[@Thane] Sorry, never was notified. Ok. The  perk system is a reward/deterrent system. If your charater is an asshole and kills practically any thing, ill give him the lord death per (You do more damage to any creature) But, ill add a deterrent Bad weapons training (All fire arms jam more frenquently, and you miss more often) So it all depends on how you play. Be good, you probably get good small perks, and more likely to have perks with no deterrent. almost All perks are good, but many have bad sides that could get your character killed. It also how you act to, like if you drink so much, I might give you The Alcoholic (Do 2x damage while drunk, but when off the influence, you are prone to miss, and do standard damage) So pick your race wisely. some races cant have certain perks. that a human can. And as that race, you get all the perks associated with the race.