Skills

Understand the 6 main attributes: combat, tactics, trade, crafting, social standing, leadership, and governance. Skills chosen during character creation provide an advantage by increasing base stats and improving your ability to level them. You can enhance any attribute by performing related actions (e.g., using Polearms increases Polearm skill, crafting increases Smithing skill).

Learn about Focus Points: Each of the 6 main attributes has 3 associated abilities. You can invest up to 5 focus points in each ability. For example, the 'Vigor' attribute has 'One-Handed', 'Two-Handed', and 'Polearm' abilities. Investing focus points increases your effectiveness with specific weapon types or skills like Charm, Leadership, and Trade.

Grasp Skill Level: Performing actions related to an ability earns XP towards its Skill Level. Your Skill Level cap is determined by invested Focus Points and Attribute Points in the associated attribute. The total cap is displayed when hovering over a skill's perk tree. Each skill also has a Learning Rate, calculated by base rate, invested Attribute Points, and invested Focus Points, displayed below the perk tree.

Utilize Attribute Points: You gain 1 Attribute Point for every 3 character levels. These points can be invested in the 6 attribute categories. Investing in an attribute increases the learning limit and learning rate for all three associated skills, making more perks available as the learning limit increases.

Explore Perks: Each skill has a set of perks that enhance its effectiveness. For example, Riding perks can increase your horse's hit points by 6%, and Engineering perks can increase castle and wall building speed by 30%. Some perks, like 'Extra HP', are available across multiple skill trees. When you reach a required level for a new perk, available perks become mutually exclusive; choosing one may prevent you from choosing another.

Define Background Skills during character creation: Your chosen history shapes your starting skills. For example, choosing 'A Baron’s Retainers' grants +10 Skill Level and 1 Focus Point to Riding and Polearm, plus 1 Attribute Point.