Personality

"Charm" redirects here. For the crafting component used to craft Runes, see Charm (ingredient).

Example of a dialogue which will influence personality.

Personality is a semi-retired hidden roleplaying mechanic that affects a character's interactions with NPCs in the world. The initial personality is determined by how the player answers biography questions during character creation and is adjusted as players make choices during conversations with NPCs.

Most aspects of the personality system were hidden with the introduction of the April 2014 Feature Pack and September 2014 Feature Pack. Since then, this mechanic has little to no presence in the game and doesn't produce any noticeable gameplay effect.

The remaining parts of the system include choice of personality during character creation and dialogue interactions with certain NPCs. Most of such NPCs are found in personal story or provide speed boons in cities. While the choices made by the player still affect personality, currently there is no way to see the character's personality scores.

Mechanics

The game keeps track of three aspects of personality: Charisma, Dignity and Ferocity, whose sum is 100%. Dialogue choices are able to affect the personality by increasing one aspect and thereby decreasing the others. For example, constant bullying of shopkeepers might increase ferocity to a point that the character becomes barbaric. Similarly, frequent cunning will lead to a reputation as a scoundrel.

Selecting any dialogue option with the Charisma, Dignity or Ferocity icons increases the player's score in the respective personality aspect by 2.5%, and decreases the other two aspect scores by 2.5% split between them proportionally to their current values. For example, if a player with 50% in Charisma, 30% in Dignity and 20% in Ferocity chooses a Charisma dialogue option - their Charisma score is increased by 2.5% and their Dignity and Ferocity scores are decreased by 1.5% and 1.0% respectively, thus maintaining the 100% sum. Many NPCs offer dialog options that can be selected repeatedly, thus allowing the player to max out one aspect in, at most, 40 selections.

Personality affects gameplay by offering certain dialogue options only to some types and altering the reactions of certain NPCs. Such dialogue options can be identified by the presence of a personality type name added to the end of the option's text in parenthesis. However, the game was designed to avoid extreme consequences, i.e. players are able to take on different personality types without fear of losing out on overall rewards or benefits.

Initial Personality				Trouble may follow, but I use my _____ to overcome it.
Charming	50%	25%	25%	Charm — I'm charming. No one can resist me when I'm at my best. I know just what to say to lighten the mood or bolster courage.
Honorable	25%	50%	25%	Dignity — I'm dignified even when up to my ears in mud. It's what makes people respect me. A serious, thoughtful demeanor is the route to success.
Brute	25%	25%	50%	Ferocity1 — I'm ferocious. Threatening violence gets me further than anything else. I'm a natural, though I do try to use my powers of intimidation for good.

Personalities

There are 10 different personalities a character can take on. Until the April 2014 Feature Pack, the personality icon was next to the profession icon on the hero panel and showed which personality the character had at that time. The only way to find out about a character's current personality is through unique dialogue choices with NPCs. The character's initial personality selection may be displayed using the hero panel by selecting Story Journal, "My Story" then "I'm ..."

Different personality types and their icons before being hidden with the April 2014 Feature Pack.

Personality	Icon
Unpredictable		>30%	>30%	>30%
Captivating		>66.66%	-	-
Noble		-	>66.66%	-
Barbaric		-	-	>66.66%
Brute		≤33.33%	≤33.33%	-
Honorable		≤33.33%	-	≤33.33%
Militant		≤33.33%	>33.33%	>33.33%
Diplomatic		>33.33%	>33.33%	-
Scoundrel		>33.33%	-	>33.33%
Charming		>33.33%	≤33.33%	≤33.33%