Skills

Skills define your character's specific capabilities. Skills range from 0-1010. Skill caps differ by profession, race, and innates.

When creating your character, you choose seven skills to be innate. Innate skills have a boost to learn rate as follows:

Very Good -> Very Good+ (10xLevel)
Good -> Very Good (9xLevel)
Anything but Cannot -> Good (8xLevel)

In addition, 60 skill points are awarded on level up; these may be used toward raising any skill of your choice using the syntax increaseskill <skill name> <number of points>.

Skill Values

Professions can have a range of potential values:

Can't	Skillcap of 0 * level
Very Bad	Skillcap of 5 * level and 50% learn rate.
Bad	Skillcap of 6 * level and 75% learn rate.
Normal	Skillcap of 7 * level and 100% learn rate.
Good	Skillcap of 8 * level and 125% learn rate.
Very Good	Skillcap of 9 * level and 150% learn rate.

Racial bonuses have the range of potential values:

Bad	Subtract 0.1 * level from skillcap and 75% learn rate.
Normal	Skillcap unaffected, 100% learn rate.
Very Good	Add 0.1 * level to skillcap and 125% learn rate.

Available Skills

Alchemy	Alchemy helps with mixing potions and substances. Reasoning is the most common statistic used with Alchemy.
Animal Handling	Animal handling helps with riding and taking care of mounts. Wisdom is the most common statistic used with Animal Handling rolls.
Archery	Archery helps with hitting with arrows and bolts fired from bows and crossbows. Dexterity adds a bonus on archery rolls and archery damage.
Armor	Armor helps a character wear armor without taking penalties to offensive and defensive combat. Strength helps a character wear armor effortlessly.
Channeling	Channeling helps with using astral magic and summoning. Wisdom is the most common statistic used with Channeling.
Conditioning	Conditioning helps with having more stamina and vitality as well as resisting special physical effects. Mechanically, every 7 points of Conditioning adds 1 to your character's stamina and vitality. Endurance is the most common statistic used with Conditioning.
Evasion and Dodging	Evasion and Dodging helps with dodging physical attacks, bolt-type spells and burst-type spells. Reflexes is the most common statistic used with Evasion and Dodging.
First Aid	First Aid helps with anything related to healing oneself or another. Wisdom is the most common statistic used with First Aid.
Fishing	Fishing helps with catching fish and other things from bodies of water. Wisdom is the most common statistic used with Fishing.
Focus	Focus helps with vedic magic. Will is the most common statistic used with Focus.
Foraging	Foraging helps with gathering plants and identifying plants. Wisdom is the most common statistic used with Foraging.
Gnosis	Gnosis helps resist magic effects, have more willpower, and have more essence. Mechanically, every 7 points of Gnosis adds 1 to your character's essence and willpower. Intelligence is the most common statistic used with Gnosis.
Kinesis	Kinesis helps hit with bolt-type and burst-type spells. Dexterity is the most common statistic used with Kinesis.
Larceny	Larceny helps with sleight of hand, misdirection, and stealing. Dexterity is the most common statistic used with Larceny.
Lockpicking	Lockpicking helps pick locks. Dexterity and Reasoning are the most common statistics used with Lockpicking.
Lore	Lore is your knowledge of the world around you. It helps with playing musical instruments, summoning, and learning languages. Wisdom is the most common statistic used with Lore.
Mechanisms	Mechanisms helps with using mechanisms and disabling traps. Reasoning and Dexterity are the most common statistics used with Mechanisms.
Melee Weapons	Melee Weapons helps with hitting with melee weapons. Dexterity is the most common statistic used with Melee Weapons.
Observation	Observation helps with discovering covert acts and noticing things such as traps. Wisdom is the most common statistic used with Observation.
Outdoorsman	Outdoorsman helps with tracking and mitigating or navigating natural hazards. Wisdom is the most common statistic used with Outdoorsman.
Parry	Parry helps a blocking with a weapon in combat. Weapons take a penalty to parry thrown and ranged weapons, and normally cannot parry spell bolts or spell bursts. Reflexes is the most common statistic used with Parry.
Shields	Shields helps a blocking with a shield and using a shield without taking penalties to offensive and defensive combat. Shields do not suffer a penalty to block ranged or thrown weapons, and may block spell bolts and spell bursts (based on shield material and size). Strength helps a character use shields effortlessly. Reflexes helps a character block with a shield.
Skinning	Skinning helps with taking skins, meat, and other parts from dead creatures. Wisdom is the most common statistic used with Skinning.
Sorcery	Sorcery helps with using arcane magic. Reasoning is the most common statistic used with Sorcery.
Stealth	Stealth aids in moving unseen through your environment. Dexterity is the most common statistic used with Stealth.
Tactics	Tactics helps with getting into position in battle as well as taking other special actions in combat. Reasoning is the most common statistic used with Tactics.
Throwing	Throwing helps with the accuracy of thrown weapons and objects. Dexterity is the most common statistic used with Throwing.
Unarmed Combat	Unarmed Combat helps with unarmed fighting, including martial arts. Dexterity is the most common statistic used with Unarmed Combat.