Skill Help(3)

Everyone is born with certain skills, called the Common skills, everyone has them, and you can't lose them. You have the ability to learn eight more skills. You can learn any four you want, but if the skill is not for your profession, then it will cost you more, and you will not be able to learn it very well. If the skill is in your profession, then you will be able to learn it very well, and it will be of great value to you when you use your professional abilities. Here is a list of all the skills:

  Common skills     Archer            Assassin            Thief
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~     ~~~~~~            ~~~~~~~~            ~~~~~
  Aim               Archery           Assassination       Locksmith
  Attack            Deflecting        Deception           Nimbleness
  Awareness         Fletching         Lethal precision    Stealth
  Defense           Positioning       Stalking            Theft
  Dodge
  Evasion           Rider             Warrior   
  Fire building     ~~~~~~~           ~~~~~~~
  Intuition         Balance           Battle Instincts
  Riding            Motivation        Blocking
                    Mounted Combat    Combat arms
                    Taming            Tactics

        Free Race:  Ranger            Wizard
                    ~~~~~~~           ~~~~~~
                    Nature's grace    6th sense
                    Nature's lore     Concentration
                    Tracking          Control magic
                    Wilderness        Resist magic

        Evil Race:  Sniffer           Necromancer    
                    ~~~~~~~           ~~~~~~~~~~~
                    Butchery          Extra sense  
                    Prowling          Necromancy      
                    Tracking          Warp magic
                    Wilderness        Will

To see your list of skills, simply type "skills". This will list your current skill levels, to the right of the skill names.

You can improve your skills in two ways. First, skills improve as you use them. Each time you use a skill, you are credited with one "use" of that skill. When you get enough uses, your skill goes up. Some skills are invoked by commands, such as repair and pick. Others will be used when something requires them, such as weapons and defense skills which will be used if you are fighting a monster.

It takes more uses to raise the skill at higher skill levels. You may also find a place where someone will train you in a certain skill, raising yourself one level.

To see more information on a specific skill type 'help skill <whatever>'. Example: help skill dodge

See also:    skills,  skills2,  score,  professions,  abilities
    aim,  attack,  awareness,  defense,  dodge,  evasion
    fire_building,  intuition,  riding
    archery,  deflecting,  fletching,  positioning
    assassination,  deception,  lethal_precision,  stalking
    locksmith,  nimbleness,  stealth,  theft
    balance,  motivation,  mounted_combat,  taming
    battle_instincts,  blocking,  combat_arms,  tactics
    nature's_grace,  nature's_lore,  tracking,  wilderness
    6th_sense,  concentration,  control_magic,  resist_magic
    butchery,  prowling,  tracking,  wilderness
    extra_sense,  necromancy,  warp_magic,  will