The Skills of New Moon

General

The general skills are a wide variety of all the things people can practice, train, study or do, and are not specific to any of the adventurous professions. All people will know at least some of these, and people who are very good in one craft are gathered in guilds, like the Bakers, Cutlers or Weavers Guild.

• general.movement

  Movement by other means than walking. The physical stat is important.

  • g.m.riding

    Riding other creatures, be it horses or griffons.

  • g.m.swimming

    Swimming, in any liquid or liquid-like substance.

  • g.m.climbing

    Climbing of rope or any surface, like rocks or trees.

  • g.m.boating

    Knowledge of how to propel a boat, either by peddling, rowing or sailing.

• general.instinct

  The senses.

  • g.i.awareness

    Noticing things automatically and subconsciously. Being more careful in observations, actively.

  • g.i.survival

    The primal instinct of surviving, together with knowledge of survival techniques.

  • g.i.searching

    A well-developed strategy for looking for things, actively.

• general.crafts

  The artificing of things. Hands are needed for crafting.

  • g.c.smithing

    The smithing of objects, be it weapons or armour, or jewelry.

  • g.c.repairing

    The fixing of things, be it weapons or clothing.

  • g.c.brewing

    The brewing of beers as well as potions.

  • g.c.mining

    Mining and excavating underground.

  • g.c.artistic

    The skills of drawing, painting and sculpting.

  • g.c.cooking&baking

    Preparing of foods.

  • g.c.healing&herbs

    The art of herbalism, including bandaging and healing people.

  • g.c.alchemy

    The art of techniques of the alchemist, for transmuting materials.

• general.knowledge

  Studying of various fields of knowledge. Intelligence is needed.

  • g.k.weapons

    Knowledge of types of weapons and their use. Includes siege engines.

  • g.k.religion

    Knowledge of the various gods in the pantheon. Knowing how to recognize their followers, symbols and rituals.

  • g.k.streetwise

    Knowing the various illegal activities of thieves, knowing or recognizing them or the tools of their trade.

  • g.k.trading

    The knowledge of trade-routes, goods, economics, bargaining and sense of profit.

  • g.k.arcane&history

    The knowledge of the history of New Moon, the major events in the past, recognition of names, dates, scriptures and items made in the past. Arcane is the same knowledge, but of magic.

  • g.k.woodland

    Knowledge of the forests and woods, including woodland lore and the beasts that live there.

• general.communication

  The skills to communicate with other people. The senses are needed.

  • g.c.reading

    The ability to read, in the common or other languages.

  • g.c.writing

    The ability to write, in common or other languages.

  • g.c.talking

    The ability to speak in more than the common tongue.

• general.entertainment

  Artistic skills for entertaining other people. Some smarts and dexterity is required. Bards study these skills seriously.

  • g.e.instruments

    Playing various instruments, either to make money or for fun.

  • g.e.acting

    The skill of acting, for actors and budding playwrights.

  • g.e.storytelling

    Knowledge of fairytales and legends, and being able to narrate them.

  • g.e.singing&dancing

    Training of the voice, knowing songs and dances.

• general.valueing

  Appraising of items to determine their value. A skill very much needed by merchants.

• general.sense

  A skill that helps develop your all-round abilities in the skills of daily life, so that you are able to use commands that depend on these general skills more effectively.

Combat

The skill of the warriors, and all adventurous people try to learn at least some proficiency in it. Strength is needed to perform well in combat. The aspects of combat are offence, defence and special.

• combat.offence

  The combat of attacking, with any weapon or without weapons. Strength as well as agility are important.

  • c.o.slashing

    The use of edged weapons. Edged weapons use a technique of strong blows meant to cause bleeding wounds.

    • c.o.s.swords

      All sword-type weapons, ranging from broadswords to foreign scimitar.

    • c.o.s.axes

      All axe-type weapons, ranging from hand-axe to battle-axe.

