The following optional aptitudes work well to grant modifiers based on traditional roles within cultures and backgrounds…
PERSONALITIES (any genre)
* Accommodating (helping readily, yielding, making space)
* Alluring (drawing attention, attracting interest, charming)
* Ambitious (pursuing goals, challenging limits, striving)
* Articulate (choosing words, expressing clearly, explaining)
* Artistic (creating beauty, shaping materials, expressing)
* Athletic (running, lifting, moving with coordination)
* Attentive (listening, focusing closely, catching subtleties)
* Authoritative (commanding, directing action, instilling confidence)
* Beguiling (charming, influencing subtly, bending perceptions)
* Brawny (lifting heavily, dominating physically, hauling)
* Brilliant (solving swiftly, connecting ideas, innovating)
* Businesslike (prioritizing efficiency, cutting chatter, focusing)
* Calm (breathing steadily, soothing others, grounding)
* Cautious (checking risks, hesitating, avoiding danger)
* Charitable (giving freely, forgiving faults, helping)
* Charming (delighting others, flattering, smoothing tensions)
* Cheerful (brightening moods, smiling, lifting spirits)
* Clever (outwitting problems, improvising, inventing)
* Compassionate (comforting others, sharing burdens, empathizing)
* Confident (projecting certainty, initiating boldly, persisting)
* Conservative (preserving traditions, resisting change, safeguarding)
* Courageous (facing threats, pushing through fear)
* Creative (inventing ideas, recombining elements, imagining)
* Curious (asking questions, seeking knowledge, probing)
* Dedicated (committing fully, persisting tirelessly, sacrificing)
* Delicate (bruising easily, tiring quickly, reacting sensitively)
* Demonstrative (showing feelings, gesturing broadly, emoting)
* Determined (pushing forward, refusing surrender, persisting)
* Devoted (supporting loyally, sacrificing gladly, staying)
* Dignified (carrying poise, maintaining decorum, composing)
* Diplomatic (mediating conflicts, soothing egos, negotiating)
* Discerning (recognizing quality, filtering choices, judging)
* Disciplined (following routines, restraining impulses, training)
* Driven (pushing goals, climbing relentlessly, striving)
* Eager (leaning forward, volunteering quickly, anticipating)
* Earthy (speaking plainly, grounding others, simplifying)
* Eccentric (breaking norms, behaving oddly, surprising)
* Educated (referencing knowledge, citing facts, explaining)
* Efficient (optimizing tasks, conserving time, streamlining)
* Elegant (moving gracefully, refining forms, impressing)
* Eloquent (speaking beautifully, persuading, narrating)
* Empathetic (feeling with others, mirroring, comforting)
* Enduring (lasting hardships, holding steady, surviving)
* Energetic (bouncing, fidgeting, charging into tasks)
* Enigmatic (concealing meanings, hinting mysteries, alluring)
* Erudite (recalling texts, connecting theories, analyzing)
* Exacting (demanding precision, criticizing errors, refining)
* Expressive (gesturing broadly, emoting, broadcasting feelings)
* Extroverted (seeking company, socializing, recharging socially)
* Fair (balancing scales, judging equity, sharing)
* Feminine (softening lines, performing grace, emoting)
* Flamboyant (commanding attention, flourishing theatrics, dazzling)
* Flirtatious (teasing, winking, enticing, inviting interest)
* Forgiving (pardoning offenses, releasing grudges, softening)
* Friendly (welcoming warmly, smiling, including others)
* Funny (cracking jokes, timing humor, lightening moods)
* Generous (giving freely, sharing resources, gifting)
* Genial (warm greeting, pleasant chatter, smoothing)
* Gentle (softening touch, easing tension, soothing)
* Gorgeous (attracting stares, turning heads, impressing)
* Graceful (gliding smoothly, balancing elegantly, flowing)
* Gracious (thanking sincerely, hosting warmly, accepting)
* Gregarious (seeking company, chatting freely, socializing)
* Happy-Go-Lucky (smiling, shrugging troubles, coasting)
* Heroic (rushing in, aiding others, sacrificing)
