A species trait is a trait that is specific to one or a few particular species due to that species evolutionary path. Some species have claws where others may have darkvision but these traits are not limited to strictly physical characteristics.
This table contains all the species traits outlined throughout the entirety of the Star Ward Saga Edition role-playing game. Some traits, such as Force resistance may may affect species differently. Those differences are listed in the species trait listing.
| Trait Name | Short Description |
|---|---|
| Ambush | A beast with this trait deals an extra 2d6 points of damage with its natural weapons against a flat-footed opponent. |
| Animal Handler | An Utai may reroll any Ride check, but must accept the result even if it is worse. |
| Arboreal Grip | Ysalamiri have a bonus to checks made to resist being removed from their tree . |
| Armor Plating | Your character has thick scales that provide damage reduction 2. |
| Banshee’s Wail | As a standard action, a Corellian banshee bird can emit a loud wail that disorients opponents. |
| Bellow | As a standard action, an Ithorian can open all four of its throats and emit a terrible subsonic bellow. |
| Bonus Equipment | Your droid character comes with extra equipment options. |
| Bonus Feat | You gain one bonus feat at 1st level. |
| Bonus Trained Skill | Your character chooses one additional trained skill at 1st level. |
| Breathe Underwater | As an amphibious creature, you can’t drown in water. |
| Camouflage | A beast with this trait ignores their size modifier when they make Stealth checks. |
| Cathar Instincts | Climb and Stealth are class skills for Cathar. |
| Constrict | A gundark that succeeds in grappling an opponent can use the Crush and Pin feats as normal. |
| Conditional Bonus Feat | Your character gains a bonus feat provided they meet specific requirements. |
| Cooperative | An Utai automatically succeeds when attempting to aid another on a skill check. |
| Darkvision | You ignore concealment (including total concealment) from darkness. However, you cannot perceive colors in total darkness. |
| Determination | Arkanian Offshoots can reroll one failed skill check with a trained skill. |
| Devour | If a krayt dragon hits with its bite attack, it can automatically make a grapple check with its bite attack at its full bonus. |
| Droid Traits | Droids have a series of standard traits they share regardless of class. |
| Evolved Intellect | Whenever you spend a Force point, you gain a temporary Force point for an Intelligence-based skill check. |
| Excellent Climber | A varactyl can choose to reroll any Climb check keeping the second result. |
| Expert Climber | Your character may choose to take 10 on Climb checks even when distracted or threatened. |
| Expert Pilot | You may reroll any Pilot check, but must accept the result even if it is worse. |
| Expert Swimmer | You may reroll any Swim check, but must accept result even if it is worse. |
| Extraordinary Recuperation | Your character regains hit points at double the normal rate. |
| Fast Healing | A beast automatically regains hit points every round at the end of its turn, up to its normal maximum, until it is killed. |
| Flash of Genius | An Arkanian can add a +5 circumstance bonus to the result of one Knowledge, Mechanics, or Use Computer skill check. |
| Ferocious | A Mantellian Savrip can choose to reroll any failed attack roll with one of its natural weapons. |
| Fly Through Space | Mynocks can fly in the vacuum of space, and can maneuver without any hindrance or penalty in vacuum. |
| Force Immunity | Yuuzhan Vong are immune to the Force. |
| Force Perception | A vornskr ability that works like the Sense talent of the same name. |
| Force Resistance | Your character’s species has a resistance to the Force. |
| Force Sensitivity | Vornskrs have Force Sensitivity as a bonus feat. |
| Force Sight | You act normally without taking any penalties for blindness when in the presence of life of any kind. |
| Great Fortitude | You gain a +2 species bonus to your Fortitude Defense. |
| Heightened Awareness | You may reroll any Perception check but must accept the result even if it is worse. |
| Hold Breath | Your character can hold their breath longer before they need to make Endurance checks. |
| Keen Force Sense | You may reroll certain Use the Force checks and keep the better result. |
| Intellectual Reputation | An Arkanian can use their Intelligence mod instead of Charisma on Persuasion checks. |
| Intuitive Initiative | You may choose to reroll any Initiative check but must accept the result even if it is worse. |
| Iron Will | Your character gains a +2 species bonus to their Will Defense. |
| Leap Attack | A nashta’s leap attack allows it to make six separate claw attacks against a single opponent. |
| Lightning Reflexes | Your character gains a +2 species bonus to their Reflex Defense. |
| Limb Regeneration | Your character regrows a lost limb in 1d10 days. |
| Low-light Vision | You ignore concealment (but not total concealment) from darkness. |
| Maternal Rage | If her pups are threatened, a female katarn enters a maternal rage. |
| Meditative Trance | You can enter into a trance for four hours to gain the benefits of having rested for eight consecutive hours. |
| Natural Armor | Your character gains a natural armor bonus to their Reflex Defense. |
| Natural Telepath | Draethos gains a +5 species bonus and can make untrained Use the Force checks for Telepathy. |
| Natural Weapons | Your character has natural weapons such as claws or teeth. |
| Nullify Force | Ysalamiri create a Force-nullifying bubble that prevents usage and applications of the Force. |
| Overwhelm | Womp rats gain a +2 bonus to melee attack rolls for each adjacent allied womp rat. |
| Pack Traits | Packs and swarms have additional rules regarding area attacks. |
| Persistent | You may reroll any Endurance check but must accept the result even if it is worse. |
| Poison | Natural weapons also poison a target when they deal damage. |
| Poor Vision | Species that have very poor vision and take a −5 penalty to Perception checks involving sight. |
| Primitive | Your character does not gain Weapon Proficiency (heavy weapons, pistols, or rifles) as starting feats at 1st level. |
| Rage | Once per day, you can fly into a rage as a swift action. |
| Reactive Claw | When a Cathar damages an opponent, they can make an additional melee attack with their natural weapons. |
| Rend | If a wampa hits with both of its claw attacks, it rends its opponent for an additional 2d6 points of damage. |
| Scent | Your character ignores concealment and cover for purposes of Perception checks. |
| Skills | Your character’s species has an affinity with a particular skill. |
| Sneaky | You may reroll any Stealth check but must accept the result even if it is worse. |
| Special Equipment | Your character needs special equipment to survive and function normally. |
| Superior Defenses | Zabrak gain a +1 species bonus to all of their defenses. |
| Supreme Stability | Your character can’t be tripped or knocked prone. |
| Survival Instinct | Your character may reroll any Survival check, but must accept the result even if it is worse. |
| Survive in Vacuum | Mynocks survive vacuum but sufficate in atmoshpere. |
| Survivor | A Mantellian Savrip can choose to reroll any Perception, Stealth, or Survival check, keeping the second result. |
| Technophobic | Yuuzhan Vong shun any sort of technology that is inorganic. |
| Tentacle Grab | If a Sarlacc hits with one of its tentacles, it can automatically make a grapple check with its tentacle attack at its full bonus. |
| Tremorsense | A beast with tremorsense automatically senses the location of anything that is in contact with the ground and within 100 squares. |
| Trip | A varactyl that hits with a tail lash attack can attempt to trip an opponent (as if using the Trip feat). |
| Weapon Familiarity | Your species can use certain exotic weapons as normal weapons. |