Arcanum Skillbank
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Combat
Bow (Dexterity) - Using a bow to maximum efficiency- Apprentice - An apprentice bowman may fire her arrows at a more rapid rate
- Expert - At expert level the bow user can fire two arrows at once
- Master - Master bowmen fire equally well at all ranges
Apprentice- Location : Dernholm
- Person : any of the Elite Bow Guards
Expert- Location : Derholm
- Person : Elite Bow Captain
- Comments : Elite Bow Captain can train expert in Bow
Master- Location : Annabelle's Gallery in Blackroot
- Person : Kietzel Pierce
- Comments : The master of Bow, Kietzel Piece, can be found in Annabelle’s Galley in Blackroot. He is the blue robed half-elf.
He will ask you to try and locate a magick bow at the Ruins Of Szabo. He will also ask you to find his apprentice, Dudley.
Go there and enter the main vault, Kill skeletons and the bludgeoners, knock out fire in small room, run through the corridor (the monsters here can’t be killed). The bow is in the chest. Knock out the light on your right and leave.
Upon returning to him, you can give him the bow to receive training (or tell him there wasn’t anything there and pay 2000 or 5000 gold for training depending on your charisma).
Dodge (Dexterity) - Your character's ability to avoid assault launched against her.- Apprentice - on a critical success, there is a 10% chance the opponent will critically fail
- Expert - on a critical success, there is a 50% chance the opponent will critically fail
- Master - on a critical success, the opponent will always critically fail (overrides Melee Master)
Apprentice- Location : All over
- Person : Guards around town
- Comments : Will cost around 100 gp
Expert- Location : Derholm or Quintarra
- Person : Rumours Only (Unknown at this time)
- Location : Blackroot
- Person : Herkemer Ogg
- Comments : Grizzled War Veteran, Herkemer Ogg can train expert in Dodge, Melee, Spot Trap, Firearms (can knock down training costs to 300). Need to listen to his war stories first.
Master- Location : Hut in Stillwater
- Person : Adkin Chambers
- Comments : The master of Dodge, Adkin Chambers, can be found in Stillwater, in a hut (disfigured blind hermit with eyes cut out).
He fought a duel with Garrick Stout, for the love of Lady Druella. He was unfairly and cruelly blinded. He wants you to kill Sir Garrick in revenge.
If you wish to complete both the Dodge and Melee quests, see the Melee section.
Melee (Dexterity) - The ability to fight at close range, with or without weapons.- Apprentice - the Speed of the character wielding a melee weapon is increased by 5
- Expert - the character is unaffected by lighting penalties
- Master - the character cannot critically fail with a melee weapon
Apprentice- Location : All over
- Person : Guards around town
- Comments : Will cost around 100 gp
Expert- Location : Derholm or Isle of Despair
- Person : Rumours Only (Unknown at this time)
- Location : Blackroot
- Person : Herkemer Ogg
- Comments : Grizzled War Veteran, Herkemer Ogg can train expert in Dodge, Melee, Spot Trap, Firearms (can knock down training costs to 300). Need to listen to his war stories first.
Master- Location : Derholm, patrolling
- Person : Garrick Stout
- Comments : The master of Melee, Garrick Stout, can be found in Derholm, patrolling (captain of the guard wearing armor).
He fought with Adkin Chambers, the Dodge master, for the love of Lady Druella. In the duel he blinded Adkin and subsequently the dear lady has become distraught. She has been surrounded by Gyr-Dylour, which feed on her negative emotions. You must rescue her and talk her into marrying him (he offers to heal Adkin’s blindness if she agrees).
Going to the Lair Of Gyr-Dolours, you must kill all the creatures and talk to her. You can convince her to marry Garrick and tell her that you will rescue her from him after she agrees. Returning to Derholm, she agrees to marry Garrick. He will then train you. You can abandon Lady Druella to her fate or kill Sir Garrick, return with the news to Stillwater and heal Adkin and give him the news. He will then train you as the Dodge Master.
Throwing (Strength) - Throwing things like knives, exploding potions and whatnot.- Apprentice - The Speed of the throw is increased by 5
- Expert - the Throwing Range is 50% farther
- Master - The character's chance of success is unaffected by range penalties
Apprentice- Location : All over
- Person : Guards around town
- Comments : Will cost around 100 gp
- Location : Ashbury
- Person : Theo BrightStart (halfling farmer)
Expert- Location : Derholm or Ashbury
- Person : Rumours Only (Unknown at this time)
- Location : Derholm
- Person : Lianna
- Comments : Lianna, Black suited human in building next to Dolan’s General Store, can train expert in Throwing.
- Location : Ashbury
- Person : Theo Brightstart
- Comments : Theo Brightstart (Green clad Gnome – Farmer), can train expert in Throwing.
Master- Location : Annabelle's Gallery In Blackroot
- Person : Clarissa Shalmo
- Comments : The master of Throwing, Clarissa Shalmo, can be found in Blackroot In Annabelle’s Galley. She is a brown suited female half-orc.
She will train you from Apprentice To Master, if you retrieve Azram’s Star from K’na Tha.
