Skills

The Skills section covers the skills of New Bradford: what each skill does, how to use it, what tools and materials it needs, and how to train it. Click a skill's name for the full guide.

The table is sortable, so click a column heading to sort by it.

Skill	Category	What it does
Alchemy	Crafting & gathering	Grind reagents with a mortar and pestle into healing, cure, refresh, strength, agility, poison and explosion potions.
Anatomy	Combat	Judge a creature's strength and speed, add damage to your blows, and boost your Healing.
Animal Lore	Animal handling	Study a creature's stats, skills and loyalty, and get the knowledge needed to control the toughest pets.
Animal Taming	Animal handling	Tame wild creatures into loyal pets that follow, guard and fight for you.
Archery	Combat	Fight at range with bows and crossbows, picking off foes from up to 10 tiles away.
Arms Lore	Miscellaneous	Judge the damage, durability and protection of weapons and armor.
Begging	Miscellaneous	Plead with townsfolk for a few spare coins.
Blacksmithy	Crafting & gathering	Hammer metal ingots into armor, shields and weapons at an anvil and forge, repair worn gear, fill bulk orders for runic hammers and power scrolls, and craft dragon scale armor.
Bowcraft/Fletching	Crafting & gathering	Cut wood into shafts, arrows and bolts, and craft bows and crossbows.
Camping	Miscellaneous	Light campfires and make a secure camp so you can log out safely in the wild.
Carpentry	Crafting & gathering	Turn boards and logs into furniture, containers, instruments, staves and shields.
Cartography	Crafting & gathering	Draw maps of the world and decode treasure maps.
Cooking	Crafting & gathering	Turn flour, meat, fruit and eggs into breads, pies and meals.
Detecting Hidden	Thieving	Search an area to reveal hidden people and spot traps.
Discordance	Bardic	Play jarring music that weakens a creature's skills and stats.
Evaluating Intelligence	Magic	Size up a creature's mind and make your damaging spells hit harder.
Fencing	Combat	Fight with piercing weapons such as daggers, the kryss and spears.
Fishing	Crafting & gathering	Catch fish, shoes and the occasional treasure from the water.
Focus	Miscellaneous	Mental and physical concentration; it currently has no effect.
Forensic Evaluation	Miscellaneous	Find out who killed or looted a corpse and who picked a lock.
Healing	Combat	Treat wounds with bandages, cure poison and bring the dead back to life.
Herding	Animal handling	Guide animals to a spot with a shepherd's crook.
Hiding	Thieving	Vanish from sight where you stand.
Inscription	Magic	Write magic and necromancy scrolls and copy spellbooks.
Item Identification	Miscellaneous	Reveal the hidden magic properties of weapons, armor and wands.
Lockpicking	Thieving	Open locked chests and boxes without the key.
Lumberjacking	Crafting & gathering	Chop trees into logs for carpenters and bowyers, and hit harder with axes.
Mace Fighting	Combat	Fight with blunt weapons such as clubs, maces, hammers and staves.
Magery	Magic	Cast spells from a spellbook: heal, travel by rune, summon and destroy.
Meditation	Magic	Bring your mana back faster, especially while you sit and meditate.
Mining	Crafting & gathering	Dig ore from mountains and caves, smelt it into metal ingots for smiths and tinkers, and at Grandmaster, dig up granite and glass-quality sand.
Musicianship	Bardic	Play instruments well; the foundation of every bard skill.
Necromancy	Magic	Cast dark spells from a necromancer spellbook using necromantic reagents.
Parrying	Combat	Block incoming blows with a shield.
Peacemaking	Bardic	Calm a creature, or end every fight around you with soothing music.
Poisoning	Crafting & gathering	Coat blades and food with poison potions.
Provocation	Bardic	Goad one creature into attacking another.
Remove Trap	Thieving	Disarm traps on chests and boxes.
Resisting Spells	Magic	Shrug off part of every hostile spell that hits you.
Snooping	Thieving	Peek into other people's backpacks.
Spirit Speak	Magic	Hear the speech of ghosts, and power necromancy spells.
Stealing	Thieving	Lift items from other people's packs; against players, a Thieves' Guild privilege.
Stealth	Thieving	Move while hidden.
Swordsmanship	Combat	Fight with bladed weapons: swords, axes and polearms.
Tactics	Combat	Make every weapon blow land harder.
Tailoring	Crafting & gathering	Sew cloth into clothing and cut leather and hides into leather, studded and bone armor, dye your work any color, and fill bulk orders for runic sewing kits, house decorations and power scrolls.
Taste Identification	Crafting & gathering	Taste food and potions to find out whether they are poisoned.
Tinkering	Crafting & gathering	Build tools, jewelry, clocks, keys and traps from metal and wood.
Tracking	Miscellaneous	Find creatures and people nearby and follow an arrow to them.
Veterinary	Animal handling	Heal, cure and resurrect pets with bandages.
Wrestling	Combat	Fight with your bare hands, and block blows when you have no weapon.