Trade – The knowledge of common goods and prices, and the ability to recognize defective goods.

Leadership – The ability to maintain morale in your party and lead bigger armies efficiently.

Charm – The ability to make people trust you, so you can improve relations and barter.

Roguery – The ability to bribe, intimidate and otherwise act like a naugthy boy.

Tactics – The skill to predict how troops will perform in combat.

Scouting – The ability to spot tracks, movement and enemies across distances.

Smithing – The knowledge of metal forging, which allows you to craft weapons and armor, refine metal and scrap old equipment.

Athletics – The ability to maintain balance and control over your own body.

Riding – The ability to maintain balance and control over your horse, even when it moves suddenly, and general horse knowledge.

Thrown weapons – The ability to use throw weapons with force and accuracy.

Crossbows – The ability to use and maintain crossbows.

Bows – The ability to use bows and arrows.

Polearms – The use of spears, lances, staves and other polearms, be they one or two handed.

Two handed weapons – The use of medium-length, two-handed weapons, like big axes or swords.

One handed weapons – The use of short, one-handed weapons with or without a shield.

Each attribute governs three skills, and the attributes you invest in at the start are what’s important – they determine how far you’ll be able to upgrade the skills and makes it easier to learn them.Here’s a list of all the skills, divided by governing attributes: They’re divided into six categories, one for each attribute: vigor, control, endurance, cunning, social and intelligence. With that out of the way, we can talk about specific skills.

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