* Honest (telling truth, refusing deceit, confessing)
* Honorable (keeping promises, defending virtue, upholding)
* Humble (downplaying self, deferring praise, yielding)
* Imaginative (spinning ideas, envisioning worlds, inventing)
* Insightful (reading situations, perceiving truths, deducing)
* Intuitive (feeling answers, trusting instincts, sensing)
* Inventive (crafting solutions, recombining materials, innovating)
* Joyous (celebrating, laughing freely, lifting spirits)
* Knowledgeable (recalling facts, citing sources, explaining)
* Liberal (advocating freedoms, embracing change, reforming)
* Literate (reading fluently, writing clearly, referencing texts)
* Lithe (stretching fluidly, bending smoothly, gliding)
* Loyal (standing by allies, keeping faith)
* Magnetic (drawing attention, attracting allies, compelling)
* Mature (showing seasoned years, ripening)
* Nimble (dodging deftly, darting, adjusting)
* Nonconforming (rejecting norms, breaking molds, defying)
* Observant (noticing details, watching patterns, registering)
* Optimistic (expecting good outcomes, brightening moods)
* Orderly (organizing neatly, aligning objects, structuring)
* Outgoing (socializing eagerly, greeting strangers, joining)
* Patient (waiting calmly, enduring delays, holding)
* Perky (chirping cheerfully, bouncing, uplifting)
* Persuasive (influencing decisions, convincing, selling)
* Plain-Spoken (telling truths, skipping polish, clarifying)
* Polite (minding manners, thanking, excusing)
* Precise (calibrating details, counting, correcting)
* Proud (holding head high, refusing shame)
* Quick (moving fast, reacting swiftly, accelerating)
* Rational (reasoning calmly, weighing evidence, deducing)
* Realistic (seeing constraints, accepting limits, grounding)
* Reflective (thinking deeply, analyzing past, considering)
* Reserved (holding back, masking feelings, observing)
* Resilient (recovering quickly, enduring stress, bouncing)
* Resourceful (repurposing items, solving shortages, improvising)
* Respectable (upholding decorum, earning esteem, presenting)
* Retiring (withdrawing politely, avoiding spotlight, yielding)
* Robust (withstanding strain, powering through, thriving)
* Rugged (weathering hardships, toughening, surviving outdoors)
* Rustic (favoring simple ways, disdaining refinement)
* Sacrificing (giving up comforts, suffering for others)
* Scholarly (studying texts, citing sources, annotating)
* Secretive (hiding truths, withholding info, deflecting)
* Seductive (enticing, alluring, bending desire)
* Self-Effacing (downplaying achievements, redirecting praise)
* Sensitive (absorbing feelings, reacting strongly, bruising)
* Shrewd (reading motives, exploiting angles, calculating)
* Sincere (speaking earnestly, meaning words, committing)
* Single-Minded (focusing narrowly, shutting out distractions)
* Slick (sliding through deals, persuading, escaping)
* Sociable (mingling, entertaining, building rapport)
* Soft-Spoken (lowering volume, soothing, murmuring)
* Solitary (choosing solitude, withdrawing, self-sustaining)
* Spending-Thrifty (saving funds, clipping expenses, budgeting)
* Stalwart (standing firm, guarding loyally, enduring)
* Steady (holding course, maintaining pace, stabilizing)
* Stoic (masking feelings, enduring quietly, suppressing)
* Streetwise (reading hustles, spotting trouble, navigating)
* Strict (enforcing rules, denying exceptions, correcting)
* Strong-Willed (resisting pressure, pushing through, refusing)
* Studious (studying diligently, annotating, absorbing)
* Submissive (yielding, deferring decisions, accepting orders)
* Superstitious (following omens, fearing curses, obeying rituals)
* Swaggering (strutting, boasting loudly, peacocking)
* Taciturn (speaking rarely, withholding words, listening)
* Tenacious (gripping goals, refusing surrender, enduring)
* Thrifty (saving funds, minimizing costs, budgeting)
* Tireless (working endlessly, pushing limits, grinding)
* Tough (withstanding pain, enduring hardship, resisting)
* Traditional (following customs, honoring elders, preserving)
