Skills & Knacks

Skills
Skills reflect the knowledge and experience gained by a character. Each skill contains four basic knacks, which represent strict spheres of study. In addition, all skills also contain a number of advanced knacks, more intensive or harder to learn talents and crafts.

During character creation, each skill costs 2 HP. Buying a skill gives one rank in each of its four basic knacks. Increasing these knacks costs 1 HP per rank, up to 3 at creation. In addition, advanced knacks can be bought for 3 HP per rank at creation, again to a max of 3.

After creation, buying a new skill costs 10 XP. Both basic and advanced knacks cost a number of XP equal to 2 x the new rank of the knack - so, improving a knack from 1 to 2 requires 4 XP, from 2 to 3 requires 6, etc.