Explanation of Terms
Damage	Power to inflict injury. Higher damage creates greater wounds.
Armour	Power to resist injury. Higher armour means smaller wounds.
Speed	Reaction Time. Higher speeds can act more often than lower speeds. A speed of 20 can take twice as many actions as a speed 10.
Melee	Hit Skill. Higher melee means more and better hits. Low skill means weaker strikes and misses.
Evade	Dodge Skill. Higher evade means that the enemy will get weaker hits and miss more often.
Combat Value	When a skill improves 'combat value', it is adding to Speed, Melee and Evade.

Wielding Weapons There are restrictions on which weapons you may use.
Two Hands	You only have two hands. When you look at a weapons, it will say: held(1), held(2), and held(2F). The number is the number of hands needed. If it says 2F, you need two hands AND to be dismounted.
Mounts	Large races (Trolls & Centaurs) cannot use mounts, except for wagons and flying carpets. These things do not count for the 'mounted' status.
Race Size	A weapon can be too small (a dagger in the hands of a troll) or too large (a claymore in goblin hands).
Level Limits	Equipment is ranked based on their construction materials. Copper is rank one, Bronze is rank two, Iron is rank three, etcetera. There are rank restrictions on what equipment you may where. You must be over Five to use Bronze, over Ten to use Iron, over Fifteen to use Steel, etcetera.

Special Moves, Sanity, and Shock Gambits (Special Moves and Magic Skills) will cost you sanity and time. Each time you use such a maneuver you may take some small damage to 'wits' and suffer 'shock' which can lose you up to three turns. Each Gambit has a Parent skill and a Grandparent skill. For the Berzerk gambit, this is Warrior and Discipline. As the skill gets larger, you suffer more insanity and shock. The Parent skill resists the sanity loss and the Grandparent skill resists the shock. The basic formula for sanity loss is: (Level / 5) * (100+skill) / (100+parent) 'Shock' will cause you to miss on or more rounds in a fight. Little white bubbles will circle your head indicating how many rounds you are losing. Sanity counts as damage against the heros wits. When the wits drops to zero, the hero will die. Sanity is recovered fully when the hero sleeps for the night. It recovers 50% after a hero dies. It recovers 25% when the player visits the healer. In addition, consuming gems will recover sanity... but at the cost of damage to charm.

Combat Skills
Weapon Attack/Defense Bonuses

Skill	Description	Status
Block	Increased combat value when using shields	In Place!
Brawl	Increased combat values with empty hands	In Place!
Crush	Increased combat value with blunt weapons (clubs/staves)	In Place!
Ride	Increased combat value when mounted	In Place!
Shoot	Increased combat value with ranged weapons (bows+muskets)	In Place!
Slash	Increased combat value with edged weapons (swords/axes)	In Place!
Stab	Increased combat value with pointed weapons (spears/daggers)	In Place!
Whip	Increased combat value with flexing weapons (flails/whips)	In Place!

Targeted Skill Bonuses

Skill	Description	Status
Archer	Bows+Slings add melee skill vs polearms/flying units	In Place!
Cavalry	Mounted units add melee skill vs archers/mages	In Place!
Flail	Flail armed units add melee skill vs foot soldiers	In Place!
Gunner	Muskets+Cannons add melee skill vs foot soldiers	In Place!
Phalanx	Polearm units add melee skill vs mounted enemies	In Place!

Other Bonuses

Skill	Description	Status
Charge	Increased speed when mounted	In Place!
Fencer	Increased evade with blades + stabbers	In Place!
Skirmish	Increased melee with ranged weapons	In Place!
Sprint	Increased speed when NOT mounted.	In Place!

Combat Maneuvers
Maneuver Basics

Skill	Description	Status
Discipline	basic skill for maneuvers, increases speed on all maneuvers	In Place!
Warrior	Reduced sanity cost for warrior maneuvers. Cannot be used with ranged weapons.	In Place!
Thief	Reduced sanity cost for thief maneuvers. Cannot be used while mounted.	In Place!
Ranger	Reduced sanity cost for ranger maneuvers. Can only be used with ranged weapons.	NOT

Warrior Maneuvers

Skill	Description	Status
Berzerk	Super strong attack on single foe	In Place!
Drill	Strike an entire column	In Place!
Clobber	Damage & Shock causes target to lose actions	In Place!
Sweep	Strike the entire front Row	In Place!

Thief Maneuvers

Skill	Description	Status
Sneak	Hide from enemies during stories and fights.	In Place!
Backstab	Murderous attack enhanced by being hidden.	In Place!
Steal	Take items from enemy packs	Partial
Trick	Trick during stories, and blind during fights.	In Place!

Rangers Maneuvers

Skill	Description	Status
Disarm	Strike at the weapon arms making enemy weaker.	NOT
Snare	Paralyze an opponent with a simple trap.	NOT
Sniper	extra deadly ranged attack.	NOT
Howl	Drive fear into the heart of all foes.	NOT

Crafting Skills

Basic Skills

Skill	Description	Status
Craft	Root skill that governs all crafting.	In Place!
Artisan	General skill over item creation.	In Place!
Harvest	General skill over collecting of resources.	In Place!
Sage	General skill over item dismantling and examination.	In Place!

Harvest Skills

Skill	Description	Status
Diver	Harvest from Water/Ocean	NOT
Farmer	Harvest resources from domesticated lands.	In Place!
Miner	Collects resources from underground.	In Place!
Woodsman	Harvest resources from the wilderness.	In Place!