Social
Gambling (Intelligence) - Skill at games based on random chance- Apprentice - people will gamble for more expensive items
- Expert - people will gamble away wielded items
- Master - people will gamble away things they would not normally sell
Apprentice- Location : outside BrideSale Inn in Tarant
- Person : Mr Langley
Expert- Location : Blackroot
- Person : Bartender
- Comments : Bartender in Annabelle’s Gallery can train expert in Gambling
Master- Location : Gentelmens Club, Tarant
- Person : Gurin Rockharrow
- Comments : The Master Of Gambling, Gurin Rockharrow, can be found in Tarant in the “Gentlemen’s Club” (77 Vermillion Road). Talk to the grey suited Dwarf.
He will get you to play a high stakes game of dice. To play you must have at least 5000 gold pieces. If you lose until you don’t have enough money to play. At this point in time, he will offer to spot you 5000 gold pieces.
Eventually you will win enough so he decides not to play anymore and confer onto you the Master status.
Editor’s Note – In the press build, when he did this, seemed random
Haggling (Willpower) - Getting better deals at shops- Apprentice - the NPC's markup is reported to the character (??)
- Expert - Expert merchants can convince people to buy items they normally wouldn't, such as make the blacksmith buy that magic potion
- Master - If a character gains haggling Mastery she may convince people to sell things they normally wouldn't, like convincing a guardsman to sell his trusty sword.
Apprentice- Location : Shrouded Hills
- Person : Gnome Shopkeeper (Slim Pickens)
- Comments : Will cost around 100 gold
Expert- Location : Blackroot
- Person : Bartender The Sour Barnacle
- Location : Shrouded Hills Inn
- Person : Bartender
- Comments : The bartender at the Shrouded Hills Inn can train expert in Haggling.
Master- Location : Grants Taven, Tarant
- Person : J. M. Morant
- Comments : The master of Haggle, J.M Morant, can be found in Tarant in Grant’s Tavern, on the corner of Devonshire Way and Kensignton Broadway. He is the red suited gnome flanked by two Half-Ogre guards.
He has decided to retire and will train you if you pay him 10,000 gold pieces.
He will also give you a magic ring, the Ring Of Influence that can increase your Beauty and Charisma by up to 2 points each.
Healing (Intelligence) - Basic knowledge on how to mend wounds (requires the use of bandages)- Apprentice - heals an extra 50%
- Expert - all critical failures are just failures (and do not use extra bandages)
- Master - all successes are critical successes (and heal side effects like crippling injuries)
Apprentice- Location : Shrouded Hills
- Person : Doc Roberts
- Comments : Will cost around 100 gold
- Location : Shrouded Hills
- Person : Wise Woman
- Comments : Will cost around 100 gp
Expert- Location : Shrouded Hills
- Person : Herbalist
- Comments : The Herbalist at Shrouded Hills can train expert in Healing.
Master- Location : Quintarra
- Person : Fawn
- Comments : The master of Heal, Fawn, can be found in Quintarra (southern area).
She will only train you if you are of good alignment (+40 or greater), She will also give you the Amulet Of K’An-el (which gives up to +4 Constitution).
The easiest way of upping you alignment is to goto Stillwater and donate money to the Half-Orc Bum outside the tavern (10 gp = 1 alignment point).
Persuasion (Charisma) - Convincing others to see things your way- Apprentice - followers will wait for you longer than normal
- Expert - gain a bonus of 2 extra followers in addition to charisma bonus
- Master - anyone will join with you, regardless of their reaction or your alignment
Apprentice- Location : Shrouded Hills
- Person : Jongle Dunne
Expert- Location : Tarant
- Person : Madam Lil
- Comments : Madam Lil can train expert in Persuasion.
Master- Location : Willoughsby Residence, Tarant
- Person : Edward Willoughsby
- Comments : The Master Of Persuasion, Edward Willoughsby, can be found in Tarant at 19 Pickwick Alley – The Willoughsby Residence. (Note – he will be away until after you find the elven city of Quintarra in the main plot). He will then ask you to meet him at the City Hall.
For him to train you as the Persuasion master, you will need to get Caladon to join the United Kingdom with Tarant. Edward will give you notes detailing what your bargaining points should be.
Once in Caladon, you need to meet up with his representative outside, who will warn you not to speak to the lobbyists.
You can speak to the lobbyists in the hall and find out what they have got to offer, this opens lots of options for “fringe benefits” as part of the negotiation.
During the negotiation, you can choose many options, combinations of which will result in a more beneficial result to yourself and Tarant (or potentially disastrous).
After the successful negotiation, you can talk with Edward Willoughsby outside, who will confer the Master status on you and give you a sizable amount of gold. You also gain a reputation as a great negotiator.
Technology
Arm/Disarm Traps (Perception) - Handling potentially dangerous devices without injuring oneself- Apprentice - The character is unaffected by light penalties
- Expert - If the character critically succeeds at disarming, he gets an item that is part of the trap (such as an arrow or dynamite)
- Master - If the character fails (but not critically) at disarming a trap, he gets a second chance.