    • c.o.s.cleavers

      All slashing weapons which are not sword or axe-type, like polearm mounted blades such as the blade of the halberd, and scythes and sickles.

  • c.o.concussion

    The use of blunt weapons. Blunt weapons use a technique of strong blows meant to cause bruises or fractures.

    • c.o.c.maces

      All mace-type weapons often of wooden handle and iron head.

    • c.o.c.clubs

      All club-like weapons or objects, ranging from cudgel to improvised weapons like sticks or a chair.

    • c.o.c.staves

      All staves of any making. Usually wielded by priest, monks, wizards or people who can't afford a sword.

  • c.o.piercing

    The use of sharp weapons. Piercing weapons use a technique of fencing and thrusts meant to pierce the flesh and internal organs.

    • c.o.p.blades

      All long pointy weapons, usually without an edge, ranging from short swords to fencing foils.

    • c.o.p.pikes

      All polearms which have at least one point, ranging from spears to lances and the point of the halberd.

    • c.o.p.daggers

      All small stabbing weapons, such as dagger and knife.

  • c.o.martial-arms

    The skill of hand-to-hand, close-quarters fighting using specialist martial-arms weapons. Mainly only learnt in foreign lands.

  • c.o.projectile

    The use of ranged weapons. Although the types of weapons and damage done are much varied, their use always requires a good dexterity.

    • c.o.p.thrown

      All thrown weapons, ranging from daggers to javelins and spears.

    • c.o.p.bows

      All types of bow, such as short, long or composite bow.

    • c.o.p.shot

      Weapons that fire off projectiles, like crossbows, but also slings, staffslings, and blowpipes.

  • c.o.unarmed

    The skills of fighting without weapons.

    • c.o.u.brawling

      Mainly involves the use of fists. Useful for those bar-room brawls!

    • c.o.u.wrestling

      The whole body is used in wrestling.

    • c.o.u.martial-arts

      A type of combat only well understood in foreign lands.

• combat.defence

  The skill of defending oneself against attacks. Less strength is required for this, and more agility.

  • c.d.armours

    The skill of knowing how to optimalize worn items so they offer best protection, and ease of moving in them.

  • c.d.shields

    The good use of shields; the speed and effectivity of blocking.

  • c.d.parrying

    To parry blows is to guide the direction of the opponents attack away from your body. This can be done with or without a weapon.

  • c.d.dodging

    To avoid or sidestep an attack. No contact goes paired with it.

    • c.d.d.blow

      The dodging of a blow of a weapon or fist for example.

    • c.d.d.projectile

      The dodging of a projectile. Some projectiles are so fast they can not be dodged.

• combat.special

  These skills all have to do with special techniques and attacks native to the warrior. Strength as well as personality and intelligence are important.

  • c.s.leadership

    How good you are leading a company of warriors into battle.

  • c.s.berserk

    The barbarian secret of battle frenzy.

  • c.s.protection

    The skill of protecting your fellow warrior or treasure.

  • c.s.blindfighting

    The difficult to master skill of fighting in the dark, or when otherwise visually disadvantaged. Not for the faint-hearted.

• combat.stamina

  The endurance of the body, how healthy it is and how many blows it can take. You can train your body, but it all depends on your constitution, which you can not train.

• combat.tactics

  Only warriors need to train this. Just like mana, faith, slyness and sense, it is a profession dependent skill. The warrior who is taught well in tactics can use many special attacks routines. Warriors who are smarter than others are better at tactics.

Magic

Magic, or the Art as it is called on the planet New Moon, is a skill that draws energy from somewhere else and uses it for varied strange and wonderful effects. Intelligence is required.

• magic.spells

  The skill of casting. Spells are formulated in written form, and once learned can be invoked by several components, usually spoken.

  • m.s.elemental

    Spells involving the 4 elements fire, water, earth and air. A good constitution is helpful.

    • m.s.e.fire

      Spells involving the element fire.

    • m.s.e.water

      Spells involving the element water.

