgiving. You gain a +2 trait bonus to CMD against bull rush and grapple combat maneuvers.

Ozem-Inspired [Link]

Source Weapon Master's Handbook pg. 4
Tales of the Knights of Ozem have inspired you since childhood to lash out reflexively against the undead. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls when making attacks of opportunity against undead. While you wield a shield, your shield bonus to AC improves by 1 against attacks of opportunity made by undead.

Performer's Surprise [Link]

Source Weapon Master's Handbook pg. 5
You are practiced at the surprising combat tricks of Varisian wanderers. Against foes denied their Dexterity bonus to AC, you gain a +1 trait bonus on damage rolls with improvised weapons, exotic weapons, and thrown weapons.

Permanent Scars [Link]

Source Armor Master's Handbook pg. 2
You carry the physical and emotional scars of your Gray Maiden initiation as mental armor. You receive a +2 trait bonus on saving throws against emotionUM and painUM spells and effects.

Pillager [Link]

Source Quests and Campaigns pg. 18
Growing up in a place where authorities, if there were any, rarely enforced property laws, you learned quickly that you have only what you can hold—but you gain whatever you can take. You gain a +1 trait bonus on combat maneuver checks to perform disarm and steal combat maneuvers.

Suggested Characters: Halflings, River Kingdoms natives, Shackles natives.

Promising [Link]

Source Armor Master's Handbook pg. 2
Your superiors have identified you as an Eagle Knight candidate, and their praise encourages you to strive to meet their expectations. Each day after getting a full night’s sleep, you gain a +1 trait bonus to your AC when wearing armor or carrying a shield. This bonus lasts until you are first hit by an attack within the next 24 hours.

Punish Insurrection [Link]

Source Champions of Corruption pg. 7
You relish reminding people who’s in charge. Against members of the same organization or hierarchy who formally answer to you, you gain a +1 trait bonus on attack and damage rolls. You also gain this bonus against members who have openly defied the authority or rules of that body, provided the infraction is serious enough that their standing is now less than yours.

Rapscallion [Link]

Source Gnomes of Golarion pg. 14
Requirement(s) Gnome
You’ve spent your entire life thumbing your nose at the establishment, and you take pride in your run-ins with the law. Somehow, despite all the mischievous behavior in your life, you’ve never been caught—you always manage to stay one step ahead of your pursuers. You gain a +1 trait bonus on Escape Artist checks and a +1 trait bonus on Initiative checks.

Reactionary [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53, Advanced Player's Guide pg. 328, Second Darkness Player's Guide pg. 11
You were bullied often as a child, but never quite developed an offensive response. Instead, you became adept at anticipating sudden attacks and reacting to danger quickly. You gain a +2 trait bonus on initiative checks.

Reckless [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
You have a tendency for rash behavior, often disregarding your own safety as you move across the battlefield. You gain a +1 bonus on Acrobatics checks, and Acrobatics is always a class skill for you.

Reckless Contempt [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
You do not fear the threat of lesser weapons. Whenever you provoke an attack of opportunity by firing a firearm, you gain a +1 trait bonus on the attack roll that provoked the attack of opportunity.

Red Mantis Bleeding [Link]

Source Weapon Master's Handbook pg. 5
You witnessed the training of Red Mantis assassins, either as a child on Mediogalti Island or as an aspirant, and learned to leave bleeding wounds. Whenever you confirm a critical hit with a slashing weapon, you also deal 1 point of bleed damage.

Resilient [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53, Second Darkness Player's Guide pg. 12, Advanced Player's Guide pg. 328
Growing up in a poor neighborhood or in the unforgiving wilds often forced you to subsist on food and water from doubtful sources. You’ve built up your constitution as a result, and gain a +1 trait bonus on Fortitude saves.

Resolve of the Rejected [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
Some disagree with your choice to wield a firearm, and their scorn has only hardened your resolve in battle. You gain a +1 trait bonus on all saving throws against charm and compulsion effects. Also, once per day when you succeed at a saving throw against such an effect, you regain 1 grit point.

