Skills
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The Discworld skill model is large and complex. It is broken up into eight branches.
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Skill Branches
- Fighting skill tree
- Covert skill tree
- Magic skill tree
- Faith skill tree
- Crafts skill tree
- People skill tree
- Adventuring skill tree
- Languages skill tree
Advancement
There are 4 methods of improving your level, and hence your bonus, in a skill.
The Taskmaster
The taskmaster is the system that performs skill checks on Discworld. It decides if you pass or fail a skill check, the degree to which you do so, and whether you are to be awarded a skill increase as part of your attempts.
Cost: Skill increases awarded by taskmasker are "free" advancement, they have no XP or financial cost.
Instruction by Guild
Every guild will advance you to some level in all skills; however, the level to which they are willing to teach you in various skills will depend upon your choice of guild and, in some cases, your specialisation within the guild. Guilds will advance primaries up to level 300; all other skills are taught to a lower level. For example, Priests may advance all faith skills up to level 300 within the guild, but may only advance magic skills up to level 5.
To advance a skill tree, find the advancement room/person and type advance [skill]. So to advance your skill tree for magic type "advance magic" without the quotation marks. To advance a branch of a skill, simply type advance [skill.branch] Example: "advance magic.offensive"
Cost: Advancing within your guild is the second cheapest in terms of XP cost after taskmaster skill increases, and costs AM$ 12.50 or equivalent per 100k XP spent on skills.
Teachers
All players are able to teach their skill to other players, subject to their bonus in the relevant skills being high enough. Learning from another player is considerably more expensive than learning from a guild, but marginally cheaper than learning from yourself (see below).
Cost: Learning from a teacher has a high XP cost, but generally has no financial cost. The teacher receives a portion of the XP you spend in return for teaching you.
Self Teaching
Self teaching is the application of your XP to teaching yourself skills.
Cost: This is the most expensive method, but it has the benefit of always being available, and can also be done no matter what level you currently have in the skill.
