Skill

A character's skills are the character's learned abilities. A newly-created character starts with a few relevant skills and may acquire more as he advances in level. Non-player characters do not have individual skills, instead relying on their combat stat line's skill bonus when relevant.

Skill Levels

Skills are rated on a scale between level-0 and level-4. A character must reach a certain minimum experience level to develop a skill to level-2 or beyond.

Level	Description
Level-0	Basic competence in the skill, such as an ordinary practitioner would have.
Level-1	An experienced professional in the skill, clearly better than most.
Level-2	Veteran expert, one respected even by those with considerable experience.
Level-3	Master of the skill, likely one of the best in the city.
Level-4	Superlative expertise, one of the best in the world.