Skills

TODO: Improve this documentation. For now, documenting philosophy/approach to skill implementation

Training

Skills can be acquired via any source, but generally can be expected to be learned at TRAINING CENTERS

Levels

SKills range from level 1 to 4, with increasing cost at each level:

• Level 1 - 1 Skillpoint
• Level 2 - 2 Skillpoints
• Level 3 - 3 Skillpoints
• Level 4 - 4 Skillpoints

The effect of this is:

• To level a single skill to the maximum (Level 4) would require 10 Skillpoints, AKA 10 experience levels.
• Those same 10 skillpoints could be used to learn 10 different unique skills at level 1
• Players can go deep and narrow or shallow and wide

Philosophy

Goal of skills design should be as follows:

• Skill Levels (1-4) determines CAPABILITIES - actual verbs or features of the skill. The motivation to levelling up a skill should be increase of abilities.
  • Exception: Level MAY also modify some things stats cannot effect, such as spell level effecting spell proficiency learning speed, or mappable area.
• Stat points (0-200+) determines effectiveness - success rates, degree/duration of effect, etc.
  • Exception: Sometimes the SCALE of a skills effect or capability may be best determined by skill level, such as how many tamed creatures one can have.
  • Equipment can modify stat points, but cannot modify skill levels
• Players who level an individual skill to level 4 shouldn't become somehow greatly more powerful, but instead get new capabilities that their stat points will drive
• Synergies (skills that combine with other skills) should ideally occur at the highest level of one of the skills (level 4).
  • For example, the track skill at Level 4 combines with the map skill to mark enemy positions.