List of known skills and spells =============================== Shipcraft [120] --------------- All skills concerning ocean travel fall under this category. Shipcraft encompasses the building and repair of ships, training of sailors, and navigation at sea. The following skills may be studied directly once Shipcraft is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9502 Sailing one week 9503 Shipbuilding one week 9554 Add ram to galley two weeks 9582 Fishing one week Combat [121] ------------ The student of combat learns the training of soldiers and how to lead them well in battle. With study and experience, the battle lord will find strategies to be used in difficult combat situations. The following skills may be studied directly once Combat is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9501 Survive fatal wound three weeks, 1 NP req'd 9505 Fight to the death three weeks 9541 Construct catapult one week 9570 Defense one week 9579 Archery two weeks 9580 Swordplay one week 9581 Weaponsmithing one week Stealth [122] ------------- Stealth includes the arts of theft, spying, assassination, kidnapping, and other covert activities. Most stealth skills will not make use of soldiers or other followers, instead relying on the sneakiness of a lone character. The following skills may be studied directly once Stealth is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9509 Petty thievery one week 9519 Determine inventory of character one week 9520 Determine skills of character one week 9521 Determine character's lord one week 9591 Conceal faction three weeks Beastmastery [123] ------------------ Beastmastery spans the capture, training and breeding of all manner of animals, both wild and domestic. Common Beastmastery skills are used to capture and train horses for travel or combat. Higher level skills within this category concern the care and use of stranger beasts. The following skills may be studied directly once Beastmastery is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9504 Bird spy two weeks 9506 Capture beasts in battle three weeks 9507 Use beasts in battle three weeks 9517 Catch wild horses one week 9529 Train wild horse to riding horse one week 9530 Train wild horse to warmount two weeks Persuasion [124] ---------------- The skill of smooth-tongued orators, Persuasion involves the manipulation of others through eloquent verbal dialog. From subverting a noble's loyalty to rousing peasant mobs with firey speeches, Persuasion can a powerful tool or weapon. The following skills may be studied directly once Persuasion is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9515 Bribe noble one week 9537 Raise peasant mob one week 9538 Rally peasant mob two weeks 9592 Train angry peasants one week Construction [125] ------------------ The domain of engineers, builders and architects, Construction concerns the erection of inns, castles, city walls, and other fortifications. The following skills may be studied directly once Construction is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9542 Construct siege tower one week 9566 Stone quarrying one week Alchemy [126] ------------- Called petty magician, druggist, and sometimes fool, the alchemist seeks to brew useful potions from elements and rare extracts. A method to transmute matter into gold is eagerly sought, but remains unknown. The following skills may be studied directly once Alchemy is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9551 Brew healing potion two weeks 9552 Brew potion of death two weeks 9584 Collect rare elements one week Forestry [128] -------------- Forestry is skill at managing forests and harvesting their products, such as timber, yew, and rare foliage. The following skills may be studied directly once Forestry is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9540 Construct battering ram one week 9568 Harvest lumber one week 9569 Harvest yew one week 9583 Collect rare foliage one week 9588 Harvest opium one week Mining [129] ------------ Mining is the skill of sinking deep shafts into mountainous provinces for the purpose of extracting valuable elements. Mining skills require a mine shaft to be constructed first with the BUILD MINE order. The likelihood of death because of cave-ins or poisonous gases seeping into the shafts tends to make mining dangerous work. The following skills may be studied directly once Mining is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9563 Mine iron one week 9564 Mine gold one week Religion [150] -------------- The study of religion labels a character as a priest. Priests may learn to receive visions of far-away places, characters, or items. Some priests are said to possess miraculous powers, including the ability to bring dead nobles back to life. Religion may only be researched in temples. The following skills may be studied directly once Religion is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9301 Receive vision three weeks Magic [160] ----------- No apprentice magician can rightfully don the robes of his order without some knowledge of Magic [160]. Magic contains many spells useful on their own, as well as in conjunction with spells from the other schools of sorcery. The following skills may be studied directly once Magic is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9101 Meditate one week 9103 Perform common tasks for gold one week 9104 Appear common one week 9105 View current aura level of others two weeks 9146 Heal one week Weather magic [161] ------------------- Weather spells concern the summoning and control of storms. Mild weather may have an effect on battle and ocean navigation. Fierce storms are capable of great damage. The following skills may be studied directly once Weather magic is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9187 Summon rain two weeks 9188 Summon wind two weeks 9189 Summon fog two weeks 9190 Direct storm two weeks Scrying [162] ------------- Scrying concerns the gathering of information by means of magical spells. Simple spells may allow the mage to learn information about other characters nearby, or to view distant regions. Advanced study delves into spells wrought long ago in by the men of Areth-Pirn as tools to rule their land, including the erection of magical barriers to travel, as well as additional spells of far-seeing. The following skills may be studied directly once Scrying is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9141 Scry location two weeks Gatecraft [163] --------------- Long ago the Ancients, a race of wise men who ruled the land with the aid of powerful magic, constructed a network of teleportation gateways to connect distant cities. As the reach of their magical portals grew, so grew the reach of their armies and knowledge. At their height the rule of the Ancients extended to every corner of the known world, and beyond. With the passing of the Ancients, the system of gates fell into disuse and decay, and now retains only a hint of its former majesty. Gatecraft, once practiced by the most common among the Ancients, has since been forgotten by nearly all men. The school of Gatecraft retains the only knowledge of the use of these mystical portals. Because knowledge of Gates can be a powerful tool or weapon, Gatecraft spells are jealously guarded even within the school. Some aspects of Gatecraft, such as the secret of their construction, have been completely lost. The following skills may be studied directly once Gatecraft is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9115 Detect gates one week 9116 Jump through gate one week Artifact construction [164] --------------------------- The domain of high level wizards, artifact construction concerns the creation and manipulation of items which may focus and store aura, contain spells, or have other magical properties. The following skills may be studied directly once Artifact construction is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9108 Reveal creator of artifact one week 9109 Reveal where artifact was created one week 9164 Destroy artifact one week Necromancy [165] ---------------- The way of the necromancer leads to fresh graves, the pits of Hades, and unspeakable horrors found only in dark corners of men's souls. Power is gained through animation and enslavement of the dead, both followers as well as nobles. A necromancer looks upon a bloody battlefield strewn with the dead as a potential army waiting to be trained. Advanced necromancers wield fierce powers, manipulating evil Runes to effect their will upon the world, and making pacts with demons to obtain power in return for souls. With great power also comes great danger, and necromancy is the most dangerous of the magical arts. Only those willing to risk death at the hands of civilized men, or worse fates meted out by demons sent from the underworld, should even consider its study. The following skills may be studied directly once Necromancy is known: num skill time to learn --- ----- ------------- 9179 Summon ghost warriors two weeks 9180 Raise undead two weeks 9185 Aura blast two weeks