Rider's Bond [Link]

Source Heroes of the High Court pg. 3
Requirement(s) Asociated with the court of Castle Overwatch in Lastwall
Your mount keenly understands your commands. If you gain a horse as an animal companion or mount as one of your class abilities, it gains two bonus tricks that don’t count against the normal limit of tricks known by the animal.

River Fighter [Link]

Source Sargava, the Lost Colony pg. 23
Requirement(s) Sargavan
You are used to fighting while swimming. You may swim downstream or cross-current as a charge if you make your Swim DC by 5 or more.

Roving Range [Link]

Source Weapon Master's Handbook pg. 5
You learned from pirates to make the most of ranged attacks as you close with targets. Increase the range increment of ranged weapons (but not thrown weapons) you wield by 5 feet.

Savanna Hunter [Link]

Source Sargava, the Lost Colony pg. 23
You have been trained to hunt and fight on the open plains since birth. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attacks of opportunity attack rolls made with a shortspear, as well as a +1 racial bonus on Constitution checks to continue running and avoid nonlethal damage from a forced march

Scarred by Space Pirates [Link]

Source People of the Stars pg. 15
You were attacked by Vercite space pirates in your youth, inspiring you to find ways to deal with the alien interlopers should they return. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls against humanoids from beyond Golarion, including androids, kasathas, Triaxians, and Vercites, among others.

Scarred Descendant [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
Your own people are your favored enemy. You gain a +1 trait bonus on rolls to confirm critical hits against favored enemies of your own subtype and on Survival checks made to track such creatures.

Shadow Trained [Link]

Source Heroes of the High Court pg. 3
Requirement(s) Associated with the Umbral Court of Nidal
You have experience fighting in darkness. Your miss chance while fighting in areas of dim light is only 10%.

Siege Defender [Link]

Source Arcane Anthology pg. 10
Aroden taught the people of Absalom to survive any siege with proper preparation and cooperation, and those teachings were passed on to you. You gain a +1 trait bonus on melee damage rolls when you attack a target from higher ground.

Slippery [Link]

Source Faction Guide pg. 62
Requirement(s) Bellflower Network
You have escaped from so many dangerous situations in your life that you’ve gotten quite good at not getting caught. You gain a +1 trait bonus on Stealth checks and Stealth is a class skill for you.

Soaring Sprinter [Link]

Source Quests and Campaigns pg. 18
As a youth, you often leaped and ran at treacherous heights, either because it was the only place with enough freedom for you to play or because it was not a good idea to play any lower. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Acrobatics checks to keep your balance or jump, and Acrobatics becomes a class skill for you.

Suggested Characters: Chelaxians, gnomes, Korvosans.

Solitary [Link]

Source Antihero's Handbook pg. 7
You are skilled at slipping away from crowds. Once per day, you can attempt a Bluff check to create a diversion to hide with a +2 trait bonus on the check, and if successful, you take only a –5 penalty on your Stealth check to get to an unobserved place while observers are distracted (instead of the normal –10 penalty).

Spirit of the Law [Link]

Source Antihero's Handbook pg. 7
You have seen the rules of society endlessly twisted in their implementation, and as such, you are especially wary of those who exploit the law to impose their own will. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attacks against lawful-aligned humanoids and a +2 trait bonus on saving throws against effects with the lawful descriptor.

Splash Attack [Link]

Source People of the River pg. 25
You catch others off-guard when a confrontation escalates. As long as you are standing in or adjacent to water, or holding at least a pint of liquid (including insoluble liquids like oil or alchemist’s fire), you can perform a dirty trick combat maneuver to blind a foe within reach without provoking an attack of opportunity. If you select the Improved Dirty Trick feat, you gain a +2 trait bonus on dirty trick combat maneuvers to blind foes as long as you are standing in or adjacent to water or holding a pint of liquid.

