Skills

A full list of skills is available.

Skills are specific abilities, such as riding a horse, being able to pick pockets, or read. There are a great many of these skills in the game and they play an important part. To determine how many skills a character has, roll D4 and modify the result by the character's age.

The following chart gives the standard modification for different age brackets. There is a separate column for each race because they mature and age at different rates - 70 is very old for a Human, but quite young for a Dwarf or Elf.

Age	Human	Elf	Dwarf	Halfling	Gnome
16-20	-	-	-	-	-
21-30	+1	-	-	-	-
31-40	+2	-	-	+1	+1
41-50	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
51-60	-	+1	+1	+1	+1
61-70	-1	+1	+1	+1	+2
71-80	-2	+1	+2	-	+2
81-90		+1	+2	-	+2
91-100		+2	+2	-	+1
101-110		+2	+1	-1	+1
111-120		+2	+1	-1	+1
121-130		+2	+1	-2	-
131-140		+2	-	-2	-
141-150		+3	-		-
151-160		+3	-		-1
161-170		+3	-		-1
171-180		+3	-1		-2
181-190		+3	-1
191-200		+2	-2
201-210		+1
211-220		-

Determining Skills

To determine a character's skills, find the skill chart for the chosen Career Class - Warrior, Ranger, Rogue, or Academic. There are some mandatory skills for each race, explained below, and these must be taken before other skills are rolled. If the character has some skills left to determine, they are randomly generated by a percentage roll on the appropriate skill chart.

Mandatory Skills

Humans: The main advantage Humans have is that they are versatile. Human characters roll for all their initial skills randomly on the skill chart for their chosen Career Class.

Elves: All Elves have Excellent Vision. If the character has two or more initial skills, the second will be from Dance, Musicianship, or Sing, with an equal chance of each. Any remaining initial skills should be rolled randomly on the skill chart for the chosen Career Class.

Dwarfs: All Dwarfs have Mining. If the character has two or more initial skills, the second will be one from Smithing or Metallurgy, with an equal chance of of each. Any remaining initial skills should be rolled randomly on the skill chart for the chosen Career Class.

Halflings: All Halflings can Cook. If the character has two or more initial skills, the second will be one from Herb Lore, Specialist Weapon: Sling, or Silent Move: Rural, with an equal chance of each. Any remaining initial skills should be rolled randomly on the skill chart for the chosen Career Class.

Gnomes: All Gnomes have Smithing. If the character has two or more initial skills, the second will be one of Jest, Mining, or Stoneworking, with an equal chance of each. Any remaining initial skills should be selected at random from the appropriate skill chart for the chosen Career Class.

Skill Charts

The following charts are used to determine characters' initial skills. Once a player has determined how many skills the character has, roll a D100 for each (after checking the Mandatory Skills above) and consult the appropriate table and column for the character's race and Career Class. If the same skill is rolled twice, ignore the second result and roll again.

WARRIOR SKILL CHART
Human	Elf	Dwarf	Halfling	Gnome	Skill Title
01-05	01-05	01-05	01-05	01-05	Acute Hearing
06-10	06-10	06-10	06-10	06-12	Ambidextrous
11-15	11-15	11-15	11-15	13-16	Dance
16-20	16-20	16-20	16-20	17-24	Disarm
21-25	21-25	21-25	21-25	25-31	Dodge Blow
26-30	26-30	26-30	26-30	-	Drive Cart
31-35	31-35	31-35	31-35	32-38	Excellent Vision
-	-	-	-	39-43	Fish
36-40	36-40	36-40	36-40	44-50	Fleet Footed
-	-	-	-	51-54	Jest
41-45	41-45	41-45	41-45	55-60	Lightning Reflexes
46-50	46-50	-	46-50	-	Luck
51-55	51-55	46-50	51-55	61-65	Night Vision
56-65	56-65	51-60	56-65	66-69	Read/Write
66-75	66-70	-	-	-	Ride
76-80	71-75	61-65	66-70	70-74	Scale Sheer Surface
-	76-80	-	71-75	-	Silent Move: Rural
-	-	-	76-80	-	Silent Move: Urban
81-85	81-90	66-70	81-85	75-80	Sing
86-90	91-95	71-75	86-90	81-87	Sixth Sense
91-95	96-00	76-90	91-95	88-94	Very Resilient
96-00	-	91-00	96-00	95-00	Very Strong

