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 When a Character Card is "locked" to a game, it creates a "Generated Character" for the duration of that game.
-Every generated character in EXODE has background information (name, gender, planet of origin), current status (health, wounds, stress level, current happiness) and a number of [[character-profile-statistics|statistics]] and [[character-profile-skills|skills]] that we call their "profile".
+Every generated character in EXODE has [[character-profile-background|background information]] (name, gender, planet of origin, faction), current status (health, wounds, stress level, current happiness) and a number of [[character-profile-skills|skills]] that we call their "profile".  The keywords on your Character Cards are called "[[character-profile-traits|traits]]" and affect the generation of background information and skills.
-In EXODE, you don't have to understand all of these profile stats and you actually may not even see them onscreen.  A complete list of character statistics and their descriptions can be found [[character-profile-statistics|here]].
+It should be noted that, in EXODE, for simplicity, skills encompass a very broad range of concepts so that the same mechanics can be used throughout.  This removes many of the endless tables and memorization of traditional role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons (D&D).  Thus, not only do EXODE skills encompass traditional skills but also things that D&D considers innate abilities and attributes -- so that all can be handled in exactly the same simplified, unified fashion.
-When a character's profile stat is above, or under, a specific level, it may generate a visible "behavior trait" that will trigger some "perks" and bonuses or disadvantages, and determine behavior in many situations.
+Further, in EXODE, you
+  * don't have to understand all of these profile skills,
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+  * most often don't know their exact values at the start of the game (see  [[evac2-alter-crew|investigating and altering your generated crew]]), and
+  * generally only have to pay attention to whether they have significantly good or bad values.
-You will also see the effects of these statistics in the results of a character's exercise of his skills in completing tasks.  For example, both the Cybernetics Skill and the Manual Dexterity Statistic can help you Load Fuel more quickly.  A complete list of character skills and their descriptions can be found [[character-profile-skills|here]].
+Helpfully, when generated characters //**do**// have exceptionally good or bad values (whether due to innate rolls or the effects of other characters and/or items), the associated trait appears on the visual representation of that generated character -- so you can even ignore the skill scores entirely and just pay attention to their associated traits.
+A complete list of character //**SKILLS**//, their descriptions and their associated traits can be found [[character-profile-skills-rtm|here]].  There is a complete list of character //**TRAITS**//, their descriptions and their associated skills [[character-profile-traits|here]].