SKILL LEVELS

NOVICE: 0-24 skill points
APPRENTICE: 25-49 skill points
JOURNEYMAN: 50-74 skill points
EXPERT: 75-99 skill points
MASTER: 100 skill points

COMBAT SKILLS

• Novice: is fatigued by blocking. Hand to hand blocking has no effect.
• Apprentice: is no longer fatigued by blocking.
• Journeyman: shield or weapon no longer takes damage from blocking. Opponents may recoil when blocking with hand-to-hand.
• Expert: blocking with a shield has a chance to do a knockback counterattack.
• Master: blocking has an additional chance of disarming an enemy with a successful knockback counterattack.

• Novice: cannot repair magic items.
• Apprentice: repair hammers last twice as long.
• Journeyman: can now repair magic items.
• Expert: can repair items to 125%. Expert-improved weapons do extra damage, expert-improved armor provides more protection.
• Master: never breaks repair hammers.

• Novice: heavy armour degrates at 150% of normal rate.
• Apprentice: heavy armour degrades at normal weight.
• Journeyman: heavy armour degrades at a 50% slower rate.
• Expert: equipped heavy armor encumbers only by 50%.
• Master: equipped heavy armor does not encumber at all.

• Novice: basic power attack with a damage bonus in all directions.
• Apprentice: gains damage bonuses with the Mastery Standing Power Attack.
• Journeyman: gains the Mastery Left and Mastery Right power attacks, and has a chance to disarm.
• Expert: gains a Mastery Backwards Power Attack, and gains the chance of a knockdown.
• Master: gains a Mastery Forward Power Attack, with a chance to paralyze.

• Novice: basic power attack with a damage bonus in all directions.
• Apprentice: gains damage bonuses with the Mastery Standing Power Attack.
• Journeyman: gains the Mastery Left and Mastery Right power attacks, and has a chance to disarm.
• Expert: gains a Mastery Backwards Power Attack, and gains the chance of a knockdown.
• Master: gains a Mastery Forward Power Attack, with a chance to paralyze.

• Novice: regenerates fatigue slowly when running.
• Apprentice: regenerates fatigue 25% faster when running.
• Journeyman: regenerates fatigue 50% faster when running.
• Expert: regenerates fatigue 75% faster when running.
• Master: running never reduces the regeneration of fatigue.

• Novice: basic power attack with a damage bonus in all directions.
• Apprentice: gains damage bonuses with the Mastery Standing Power Attack.
• Journeyman: gains the Mastery Left and Mastery Right power attacks, and has a chance to disarm.
• Expert: gains a Mastery Backwards Power Attack, and gains the chance of a knockdown, and when blocking, gains a chance of a knockdown attack.
• Master: gains a Mastery Forward Power Attack, with a chance to paralyze, and, when blocking, gains the chance of a disarm or knockback attack.

• Novice: recognises only the first four alchemical properties of a substance.
• Apprentice: recognises the first two of four potential alchemical properties of a substance.
• Journeyman: recognises the first three of four potential alchemical properties of a substance.
• Expert: recognises all four potential alchemical properties of a substance.
• Master: can make potions from a single ingredient.

• Novice: up to four tumblers will fall when a novice fails and breaks a pick.
• Apprentice: up to three tumblers will fall when a novice fails and breaks a pick.
• Journeyman: up to two tumbers will fall when a novice fails and breaks a pick.
• Master: no tumblers fall when a master fails and breaks a pick.

• Novice: gains a x4 damage bonus for a one-handed weapon and hand-to-hand and 2x damage bonus for marksman attacks when undetected.
• Apprentice: gains a 64 damage bonus for a one-handed weapon and hand-to-hand and 3x damage bonus for marksman attacks when undetected.
• Journeyman: receives no penalty to his chance of detetion while sneaking for the weight of his boots.
• Expert: receives no penalty to his chance of detection while sneaking for moving while sneaking.
• Master: attack while undetected ignores armor rating of target.

• Novice: cannot attack when jumping or falling.
• Apprentice: can make normal attacks, but not power attacks, when jumping or falling.
• Journeyman: gains the Dodge ability, and can hold block and jump in a direction to do a quick avoidance roll.
• Expert: fatigue loss for jumping is reduced by 50%.
• Master: gains the Water Jump Ability, and, with expert timing, can jump off the surface of water.

• Novice: light armour degrates at 150% of normal rate.
• Apprentice: light armour degrades at normal weight.
• Journeyman: light armour degrades at a 50% slower rate.
• Expert: equipped light armor encumbers does not encumber at all.
  
• Master: gains a 50% bonus to armor rating when wearing only light armor.

• Novice: is fatigued when holding a bow drawn back.
• Apprentice: has no Fatigue cost for holding his bow drawn back.
• Journeyman: holding block while the bow is drawn has a zoom ability.
• Expert: arrow attacks have a chance of knocking the target down.
• Master: arrow attacks have a chance of paralyzing the target.

• Novice: the value of an item he sells is reduced by its worn condition.
• Apprentice: the value of an item he sells is not affected by its worn condition.
• Journeyman: can buy and sell any object to any vendor, even if he normally does not deal with that type of wares.
• Expert: can invest in a shop, giving the marchant money to permanently increase his shop's available gold by 500.
• Master: all shops in the world always have 500 more gold available for barter.

• Novice: can offer bribes to increase the Disposition of some persons.
• Apprentice: gains a free rotation of a wedge in the Persuasion menu.
• Journeyman: the falling-disposition timer in the persuasion minigame is 50% lower.
• Expert: disposition loss from 'Hate It' results in the minigame are reduced from -150% to -100% for an expert.
• Master: bribes cost half as much.