Hi. I just bought Wizards&Warriors, and downloaded the 1.16 beta patch. So this may be a stupid question, I don't know.

Anyway, none of my characters appear to have any of their own special traits. Instead, for all of them, I get the 'dragonfire' icon, and clicking on it doesn't do anything.

Has this happened to anyone else, and if so, what can I do about it?

Soph

That icon is just a placeholder until your characters obtain special traits (example: Evil Eye) then the icon will change and be clickable. It usually takes a while in the game before your party members gain these types of powers/abilities.