    • m.s.e.earth

      Spells involving the element earth.

    • m.s.e.air

      Spells involving the element air.

  • m.s.abjuration

    Spells involving countering other magic or attacks.

    • m.s.ab.protection

      Abjuration spells meant for protecting people.

    • m.s.ab.dispelling

      Abjuration spells that dispel other magic.

    • m.s.ab.circles

      Abjuration spells that empower drawings.

  • m.s.alteration

    Spells that change things.

    • m.s.al.living

      Alteration spells that change living things.

    • m.s.al.objects

      Alteration spells that change objects.

    • m.s.al.immaterial

      Alteration spells that change immaterial things.

  • m.s.manipulation

    Spells that manipulate things.

    • m.s.m.charm

      The magic of influencing people.

    • m.s.m.summoning

      The magic of summoning creatures to serve the caster.

    • m.s.m.conjuration

      The magic of conjuring non-living things out of nothing.

    • m.s.m.divination

      The magic of divining information.

  • m.s.black

    The Dark Art, malicious magic. A good wisdom is helpful.

    • m.s.b.necromancy

      The blood and bones magic, magic of creating and controlling undead.

    • m.s.b.deathmagic

      The magic of death.

    • m.s.b.demonology

      The magic of summoning and cooperating with demonic creatures.

    • m.s.b.occultism

      The magic of witchcraft.

• magic.items

  The skill of knowing how to use and create magic items. Only very skilled magicusers can create items.

  • m.i.rods

    The use and making of magic rods, short staff-like items, very powerful.

  • m.i.staves

    The use and making of magic staves, quarterstaves with magical powers.

  • m.i.wands

    The use and making of magic wands, short staff-like items.

  • m.i.scrolls

    The use and writing of scrolls, magical sheets of parchment.

  • m.i.miscellaneous

    The use and making of any other magical item. This can range from enchantments of potions or golems to the use of rings or magical clothing.

• magic.mana

  The discipline of harnessing magic. Only magicusers need to train this skill. The higher your intelligence, the higher the reservoire of mana. Wizards with a high constitution are less likely drained.

Worship

The skills of priesthood, based on faith and wisdom of the user.

• worship.spells

  The skill of casting priest spells. The prayers of priests are answered by their gods in the form of spells that can assist them in their life.

  • w.s.elemental

    Spells involving the 4 elements fire, water, earth and air. A good constitution is helpful.

    • w.s.e.fire

      Spells involving the element fire.

    • w.s.e.water

      Spells involving the element water.

    • w.s.e.earth

      Spells involving the element earth.

    • w.s.e.air

      Spells involving the element air.

  • w.s.healing

    Spells that restore the body and mind. Casting these spells is a good act.

    • w.s.h.wounds

      Spells that heal physical wounds.

    • w.s.h.diseases

      Spells that heal physical diseases.

    • w.s.h.poisons

      Spells that heal poisons, whether natural or artificial.

    • w.s.h.curses

      Spells that remove curses, either from people or items.

    • w.s.h.exorcism

      Spells that heal mental ailments like possession, or drive out spirits.

  • w.s.manipulation

    Spells that manipulate things or creatures.

    • w.s.m.protection

      Spells that protect people.

    • w.s.m.auguration.

      Spells that ask the gods for answers.

    • w.s.m.druidic

      Spells that influence weather and nature, in a cooperative way.

    • w.s.m.shamanism

      Spells that deal with the spirit world and barbaric ritual spells.

  • w.s.servitude

    The influencing of other creatures, sometimes good, sometimes for evil slavery and abuse.

    • w.s.s.summoning

      The summoning of creatures to the priest for servitude.

    • w.s.s.controlling

      Placing other creatures under the influence of the priest, or wrest influence from other people.

    • w.s.s.dismissal

      The sending away of summoned or planar creatures.

• worship.rituals

  The performance of religious rituals for various purposes, like burial, marriage, excommunication or alignment.

