# Traits

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/traits/5949>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [April 25, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/traits/5949 "2014-04-25T16:56:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Womble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Womble](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Womble)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/traits/5949/40 "2014-06-13T01:11:07Z")

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Depends on the level of illiteracy. Based on the way it works in the game, I figured that the trait reflected someone who was functionally illiterate, either due to terrible education or extreme dyslexia, with a reading speed of about one word per minute. Somebody like that could work out the labels on food and books, but actually reading even a magazine would be beyond them.

If you want a more brutal trait that represents somebody who can’t even recognise letters, then that might be worth another point and would require extra coding.

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