Duelist

[blackninja9939]

It is a lifestyle trait which is something you enjoy doing not necessarily are very proficient at. Also giving it a bonus like that would make it objectively better than any other lifestyle trait

 

[blackninja9939]

While we're on the subject, is there a reason why Valyrian swords don't give a +1 to combat? I always assumed that Valyrian steel is so prized because it's objectively better than regular steel which would give the wielder an advantage in combat. At the very least, it would nice to give a combat bonus to Lightbringer, given that it is clearly a magical sword.

The tooltip duel modifier is not what is actually used to calculate you winning a duel, the valyrian steel bonus is recorded as a character modifier not on the tooltip