Sprint [Link]

Source Gnomes of Golarion pg. 14
Requirement(s) Gnome
You were taught from a young age that the world is full of big, fast, dangerous foes, and that sometimes the best course of action is to put your head down and run. Your parents taught you how to make the most of a solid mid-length sprint and how to squeeze just a little extra speed out of yourself. If you do nothing but move in a turn (that is, if you run or use both of your actions in a round to move your speed) and you are in no armor or light armor, you may move an extra 5 feet.

Startling Report [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 53
Through either perfect timing or the determination of your action, the sound of your firearm going off sets your enemies on edge. When you shoot a firearm, you gain a +2 trait bonus on Intimidate checks for 1 round against those who heard the shot.

Steel Skin [Link]

Source Knights of the Inner Sea pg. 0
You gain the ability to don or remove heavy armor in half the normal time. Additionally, you begin play with a great helm bearing the iconography of your family (this helm grants no special defensive benefits). While wearing this helm with a suit of heavy armor, you gain a +2 trait bonus on Intimidate checks.

Strong Arm, Supple Wrist [Link]

Source Qadira, Jewel of the East pg. 15, Qadira, Gateway to the East pg. 9
You have been trained in the javelin and the spear, and you know how to make the best use of your momentum. When you move at least 10 feet before making an attack with a thrown weapon, you can add 10 feet to the range increment of the weapon thrown. You can gain this benefit only once per round.

Subjective Equilibrium [Link]

Source Plane-Hopper's Handbook pg. 3
You understand that gravity is far from constant when traversing the Great Beyond. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Wisdom checks to move on a plane with subjective directional gravity, and you gain a +10-foot enhancement bonus to your speed when “falling” on such a plane.

Surprise Weapon [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 54
You are skilled at fighting with objects not traditionally considered weapons. You gain a +2 trait bonus on attack rolls with improvised weapons.

Sworn Enemy [Link]

Source Quests and Campaigns pg. 18
You were raised with defiance, fear, or hatred of a particular sort of foe. To make you ready to resist such foes, you were trained for long hours in the proper ways to defeat them. Choose a foe from the ranger’s list of favored enemies. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attacks of opportunity against the chosen foe.

Suggested Characters: Dwarves, Isgeri, Mendevian crusaders.

Tactician [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 54
You know how to take advantage of enemies who are unprepared for your assault. You gain a +1 trait bonus on initiative checks. In addition, once per day when you make an attack of opportunity, you gain a +2 trait bonus on the attack roll.

Tar Taargadth Trained [Link]

Source Blood of the Ancients pg. 29
You know the ancient fighting techniques of the Tar Taargadth Empire. You gain a +1 trait bonus on damage rolls when using any weapon with the word “dwarven” in its name.

Tarnished Halls Runner [Link]

Source Black Markets pg. 9
You evaded Technic League patrols with the Blood Gar pirates. When you move at least 10 feet, you gain a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls with firearms and technological weapons and a +1 dodge bonus to your AC against such weapons until the start of your next turn.

Threatening Defender [Link]

Source Cheliax, Empire of Devils pg. 19
You know how to avoid a blow while still maintaining your offensive posture. When you use Combat Expertise, reduce the number you subtract from your melee attack rolls by 1.

Thunder and Fang Performer [Link]

Source Weapon Master's Handbook pg. 5
You learned from Shoanti champions to take advantage of the dramatic swings required by heavy weapons like the earth breaker. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Intimidate checks while wielding a two-handed melee weapon.

To The Last [Link]

Source Armor Master's Handbook pg. 2
Choose one type of medium or heavy armor (such as chainmail or half-plate). If you have no allies within 60 feet when you are wearing that type of armor, you gain DR 1/—. This stacks with any one other source of damage resistance you have.

Tracker of the Society [Link]

Source Shattered Star Player's Guide pg. 5, Faction Guide pg. 62
Requirement(s) Ranger, Pathfinder Society
Thanks to your time as a Pathfinder, you’ve mastered the art of tracking. You gain a +1 trait bonus on initiative checks and a +2 trait bonus on Survival checks made while traveling through any of your favored terrains. This is in addition to any bonuses you receive from your favored terrain class ability.

