Skills

Besides your classes abilities, you can also improve yourself with many of the following skills.

• Abjuration: A special school of magic focusing on defensive type spells.
  
  

• Alchemy: Shaman specific class ability that allows them to mix a variety of beneficial potions.
  
  

• Alcohol Tolerance: A character's ability to absorb the negative effects of being drunk while enjoying the inherent benefits which include strength and stamina increase.
  
  

• Alteration: A special school of magic focusing on altering reality from the teleportation of a character's physical self to granting a target increased speed or quickness.
  
  

• Apply Poison: A Rogue specific ability that allows them to grant their primary weapons with poison specific enhancements. Works in conjunction with the Make Poison skill.
  
  

• Archery: The ability to use the bow as a ranged weapon type.
  
  

• Backstabbing: Rogue specific special attack. While behind a target the Rogue can inflict tremendous damage when using this skill.
  
  

• Baking: Investing time in this skill allows a character to produce a number of different food items through the use of an oven found in game. Recipes are also located in the game through the use of books purchased off vendors.
  
  

• Bash: Battle related skill that allows the character to temporarily stun their opponents with their shields.
  
  

• Beg: Investing in this skill provides an opportunity for the character to have a chance of begging money from an NPC. Failure of this skill, however, often results in quick death.
  
  

• Bind Wound: By using bandages purchased in the game a character can attempt to heal a portion of their wounds with this skill. The amount healed depends on the level of the skill.
  
  

• Block: A Monk and Beastlord specific ability that allows them to negate an opponent's attack.
  
  

• Brass Instruments: A Bard specific skill that allows the character to use certain brass instruments in conjunction with their songs to enhance the song's characteristics.
  
  

• Brewing: Investing time in this skill gives the character the ability to mix potent alcoholic beverages for consumption.
  
  

• Channeling: A magic specific skill that allows the character to focus more intently on their spell. The higher the ability the faster a spell caster can release the magic and the less likely they are to be disrupted by extenuating circumstances such as being attacked.
  
  

• Common Tongue: A language specific skill. The higher the skill the more fluent a character is in speaking Common.
  
  

• Conjuration: A special school of magic focusing on summoning physical objects or living entities into being such as food, weapons, or elementals.
  
  

• Dark Speech: A language specific skill. The higher the skill the more fluent a character is in speaking the Dark Speech.
  
  

• Defense: An innate ability that decreases the chance that a character is hit.
  
  

• Disarm: The ability to completely disarm your opponent's primary or two-handed weapon. Does not work on magic specific weapons.
  
  

• Disarm Traps: Increases the chance of a Bard or Rogue to disarm potentially hazardous obstacles in the environment such as swinging pendulums or crushing stone traps.
  
  

• Divination: A special school of magic that focuses on turning or revealing things invisible.
  
  

• Dodge: The ability to avoid your opponent's attacks. Completely moves out of the way of an impending melee attack.
  
  

• Double Attack: A battle specific skill that allows the character to have a chance to swing twice with each weapon wielded (expect ranged weapons).
  
  

• Dragon Punch: A Monk specific special attack related to martial arts.
  
  

• Dual Wield: A battle specific skill that allows the character to simultaneously wield two one-handed weapons and attack with each.
  
  

• Eagle Strike: A Monk specific special attack related to martial arts.
  
  

• Elder Elvish: A language specific skill. The higher the skill the more fluent a character is in speaking Elder Elvish.
  
  

• Evocation: A special school of magic that focuses on channeling offensive magic into spells such as Lightning, Cold, or Fire based attacks.
  
  

• Feign Death: A Monk specific skill that allows the character to temporarily fake death. While feigned the character can trick an opponent into believing they are dead and thus move on to another target.
  
  

• Fishing: By buying a fishing pole and bait and investing time in this skill a character can increase their chances of pulling fish or other objects from bodies of water.
  
  

• Fletching: Investing in this skill allows a character to craft special bows and arrows for personal use or sale. The higher the skill the better bows and arrows a character can make.
  
  

• Flying Kick: A Monk specific special attack related to martial arts.
  
  

• Forage: Classes with this skill can pluck various food or water items for consumption from the ground. Foraged items can also be used to make certain cooked or baked food items.
  
  

• Hand-to-Hand: A basic combat skill that all characters start with.
  
  

• Hide: A character with this skill has a chance to camouflage themselves with the local surroundings rendering them invisible to normal targets. Moving will break hide. Of note, a Rogue's hide ability renders them invisible to certain undead creatures as well and in conjunction with the Sneak skill a Rogue can move while hidden.
  
  

• Instill Doubt: A skill of the Monk, Rogue, and Bard that grants them the ability to instill fear into their opponents causing them to turn tail and run.
  
  

• Jewel Craft: Investing time in this skill allows the character to fashion certain objects of jewelry such as rings, necklaces, and earrings.
  
  

• Kick: A combat specific skill that grants the character the ability to inflict extra damage by kicking their opponents.
  
  

• Make Poison: A Rogue specific skill that allows them to concoct potent poisonous materials by using a variety of different ingredients for different poisons. Used in conjunction with Apply poison this will allow the Rogue to add the poisons characteristics to their primary weapon.
  
  

• Meditate: An innate ability for magic using classes. The higher this skill the faster a spell caster will regenerate their mana which is used to cast their spells.
  