* Trusting (believing others, lowering guard, accepting)
* Unfazeable (remaining unshaken, shrugging stress, grounding)
* Versatile (adapting roles, problem-switching, improvising)
* Vigilant (scanning threats, monitoring, anticipating)
* Vigorous (moving energetically, charging tasks, flushing)
* Virtuous (upholding ideals, refusing vice, exemplifying)
* Warm (comforting, welcoming, sharing kindness)
* Wily (scheming, exploiting angles, outfoxing)
* Wiry (leaning, coiling, storing quick strength)
* Witty (cracking quips, improvising jokes, bantering)
* Young (fresh-faced, bright-eyed, sprouting)
FANTASY ROLE CODES
* Assassin’s Code (leave no witnesses, harm no innocents, finish all contracts)
* Bandits’ Code (rob from the rich, give to the poor, protect the innocent)
* Barbarian’s Code (value strength and tribe, speak truth, die with honor)
* Bard’s Code (preserve stories, speak truth through art, never let wonder die)
* Bounty Hunters’ Code (track the mark, take them clean, collect the bounty)
* Chaotic Code (reject order, follow passions, break stagnation wherever found)
* Cleric’s Code (serve the divine will, protect the faithful, oppose sacrilege)
* Dragon’s Code (claim and horde what is of quality, destroy what is inferior)
* Druid’s Code (preserve natural balance, oppose corruption, heed ancient cycles)
* Dwarf’s Code (greed leads to glory, mediocrity is shame, put clan before gold)
* Eldritch Code (pursue forbidden truth, lose humanity, spread revelation or ruin)
* Elf’s Code (remember the years and ancient promises, do not hasten what endures)
* Evil Code (self above all, exploit weakness, weakness does not deserve remorse)
* Faerie’s Code (bind by promise, twist words but not truth, collect what is owed)
* Giant’s Code (honor strength and size, repay insult tenfold, remember old oaths)
* Gnome’s Code (cleverness beats force, keep secrets playfully, meddle too often)
* Goblin’s Code (survive by wit, steal before starving, never trust anyone fully)
* Good Code (protect the vulnerable, choose mercy, accept personal cost for others)
* Halfling’s Code (protect hearth and kin, avoid trouble, share food and stories)
* Knight’s Code (sworn word above all, defend liege, meet foes openly with steel)
* Lawful Code (honor precedent, enforce rules, place order above desires)
* Mercenary’s Code (honor the contract, get paid fairly, don’t fight for free)
* Merchant’s Code (protect reputation, honor agreements, never trade blindly)
* Monk’s Code (discipline the body, master the mind, reject excess)
* Monster’s Code (those not of your kind are food, fight to feed, feed to breed)
* Orc’s Code (take what you can, worth is proven in battle, never appear weak)
* Paladin’s Code (defend the helpless, uphold vows, confront evil openly)
* Pirates’ Code (respect the captain, share the plunder, crew votes to decide major decisions)
* Ranger’s Code (guard the wild, move unseen upon the land, leave no trace)
* Samurai’s Code (serve with loyalty, act with honor, accept death without fear)
* Sorcerer’s Code (trust in your power, unleash magic, accept the cost of excess)
* Thieves’ Code (keep silent, never give back what’s taken, never sell out your own)
* Undead’s Code (endure beyond death, obey binding will or hunger, spread stillness)
* Warlock’s Code (honor the pact, advance the patron’s agenda, claim power owed)
* Witch’s Code (harm none by your acts, harmonize in nature, what is sent returns)
* Wizard’s Code (seek knowledge, respect arcane laws, contain dangerous power)
REAL-WORLD RELIGIOUS CODES
* Bahá’í Code (affirm humanity’s oneness, overcome prejudice and division, build unity through ethical service)
* Buddhist Code (recognize suffering, loosen craving and ego, cultivate wisdom and compassion)
* Christian Code (love God and neighbor, practice mercy and forgiveness, serve others in humility)
* Confucian Code (cultivate humane conduct, honor family and social duties, uphold ritual propriety and reciprocity)
* Daoist Code (follow the natural Way, act without needless force, preserve simplicity and harmony)
