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# Custom traits

Sky's the limit.

Running homebrew? Have some merits or flaws you roll? You can track these (and any other trait with a 0-5 rating) with **custom traits**.

### Adding traits

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**Syntax:**

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```
/traits add traits:<TRAIT=RATING> [TRAIT2=RATING2] [TRAIT3=RATING3] ...
```

{% endcode %}
{% endhint %}

As you can see, you can add several traits at once; you don't need to enter them one at a time. Let's look at an example.

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**Example:** Nadea has 3 dots in *Status*, *2* in *Fame*, and the *Stunning* merit, which gives two dice.

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```
/traits add traits:Status=3 Fame=2 Stunning=2
```

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{% endhint %}

<details>

<summary>Automatic Disciplines</summary>

**Inconnu** automatically converts the following custom traits to Disciplines:

* Animalism
* Auspex
* BloodSorcery
* Celerity
* Dominate
* Fortitude
* Obeah
* Obfuscate
* Oblivion
* Potence
* Presence
* Protean
* Valeren
* Vicissitude
* WarriorValeren
* WatcherValeren

</details>

### Updating and deleting traits

For safety, **Inconnu** doesn't allow you to `add` a trait you already have. To modify an existing trait, use the `/traits update traits:` command. This has the same syntax as `/traits add`.

Deleting traits, on the other hand, can be done with `/traits delete traits:`. You can delete multiple traits at once; simply separate them with spaces.

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Unlike with rolls, trait modification and deletion require you to be *explicit* in your typing. You can't write *ac* to represent *Academics*. This is done to prevent you from accidentally creating a bunch of useless traits or modifying/deleting the wrong thing.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
**If you delete a core trait,** such as Strength or Athletics, **Inconnu** will instead make it a 0-dot trait. This way, you won't receive errors if called to roll for a core trait you accidentally deleted.
{% endhint %}