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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8198409" data-attributes="member: 6915329">NPCs have the traits the DM wants them to. You can sit down and modify the NPC statblocks in the back of the book, or you can write up your own NPC statblock, and you can give them whatever ability you want them to. They don't have to have every trait that in the race's description, just the ones that you, as DM, feel the need to include.For instance, halfling PCs are Brave; they have advantage on saves against being Frightened. If for story reasons you want your PCs to meet an incredibly cowardly halfling who is at really high risk of failing his saves against being frightened, then the easiest thing to do is to not include the Brave trait. If you want to create an NPC elf who has never touched a weapon in her life, don't give her Elf Weapon Training. If you want to create an NPC goliath that's suffering from a wasting condition, then don't include Powerful Build in its statblock. If you want to create a serious and boring satyr NPC, don't give it Performance or Persuasion.Otherwise, as the DM, you can assume that every member of that race has every trait you want them to have.</blockquote>