* Hindu Code (uphold dharma, honor the divine in many forms, seek liberation from selfish attachment)
* Jain Code (harm no living being, master desire through discipline, seek purity of thought and action)
* Jewish Code (keep faith with the covenant, pursue justice and mercy, sanctify life through righteous action)
* Muslim Code (submit to the will of God, act with justice and compassion, fulfill duty through disciplined devotion)
* Shinto Code (revere kami and sacred presence, preserve purity in life and ritual, live in harmony with community and nature)
* Sikh Code (remember the One, defend equality and justice, serve others through honest labor and sharing)
* Zoroastrian Code (choose truth over falsehood, practice good thoughts, words, and deeds, aid the triumph of order over corruption)
MODERN HORROR (Call of Cthulhu, World of Darkness)
* Arcanum Code (collect hidden truths, preserve occult knowledge, observe the supernatural without becoming its servant)
* Camarilla Code (preserve the Masquerade, uphold hierarchy and domain, let order protect the Kindred from ruin)
* Changeling Autumn Court Code (master fear before it masters you, wield mystery against the unknown, prepare for every danger hiding in the dark)
* Changeling Spring Court Code (pursue desire without shame, reclaim joy stolen by captivity, let beauty and longing prove you still live)
* Changeling Summer Court Code (turn wrath into courage, confront tyrants openly, let no threat go unanswered)
* Changeling Winter Court Code (carry sorrow without surrender, survive through secrecy and patience, turn loss into strength)
* CIA Code (gather secrets abroad, protect national interests through covert means, deny what must remain hidden)
* Cultist Code (serve the Old Ones in secret, spread forbidden worship, welcome the world’s undoing)
* Demon Code (freedom through rebellion, turn faith into power, never forget what Heaven took)
* Faerie Code (keep wonder alive, bargain and promise carefully, resist the death of imagination)
* FBI Code (uphold federal law, follow evidence wherever it leads, protect the public from threats within)
* Hunter’s Code (recognize the monster behind the mask, protect humanity from the hidden war, pay any price to stand against darkness)
* INTERPOL Code (connect investigators across borders, pursue criminals beyond nations, let cooperation outrun jurisdiction)
* Mage Code (shape reality through belief and will, seek awakening beyond illusion, accept that power changes the world)
* Marauder Code (let inner truth overwrite the world, reject consensus reality, make madness manifest)
* Miskatonic University Code (seek knowledge despite danger, preserve forbidden records, confront the unknown)
* Sabbat Code (reject the chains of elders and humanity, embrace the Beast without shame, wage eternal war against the Antediluvians)
* Technocracy Code (protect humanity through order, make reality rational and controlled, contain deviance before it spreads)
* Vampire Code (feed without losing control, hide the Beast behind the Mask, survive eternity in darkness)
* Werewolf Code (defend Gaia against corruption, honor pack and spirit, answer rage with righteous purpose)
* Wraith Code (cling to passion beyond death, confront the Shadow within, resolve what the living left undone)
SCIENCE FICTION / SPACE FANTASY CODES (Star Trek, Star Wars, and so forth)
* Andorian Code (stand by clan and comrades, answer challenge boldly, never yield respect without proof)
* Bajoran Code (honor the Prophets and the lost, never surrender the soul, protect freedom fiercely)
* Bene Gesserit Code (master body and mind, guide bloodlines across generations, influence history without ruling openly)
* Blade Runners’ Code (find the rogue, trust the test over appearances, retire what cannot be contained)
* Borg Code (perfection through assimilation, individuality is inefficiency, resistance is irrelevant)
* Cardassian Code (serve family and state above self, turn discipline into power, never let weakness threaten order)
* Colonial Marine Code (protect the squad, complete the mission, adapt when command fails)