  

• Mend Wounds: A Monk specific ability that allows them to automatically heal a portion of their health based on the skill's level. Failure of the skill can actually cause damage.
  
  

• Offense: An innate combat ability that increases the damage and chance to hit an opponent.
  
  

• Old Erudian: A language specific skill. The higher the skill the more fluent a character is in speaking Old Erudian.
  
  

• One-Hand Blunt: A combat specific skill that allows the character the ability to wield blunt weapons. The higher the skill is the more accurate and heavier the blows.
  
  

• One-Hand Slashing: A combat specific skill that allows the character the ability to wield slashing weapons such as swords. The higher the skill is the more accurate and heavier the blows.
  
  

• Parry: The ability to parry an opponent's attack with your weapon.
  
  

• Percussion: A Bard specific skill that allows the character to use certain drums in conjunction with their songs to enhance the song's characteristics.
  
  

• Pick Lock: A specific skill of the Bard and Rogue classes that gives them the ability to unlock doors with a set of lock picks.
  
  

• Pick Pocket: An ability of the Rogue to pick the pockets of NPCs for the chance at successfully relinquishing them of an amount of copper, silver, or platinum.
  
  

• Piercing: A combat specific skill that allows the character the ability to wield piercing weapons such as daggers and spears. The higher the skill is the more accurate and heavier the blows. It is the primary skill of the Rogue being that they can only backstab with piercing weapons.
  
  

• Pottery: Investing time in this skill allows the character to fashion certain objects of pottery such as bowls, certain containers, and vials.
  
  

• Research: A special skill of the magic using classes that allows them to fashion spells out of certain components found in the environment or off creatures killed. Each of the magic using classes has different tomes of magic and different components. Instruction booklets can be found off of vendors in the game.
  
  

• Riposte: A combat specific skill that counters an opponent's attack and inflicts damage back to the attacker.
  
  

• Round Kick: A Monk specific special attack related to martial arts.
  
  

• Safe Fall: A special ability of Monks and Rogues that allow them to fall from great heights without taking a significant amount of damage.
  
  

• Sense Heading: Investing time in this skill increases the likelihood that a character will know which direction they are heading. Using this skill gives the character the compass direction they are facing.
  
  

• Sense Traps: The ability of the Bard and Rogue to locate a potential trap in the nearby vicinity.
  
  

• Singing: A Bard specific skill that allows the character to use their voices in conjunction with their songs to enhance the song's characteristics.
  
  

• Slam: An ability of the larger races such as Trolls, Ogres, and Barbarians to inflict an extra attack that has the chance to stun their opponents.
  
  

• Smithing: Investing time in this skill will allow the character to craft pieces of armor such as breast plates, greaves, and boots from available ore. Each race can also use this skill to craft armor specific to their race.
  
  

• Sneak: A character with this skill has a chance to go unnoticed by their opponent as long as they stay out of the opponent's line of sight. Of note, a Rogue's sneak ability in conjunction with the Hide skill will allow a Rogue to move while hidden. While sneak reduces the speed at which a character moves, a Rogue's speed increases the higher the skill progresses.
  
  

• Specialization: A magic specific skill that allows magic using classes to specialize in a school of magic. Specialization decreases the amount of mana used per spell in that school and increases the rate at which they cast the spell.
  
  

• Stringed Instruments: A Bard specific skill that allows the character to use certain stringed instruments in conjunction with their songs to enhance the song's characteristics.
  
  

• Swimming: The ability of a character to move and breathe in water. The higher the skill the faster a character will swim and the longer they can go underwater without coming up for air.
  
  

• Tailoring: Investing time in this skill allows the character to tailor certain objects of leather from hides and pelts such as bags, backpacks, and armor.
  
  

• Taunt: Characters with this ability can attempt to focus an attacker's attention on themselves instead of other people around you.
  
  

• Throwing: A combat specific skill that allows the character the ability to throw certain weapons such as axes, daggers, javelins, and shurikens. The higher the skill is the more accurate and heavier the blows.
  
  

• Tiger Claw: A Monk specific special attack related to martial arts.
  
  

• Tinkering: A race specific skill attributed to Gnomes that allows them to fashion certain mechanical objects from a variety of different components.
  
  

• Thieves Cant: A language specific skill. The higher the skill the more fluent a character is in speaking Thieves Cant.
  
  

• Track: A skill of certain characters that grants them the ability to locate creatures in the surrounding area.
  
  

• Two-Handed Blunt: A combat specific skill that allows the character the ability to wield two-handed blunt weapons. The higher the skill is the more accurate and heavier the blows.
  
  

• Two-Handed Slashing: A combat specific skill that allows the character the ability to wield two-handed slashing weapons. The higher the skill is the more accurate and heavier the blows.
  
  

• Wind Instruments: A Bard specific skill that allows the character to use certain wind instruments such as flutes or horns in conjunction with their songs to enhance the song's characteristics.
  

 

Skill Points	Level
0-10	Awful
11-20	Feeble
21-30	Very Bad
31-40	Bad
41-50	Below Average
51-70	Average
71-80	Good
81-90	Very Good
91-100	Excellent
101-255	Master

*Note: Most skills require that your character train at least one point in that specific skill at their class trainer before the game increases that skill naturally through normal usage. Oddly, to date, the Rogue's Pick Lock skill requires a character to train to at least eleven at their respective trainer before it will go up naturally through usage*

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