  • w.r.sacrifices

    Knowledge of the rituals of sacrifice to the chosen god, to obtain the favour and/or appeasement of that god and to request the bestowment of special powers.

  • w.r.prayers

    The confession of sins to the chosen god, the making of requests for divine assistance or intervention, or the empowerment of the god by fervent devotion.

  • w.r.blessing

    The skill of blessing someone with the aid of the chosen god. Evil gods usually give powers to their followers for cursing instead of blessing.

  • w.r.community

    The knowledge of rituals dedicated to channeling the powers of the chosen god for the benefit of the wider community.

• worship.items

  The skill of using and making holy items. Only very skilled priests can make holy items.

  • w.i.amulets

    The use or making of holy amulets, necklace or fetish-like objects.

  • w.i.weapons

    The use and making of holy weapons. Holy weapons are usually maces and staves.

  • w.i.scrolls

    The use and writing of scrolls, sheets of parchment that capture the power bestowed by one's god.

  • w.i.miscellaneous

    The use and creation of all other holy items, like rings or sacred clothing.

• worship.faith

  The skill that priests built up by long service and devotion to their god. Only priests have need for faith, since it determines the amount of spell power their god grants them. Wisdom is the only important thing when it comes to faithfulness.

Covert

The skills of persons with a sly criminal mind. Most of the skills require not only sharp senses, but a superior dexterity as well. All these skills are used in illegal activities, but some are used in stealthy professions like scouting or tracking as well. Some even are practiced legally, such as lockmakers.

• covert.stealth

  The skills of stealth encompass all aspects of acting without being detected or raising alarms.

  • c.st.sneaking

    The skill of moving quietly. A skill shared by thieves, rangers and assassins alike.

  • c.st.hiding

    The art of hiding in shadows or natural terrain. This skill relates to persons as well as items.

  • c.st.stalking

    The skill of folllowing a person unnnoticed. A skill of mugging, killing and making surprise attacks.

  • c.st.burglary

    The skill of sneaking unheard into houses, tightrope walking, tumbling, contorionism and all other forms of movements needed by catburglars.

  • c.st.disguise

    The skill of disguise, or mimicry, and generally acting like another person. Generally a skill employed by thieves and assassins.

• covert.manipulation

  The skills of fast fingerwork. A good dexterity is very important.

  • c.ma.stealing

    Picking people's pockets or pilfering from shops.

  • c.ma.palming

    The quick covering or picking up of items, unseen by others.

  • c.ma.passing

    The unseen passing of objects to another person.

  • c.ma.sleight-of-hand

    As used by prestidigitators; the quick and clever use of the hands for tricks.

• covert.mechanics

  The skills of manipulation of mechanics. In addition to requiring dextrous hands, some smarts and knowledge are needed as well.

  • c.me.lockpicking

    The opening of locks without the proper key.

  • c.me.traps

    The removal or setting up of mechanical traps.

  • c.me.sabotage

    Manipulating things in such a way they stop working or will break when they are used next.

• covert.information

  The gathering of information takes some wisdom and smarts.

  • c.i.spying

    The act of overhearing, overseeing, or stealing of information.

  • c.i.bribing

    Persuading someone to do you a favour in return for another.

  • c.i.rumours

    The setting up of a network of connections, or the talent for picking up rumours on the streets.

• covert.business

  Criminal money-making deals.

  • c.b.gambling

    Knowing how to play gambling games, or set up gambling operations.

  • c.b.fencing

    The selling or buying of stolen goods.

  • c.b.conning

    Tricking people into giving valuables or forgetting to get paid.

• covert.poisons

  Knowledge in both using and identifying poisons. This skill can be used and abused. Assassins need a deep knowledge of poison to ply their trade while other may need this knowledge to combat the effect of poisons.

• covert.slyness

  This is only developed on the streets, and only by those who are actively involved in criminal or covert activities. Smartness is needed.