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"Skills or not...."
Posted by Jay on Oct-05-00 at 02:37 PM

I have one more question.
In Wiz7, if you have a fighter carrying a sword and an axe, then that character would gain points in both the axe skill and the sword skill as he/she used them in the game. So my question is, has anyone seen thier characters develope thier skills through fighting? Not necessarily at leveling up. I have a warrior with an axe and shield. I have a feeling that I have to at least give one point to my shield skill so my warrior can gain points in it. Am I correct in thinking this? Or can you only gain points at leveling up?
Jay

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RE: Skills or not....,elrond, 03:17 PM, Oct-05-00
- Per the manual,Llevram, 03:27 PM, Oct-05-00
RE: Skills or not....,Hierocloth, 10:55 AM, Nov-06-00
- RE: Skills or not....,Garion -ur, 03:33 PM, Apr-09-01
- RE: Skills or not....,Radek, 02:35 AM, Apr-20-01

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"RE: Skills or not...."
Posted by elrond on Oct-05-00 at 03:17 PM

My impression that skills only go up with levelling up. Anyone have different experiences?

"Per the manual"
Posted by Llevram on Oct-05-00 at 03:27 PM

(paraphrased)
Many skills improve through use, some only via training in guilds or when levelling up.
Tools for your Wizardry(r) toolkit

"RE: Skills or not...."
Posted by Hierocloth on Nov-06-00 at 10:55 AM

I have not seen skills increase with use. The only time I've been able to increase them is when leveling, and the amount of increase has varied between 1 and 3. It appears to be somewhat arbitrary on how many skill pts you get as you level.
Hiero

"RE: Skills or not...."
Posted by Garion -ur on Apr-09-01 at 03:33 PM

Combat and casting skills, especially sword, axe, dagger 'n' stuff DO increase with use - not noticeably at first maybe, but when you're lvl 10+ you'll notice, 'cause the next level takes a while to achieve.
The skill points you receive seem to depend on the class - fighters always getting less than wizards - and the intellect.
My fighter gets 2 per lvl, my first wizard 3 and my intelligence 18 wizard 4.

"RE: Skills or not...."
Posted by Radek on Apr-20-01 at 02:35 AM

Skill points: INT 12 - 3, INT 16 - 4, INT 20 - 5, INT 24 - 6/level
Skills: As far as I know, the following skills increase when practicing them: magic schools (vinecraft, etc.), sorcery, weapon skills, and traps and locks.
The following skills do not seem to improve by practice: athletics, artifacts. forge, scout, and gallantry. I have no experience with other skills at present.