winterpyre

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I usually go with firefighter as my profession for the 1+ to strength, fitness and sprinting but no extra points.
for good traits
     Strong - With the +1 from profession this maxes your strength out, 20 carry weight and you hit hard
     Athletic - Again with the +1 from profession this maxes your fitness allowing you to run/chop trees/forage/fight longer without tiring
     Fast Learner - Really needed since this build lacks innate bonuses to most skills
     Organized - Lets you carry 2 4 log bundles in the large hiking backpack, and helps general scavenging.
     Runner - Helps you level your sprinting skill and faster gathering early on
     Lucky - Always take it, better loot spawns might save you more time than anything else, I've searched all of west point killed hundreds of zeds and I just wanted a sledgehammer.......... but no
 
for negative traits
     High thirst - While the water is on this isn't an issue just carry 2-3 water bottles and refill as needed, though you may want to build near water until your able to make a rain collector if it goes out really early.
     Slow healer - Like you said just be careful building.
     Thin-skinned - With your speed and strength you should be able to avoid being hit in the open, just be careful exploring inside.
     Claustrophobic - Really annoying early on as you will constantly hear you heart racing while your searching houses, I like this since i like to make my own bases in-between towns and not considered inside.
     Conspicuous - I'd rather not loot until most zeds are dead and I typically setup my main base outside town
     Prone to illness - Cook your food, don't get soaked 4 points easy
     Homophobic - only a slight panic when doing on yourself, as for the inability to preform it on others is debatable, in SP its easy points.
     Weak stomach - Cook your food, don't eat rotten stuff, yadda yadda free points
     Clumsy - same reason as Conspicuous
     Slow reader - Time lapse in SP
 
no innate bonuses to anything except sprinting, but with max fitness you can level skills pretty fast, just make sure you get books to help out. Max strength lets you fight easy and loot a lot, I typically use a knife early so that I can use a extra bag in my secondary slot.