Flavor text is the name given to
text for
action figure character backgrounds,
playing cards, or within the pages of a
role-playing game's . While appropriate to the product's or game's story concept, it usually has no effect on the
mechanics of the game, but instead serves to add realism or characterization to the item in question. Flavor text is often the last text on a card or on the rear of a toy card or package, and is usually printed in
italics or written between quotes to distinguish it from game-affecting text.