RANGER SKILL CHART
Human	Elf	Dwarf	Halfling	Skill Title
01-05	01-05	01-05	01-05	Acute Hearing
06-10	06-10	06-10	06-10	Ambidextrous
11-15	11-15	11-15	11-15	Astronomy
16-20	16-20	16-20	16-20	Dance
21-30	21-25	21-30	21-30	Drive Cart
31-35	-	31-35	31-35	Excellent Vision
36-40	26-35	36-40	36-40	Fleet Footed
41-45	36-40	41-45	41-45	Lightning Reflexes
46-50	41-45	-	46-50	Luck
51-55	46-50	46-50	51-55	Night Vision
56-60	51-55	51-55	56-60	Orientation
61-65	56-60	-	61-65	Prepare Poisons (Herbal)
66-70	61-65	56-60	66-70	Read/Write
71-75	66-70	-	-	Ride
76-80	71-75	61-65	71-75	Scale Sheer Surface
-	76-80	-	76-80	Silent Move: Rural
81-85	81-90	66-70	81-85	Sing
86-90	91-95	71-75	86-90	Sixth Sense
91-95	96-00	76-90	91-95	Very Resilient
96-00	-	91-00	96-00	Very Strong

ROGUE SKILL CHART
Human	Elf	Dwarf	Halfling	Gnome	Skill Title
01-05	01-05	01-05	01-05	01-08	Acute Hearing
06-10	06-10	06-10	06-10	09-12	Ambidextrous
11-15	11-15	11-15	11-15	13-19	Blather
16-20	16-20	16-20	16-20	20-27	Bribery
21-25	21-25	21-25	21-25	28-31	Dance
26-30	26-30	26-30	26-30	-	Dodge Blow
31-35	31-35	31-35	31-35	32-36	Excellent Vision
-	-	-	-	37-40	Fish
36-40	36-40	36-40	36-40	41-48	Flee!
41-45	41-45	-	-	-	Fleet Footed
-	-	-	-	49-56	Haggle
-	-	-	-	57-64	Jest
46-50	46-50	-	41-45	-	Lightning Reflexes
51-55	51-55	41-45	46-50	65-71	Luck
56-60	56-60	46-50	51-55	72-76	Night Vision
61-65	61-65	-	-	-	Ride
66-70	66-70	51-55	56-60	77-84	Scale Sheer Surface
71-75	71-75	-	61-65	-	Silent Move: Rural
76-80	76-80	-	66-70	-	Silent Move: Urban
81-85	81-85	56-60	71-75	85-89	Sing
86-90	86-90	61-65	76-80	90-97	Sixth Sense
91-95	91-95	66-70	81-85	-	Street Fighting
96-00	-	71-90	86-95	98-00	Very Resilient
-	96-00	91-00	96-00	-	Very Strong

ACADEMIC SKILL CHART
Human	Elf	Dwarf	Halfling	Gnome	Skill Title
01-05	01-05	01-05	01-05	01-04	Acute Hearing
06-10	06-10	06-10	06-10	05-08	Ambidextrous
11-15	11-15	-	11-15	-	Astronomy
16-20	16-20	11-15	16-20	09-16	Blather
21-25	21-25	16-20	21-25	17-24	Cryptography
26-30	26-30	21-25	26-30	25-28	Dance
31-35	-	26-30	31-35	-	Drive Cart
36-40	31-35	-	-	-	Etiquette
41-45	36-40	31-35	36-40	29-32	Excellent Vision
46-50	41-45	36-40	41-45	33-39	Flee!
-	46-50	-	-	-	Fleet Footed
-	-	-	-	40-46	Gem Cutting
				47-53	Haggle
51-55	51-55	41-45	46-50	-	Heraldry
-	-	-	-	54-57	Jest
56-60	56-60	-	51-55	-	Lightning Reflexes
61-65	61-65	46-50	56-60	58-61	Luck
-	-	-	-	62-65	Night Vision
-	-	-	-	66-72	Orientation
66-70	66-70	51-55	61-65	73-80	Read/Write
71-75	71-75	-	-	-	Ride
-	-	56-60	-	81-84	Scale Sheer Surface
-	76-80	-	66-70	-	Silent Move: Rural
76-80	-	61-65	71-75	85-88	Silent Move: Urban
-	81-85	-	76-80	89-92	Sing
81-85	86-90	66-70	81-85	-	Sixth Sense
86-90	91-95	71-75	86-90	93-00	Super Numerate
91-95	96-00	76-90	91-95	-	Very Resilient
96-00	-	91-00	96-00	-	Very Strong