Unblemished Barrel [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 54
Your skill with firearms speeds your repair of such weapons. You gain a +1 trait bonus on Craft (alchemy) and Craft (weapons) checks, and it takes you only 30 minutes to remove the broken condition from a firearm.

Undergrowth Specialist [Link]

Source People of the Wastes pg. 3
You’ve trained yourself to move in and out of undergrowth with ease. The DCs of Acrobatics checks don’t increase for you when you’re moving through light undergrowth, and the DCs of Acrobatics checks you attempt while you’re moving through heavy undergrowth increase only by 2.

Unpredictable Reactions [Link]

Source Champions of Balance pg. 11
Your reactions to combat beginning aren’t what people expect. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls made during the surprise round of combat.

Vandal [Link]

Source Heroes of the Wild pg. 5
You gain a +2 bonus on Strength checks to break objects, and when damaging an object with a weapon, natural weapon, or unarmed attack, you ignore 2 points of its hardness.

Vengeful (Combat) [Link]

Source Quests and Campaigns pg. 18
During your childhood, you suffered occasional or frequent abuse from those too powerful for you to resist. Now you thrill at the chance to get back at those who wronged you. Whenever you strike the last creature that damaged you in the past 24 hours, you gain a +1 trait bonus on damage rolls against that creature.

Suggested Characters: Calistrians, Galtan refugees, Gyronna worshipers.

Venom Resistance [Link]

Source People of the Wastes pg. 23
You have spent considerable time in arid wastelands where girtablilus and other venomous creatures are common, and you have built up a resistance to poison. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Fortitude saving throws against poison, and once per day when attempting a saving throw to resist girtablilu poison, you can roll twice and take the higher result.

Vigilant Battler [Link]

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 54
You are hard to fool and harder to trick with a feint. You gain a +1 trait bonus on all Sense Motive checks. This trait bonus increases to +2 when used to counter a feint in combat.

Volatile Fuse [Link]

Source People of the Wastes pg. 4
Firearms you wield are especially dangerous to you and everyone nearby. Whenever a firearm you wield misfires or explodes, roll a d%. On a result of 1–25, the misfire or explosion is delayed; reroll the attack with a –5 penalty (penalties from the broken condition are not applied to this reroll, and a firearm that was already broken does not explode). After the reroll is resolved, apply the effects of the misfire or explosion as normal. (If the d% roll result is 26 or higher, the misfire or explosion happens as normal.) Whenever a firearm you wield explodes due to a misfire, increase the explosion’s damage by 1d6 plus 1d6 for every 4 character levels you have.

Wary Eye [Link]

Source Spymaster's Handbook pg. 6
You know that you could be exposed at any time. Even your closest friends could someday become enemies, and so you have trained yourself to never be surprised by a betrayal. At the beginning of combat, before initiative checks are revealed, you can select one opponent you are aware of to be the subject of this trait. If you succeed at a Wisdom check opposed by the subject’s initiative check, you are not considered flat-footed against this subject for this combat, even if you normally would be. You can use this trait in a surprise round, even if you cannot otherwise act that round.

Weapon of Peace [Link]

Source Champions of Purity pg. 7
Even though you are a trained combatant, proficient with any number of weapons, you don’t relish killing your enemies. It’s not that you’re afraid of seeing blood, but rather that disabling a foe is superior to killing someone capable of admitting defeat. When using a melee weapon that deals lethal damage to instead deal nonlethal damage, you take only a –2 penalty instead of –4.

Witty Repartee [Link]

Source Faction Guide pg. 62
Requirement(s) Kitharodian Academy
You are quick with your tongue and have always possessed the talent to quickly admonish your enemies. You gain a +1 trait bonus on Bluff checks and Bluff is a class skill for you.

Youthful Infiltrator [Link]

Source Spymaster's Handbook pg. 6
You were trained from a young age to ambush the enemies of your order or organization, which makes you hard to trust for most outside your organization if they learn your affiliation. You gain a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls against flat-footed foes, as long as they have not seen you make an attack with this bonus before.