Artisan Skills

Skill	Description	Status
Armory	Create metal armors.	In Place!
Brewer	Create drinks and libations.	NOT
Carver	Create bone and wood tools and weapons.	In Place!
Cook	Create meals and drinks.	In Place!
Jeweler	Create rings, wands, necklaces, and tiaras.	NOT
Smithy	Create metal weapons and tools.	In Place!
Tailor	Create clothes and leather armours.	In Place!

Sage Skills

Alchemist	Create magical potions, powders and fluxes.	In Place!
Analyze	Find the formula for a food, drink or potion.	In Place!
Dismantle	Pull apart a weapon so you can build more.	In Place!
Render	Destroy clothing or armor to learn the pattern.	In Place!

General Skills

Town Skills

Skill	Description	Status
Medic	Increase healing value of food/bandages.	In Place!
Merchant	increased charm for buying/selling	In Place!
Party	Increased charm for 'party' options.	In Place!
Rally	Trade fame and favor for influence (clout).	In Place!
Student	Increase the training points that can be learned. (max TP learned is limited by Wits+Student)	In Place!
Trainer	Increase the training points that can be taught. (max TP taught is limited by Wits+Trainer)	In Place!

Encounters Skills

Skill	Description	Status
Bandit	Increased skill to stop enemies from fleeing.	In Place!
Bribe	Increased charm for Bribe options.	In Place!
Bluff	Increased charm for Bluff options.	In Place!
Escape	Increased skill for fleeing an encounter.	In Place!
Feed	Extra charm with Feed option.	Partial
Holdout	Conceal treasures, resists looter + thief skills	In Place!
Looter	Can find and evaluate treasure.	In Place!
Riddle	Increased wits for Riddle options.	In Place!

Travel Skills

Explore	Searching for hidden areas takes fewer quests	In Place!
Hiker	'travelling' takes fewer quests	In Place!
Scout	Spot enemy first during encounters	In Place!
Tracking	get a choice of encounters	NOT

Resistance Skills

Skill	Description	Status
Aware	Spot sneaky and invisible threats.	In Place!
Cunning	Resistance to trickery and treachery.	In Place!
Hardy	Resistance to poisons and disease.	In Place!
Sensible	Resistance to charm skills.	In Place!
Stubborn	Resistance to mental magics.	In Place!
Tough	Resistance to physical magics.	In Place!

Magic Skills

Basic Magic

Skill	Description	Status
Casting	Reduced shock for spell casting.	In Place!
Cleric	Reduced sanity cost for clerical spells	In Place!
Wizard	Reduced sanity cost for wizard spells	In Place!
Sorceror	Reduced sanity cost for sorcery spells	In Place!
Necromancer	Reduced sanity cost for necromantic spells	NOT
Enchanter	Reduced sanity cost for enchanter spells	NOT

Cleric Skills

Skill	Description	Status
Bless	Adds to your strength and charisma.	In Place!
Clear	Reduces numb, panic, and blind.	In Place!
Cure	Heals poison and disease.	In Place!
Dispel	Chance to remove some magic auras.	In Place!
Heal	Repairs injuries.	In Place!
Shield	Protects the target from harm.	In Place!
Identify	gives details on strange equipment	NOT

Wizard Skills

Skill	Description	Status
Blast	Fries the target with a blast of magical energy.	In Place!
Haste	Speeds up the target, makes them hard to hit.	In Place!
Levitate	Launches the Wizard into the air.	In Place!
Protect	Improves your resistance to magical powers.	In Place!
Summon	Calls an Elemental to fight for the Wizard	NOT
Strength	Improves your fighting power.	In Place!
Tunnel	Hides the wizard beneath the ground.	NOT

Sorceror Skills

Skill	Description	Status
Paralyze	Slows the foe (-speed), and does some damage.	In Place!
Fear	Panics the target (-melee), and does some damage.	In Place!
Darkness	Blinds the foe (-evade), and does some damage.	In Place!
Control	The target will fight for the sorceror.	NOT
Scry	Gives detailed information on a distant person.	NOT
Unseen	Hides the sorceror from view.	In Place!

Necromancer Skills

Skill	Description	Status
Drain	Steal the targets health for the necromancer.	NOT
Shrivel	Destroys the targets charisma.	NOT
Mania	Drives the target insance.	NOT
Venom	Poisons the target.	NOT
Disease	Sickens the target.	NOT
Animate	Summons a skeleton to fight for the necromancer.	NOT

Enchanter Skills

Skill	Description	Status
Expand	An aura that increases magic to affect a group.	NOT
Endure	An aura that increases the duration of magic effects.	NOT
Enhance	An aura that increases spell power.	NOT
Enchant	Transfer skill and attributes to an item.	NOT
Imbue	Change some materials into magic forms.	NOT

Special Abilities
These skills are racially inherent or purely magical.
They cannot be learned or taught, but can be found in magic items.
These abilities are often seen as monster powers.

Natural

Skill	Description	Status
DiseaseBite	Attacks also make target sick (-armour).	In Place!
Hauler	Allows player to carry more items without penalty. (usually found in packs and wagons)	In Place!
Travel	gain extra quests for the day. (Centaur racial ability, usually found in mounts)	In Place!
Regenerate	Recover rapidly from wounds, poison and disease. (Troll racial ability)	In Place!
Flight	Hover in the air, easily evading many types of attacks. (Faery racial ability)	In Place!
ParalyzeBite	Attacks also paralyze target (-speed).	In Place!
PoisonBite	Attacks also weaken foes (-damage).	In Place!
ShadowBite	Attacks also blind enemies (-melee).	In Place!

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