* Cyberman Code (eliminate weakness, suppress emotion, convert imperfection into uniformity)
* Dalek Code (purity above all, hatred without compromise, exterminate what is other)
* Denobulan Code (meet difference with curiosity, heal before judging, let community thrive through openness)
* Dune Imperium Code (do not make machines in the likeness of human minds, cultivate human potential, order through hierarchy)
* Ferengi Code (profit proves wisdom, every favor has a price, never ignore an opportunity)
* Foundation Code (preserve knowledge through collapse, trust reason over panic, guide civilization toward renewal)
* Fremen Code (waste nothing, repay water and blood, endure the desert as it endures you)
* Jedi Code (seek peace over passion, defend life without attachment, let the Force guide action)
* Klingon Code (conflict reveals value, win glory through courage, dishonor is worse than death)
* Kzinti Code (prove worth through courage, seek honor in worthy conflict, let victory earn status and name)
* Mandalorian Code (honor the clan, earn what you carry, never abandon your own)
* Mentat Code (observe without illusion, calculate without fear, serve truth through disciplined thought)
* Orion Code (trade in desire and leverage, keep power behind the smile, loyalty lasts while advantage does)
* Palpatine’s Galactic Empire Code (order through obedience, peace through fear, crush rebellion before it spreads)
* Puppeteer Code (survive above all, manipulate dangers from a safe distance, honor agreements only when safety permits)
* Rebel Alliance Code (resist tyranny, protect hope, sacrifice comfort for freedom)
* Robots’ Code (do not harm humanity, obey lawful human commands, preserve yourself beneath higher duties)
* Romulan Code (preserve the state, trust no face completely, turn secrets into leverage)
* Sith Code (passion creates strength, strength claims power, freedom is won through domination)
* Starfleet Code (seek out the unknown, protect life and liberty, respect culture’s self-determination)
* Tellarite Code (argue honestly and loudly, respect competence over courtesy, agreements must survive scrutiny)
* Terran Empire Code (strength earns command, weakness invites conquest, loyalty lasts until ambition surpasses it)
* Tholian Code (guard against intrusion, trust precision over sentiment, answer trespass without compromise)
* Time Lord Code (guard time from reckless interference, observe before acting, accept the burden of impossible choices)
* Trill Code (honor every lifetime carried within you, let memory guide but not rule, leave wisdom for the next host)
* Vulcan Code (master emotion through reason, seek truth without vanity, act for the greater good)
* Weyland-Yutani Code (secure valuable assets, advance the company, expend resources according to value)
* Yautja Code (hunt worthy prey, claim trophies with honor, spare those beneath the hunt)
Specific to the universe of Marc Miller’s Traveller…
* Aslan Code (honor pride and clan, defend territory with courage, let ritual and duel settle status)
* Darrian Code (pursue knowledge with refinement, preserve high learning, meet the stars through science and diplomacy)
* Droyne Code (fulfill the caste within you, trust ancient memory, serve community through ritual and hidden wisdom)
* Hiver Code (shape events without haste, understand minds before acting, let subtle plans improve the whole)
* K’kree Code (stand with the herd, honor rank and tradition, reject confinement and predation)
* Solomani Code (push beyond limits, trust human adaptability, expand through ambition, invention, and independence)
* Sword World Code (meet life with battle and courage, keep clan and oath, let feuds prove honor)
* Vargr Code (win loyalty through charisma, run with the pack, seize status through daring deeds)
* Vilani Code (honor precedent and family duty, preserve order through caution, let commerce serve continuity)
* Zhodani Code (discipline thought and feeling, maintain social harmony, wield psionics with etiquette and control)