Trait suggestion: Active Imagination. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Bluebrush

02-08-05, 04:46 PM
Active Imagination: You posess a mind with a keen grasp of the fictional. You gain a +2 on bluff checks but take a -2 penalty on Will saves against Illusions.

Balanced?
Xeviat-DM

02-08-05, 05:00 PM
No, but close. You should probably go with +2 Bluff/-4 saves vs. Illusions, or +1 Bluff/-2 saves vs. Illusions. Remember, the penalty is greater than the benefit, and the typical penalties of the traits are usually the reverse of feats. A feat that gives you +4 saves vs. a specific type of spell is reasonable, though I'd question how small of a group the group of spells is.

On a similar note, how about this:

KEEN EARED
You have acceptional hearing, and may sometimes hear things you don't want to hear.
Benefit: You gain a +2 trait bonus to Listen checks.
Drawback: You suffer a -4 trait penalty to saves vs. sound based effects (such as spells with the sonic descriptor or many language based effects and others which require the target to hear them).

We made that for our current games.