Abilities

Abilities are your Learned skills, and as such are bought using Learning Points. All abilities start at 1, and cost:
$100LP*(currentlevel+1)$
Learned skills are nonrefundable, so choose wisely. Like Attributes, Abilities can be buffed or debuffed by Wounds and Equipment

Combat Abilities

Unarmed Combat

• Determines the effectiveness of Unarmed Combat moves

Equipment which modifies Unarmed Combat

equipment	Stat
Cutthroat Cuirass	3
Goat Mask	3
Grand Troll Helm	10
Whaler's Jacket	5

Melee Combat

• Determines the effectiveness of Melee Combat moves.

Equipment which modifies Melee Combat

equipment	Stat
Bone Greaves	5
Cutthroat Cuirass	5
Dragon Helm	5
Mammoth Guard	10
Meteoring	5
Snakeskin Boots	2
Thane's Ring	10

Marksmanship

• Increases aim speed of the Hunter's Bow and Sling
• Softcap for crafting the Hunter's Bow , Sling , Bone Arrow and Stone Arrow.

Equipment which modifies Marksmanship

Non Combat Abilities

Exploration

• Determines the visibility of Foragables with $Perception*Exploration$
• Criminal Acts, leave behind a Scent that can be seen if the trackers $Perception*Exploration$ is more than half that of the perpetrators $Intelligence*Stealth$

Equipment which modifies Exploration

equipment	Stat
Fox Hat	2
Grass Cape	1

Stealth

• Determines visibility of scents based on $Perception*Exploration$ vs $Intelligence*Stealth$
• Makes the tracking pie slice wider/less precise.
• Increases cool-down on scents left by the player.
• Your own scents do not care that they came from you. So, depending or you attribute levels, you might not see your own scents

Equipment which modifies Stealth

equipment	Stat
Bandit's Mask	2
Cutthroat Cuirass	5
Druid's Cloak	15
Snakeskin Boots	5

Sewing

• Determines the softcap of craftable leather/fabric items with ${\sqrt {Sewing*Dexterity}}$

Equipment which modifies Sewing

equipment	Stat
Clothier's Thimble	5

Smithing

• Determines the softcap of metal items with ${\sqrt {Strength*Smithing}}$
• Determines the softcap of jewelry with ${\sqrt {Psyche*Smithing}}$
• Smithing does not affect the quality of wrought iron, steel, or bronze.

Equipment which modifies Smithing

equipment	Stat
Forge Ring	10

Masonry

• Masonry governs all things related to pottery, ceramics, and stoneworking.
• Hard caps the quality of stone and ore mined from cave walls, clay and stone dug from the ground, and foraged clay.

Equipment which modifies Masonry

equipment	Stat
Boreworm Mask	5
Cave Coral Ring	5

Carpentry

• Determines the softcap of wooden items, notably boards with ${\sqrt {Dexterity*Carpentry}}$

Equipment which modifies Carpentry

equipment	Stat
Beaver Cap	2

Cooking

• Determines the softcap of many cooked foods with ${\sqrt {Perception*Cooking}}$
• Determines the quality of baked goods and other foods with ${\sqrt {Dexterity*Cooking}}$

Equipment which modifies Cooking

equipment	Stat
The Perfect Hole	2

Farming

• Increases the quality of the seeds/plants you harvest (randomized +5\-5).
• You cannot grow up plants of a quality rating higher than your skill value + 3.
• Used as a softcap for many craftable items, such as Straw Doll

Equipment which modifies Farming

equipment	Stat
Druid's Cloak	5
Druid's Ring	5
Goat Mask	5
Reindeer Cape	3
Straw Hat	3

Survival

• hardcaps the quality of herbs a character has picked.
• softcaps the quality of meat, bones and hide when butchering with ${\sqrt {Survival*ToolQ}}$
• Used to craft Stone Axe , Bone Saw , and fishing gear
• Some gathered resources (water, soil, etc) are hardcapped by your survival.

Equipment which modifies Survival

Lore

• Lore is a general measure of Wisdom, relevant for "magical" or otherwise involved tasks.
• Used to be a cap with Survival and Perception for Pitbaked Goods.
• More uses are intended to be implemented later

Equipment which modifies Lore

equipment	Stat
Adderfang Amulet	2
Darkwood Ring	3
Druid's Ring	5
Mask of the Green Man	20
Rabbit's Foot Necklace	5