Apprentice- Location : Shrouded Hills
- Person : Lloyd Gurloes - Local Blacksmith
- Comments : Will cost around 100 gold
Expert- Location : Caladon
- Person : Adam Maxwell
- Comments : Adam Maxwell , at 24 Dragon’s Turnabout, will train Expert in Trap Disarming
- Location : Wheel Clan
- Person : Thrayne Iron Heart
- Comments : Thrayne Iron Heart will train Expert In Trap Disarm
Master- Location : 23 Dragons Turnabout, Caladon
- Person : Daniel McPherson
- Comments : The master of Disarm Traps, Daniel McPherson, can be found in Caladon at 23 Dragon’s Turnabout. He is a human wearing brown leather.
To gain master status, you must traverse his trap-laden cellar. Depending on your style you may want to leave followers outside or alternately use them for “mine detectors”.
Once complete, he will confer the Master status on you and give you his Trapmaker Spectacles which give you +2 to Dexterity and Perception.
Firearms (Perception) - Handling guns and rifles- Apprentice - The character's speed while using a gun is increased by 5.
- Expert - called shots are made with 2/3 the penalty
- Master - the character's chance of success is unaffected by range penalties
Apprentice- Location : Shrouded Hills
- Person : Doc Roberts
- Comments : Will cost around 100 gold
Expert- Location : Shrouded Hills
- Person : Doc Roberts
- Comments : Will cost around 500 gold
- Location : Blackroot
- Person : Herkemer Ogg
- Comments : Grizzled War Veteran, Herkemer Ogg can train expert in Dodge, Melee, Spot Trap, Firearms (can knock down training costs to 300). Need to listen to his war stories first.
- Location : Shrouded Hills
- Person : Doc Roberts
- Comments : Doc Roberts can train expert in Firearms
Master- Location : Ashbury
- Person : Willy Thorndup
- Comments : Rumoured only (from Doc Roberts)
- Location : Ashbury
- Person : William Thorndup
- Comments : The master of firearms, William Thorndup, can be found in Ashbury standing outside a rustic house (south of Ashbury, follow on of the many paths). He is human wearing a brown robe.
He has renounced his violent past and joined the Halycon Order and is now a pacifist. He won’t agree to train you. After you end the conversation, a halfling villager arrives. His wife has been kidnapped by the Willenbecker Gang. The leader Jessep, has finally tracked down Thorndop and wants revenge for him killing his brother, Darryl. You can offer to rescue her, and require him to train you as a reward. Follow the path and get ready for a big fight. All of the 8 gang members are quite heavily armed and ready to rumble (make sure you search the bodies after the battle for extra loot).
After the fight, assuming you have saved the halfling villager, will then train you as the Firearms master. You can decide not to receive training and he will give you a Looking Glass Rifle instead.
Pick Lock (Dexterity) - Opening locked doors and containers- Apprentice - pick lock action takes half as much time
- Expert - the character is unaffected by light penalties
- Master - the penalty for not using lockpicks is halved
Apprentice- Location : Shrouded Hills
- Person : Lloyd Gurloes - Local Blacksmith
- Comments : Will cost around 100 gold
Expert- Location : Blackroot - The Steadfast Anvil
- Person : Garret Almstead
- Comments : Blacksmith at The Steadfast Anvil, Garret Almstead, can train expert in Repair and Locksmith
Master- Location : Caladon Prison
- Person : J. T. Morgan
- Comments : The master of Pick Locks, J.T Morgan, can be found in the Caladon prison. He is securely locked up and cannot be broken out. Talking with the guards reveals his mother lives in Roseborough.
She is a gnome wearing a blue vest in one of the houses in the northern parts of Roseborough. Talk to her about his predicament and she will give you his special master locksmith tools, with the agreement that he will train you if you break him out.
Getting into the prison generally requires stealth and lockpicking or brute force. Once there, talk to him and he will confer Master status on you.
Repair (Intelligence) - Mending broken Technological devices- Apprentice - reduction of max HP's is only 5%
- Expert - reduction of max HP's is only 1%
- Master - there is no reduction of HP's except on a critical failure. A Repair Master can fix busted items (items reduced to 0 hit points) but always at a cost of 5% of the max HP's.
Apprentice- Location : Shrouded Hills
- Person : Lloyd Gurloes - Local Blacksmith
- Comments : Will cost around 100 gold
Expert- Location : Blackroot - The Steadfast Anvil
- Person : Garret Almstead
- Comments : Blacksmith at The Steadfast Anvil, Garret Almstead, can train expert in Repair and Locksmith
Master- Location : 15 Old Kings Way, Caladon
- Person : Hieronymous Maxim
- Comments : The master of Repair, Hieronymous Maxim, can be found in Caladon (on the outskirts) at 15 Old King’s Way.
When you meet him, he is down on his luck. His factory has been smashed by Half-Ogres who stole his flying machines (the same ones which shot down the Zephyr). Without proof that he actually built flying machines, he will be thrown in prison.
If you still have the damaged camera from the crash site, this has photos of the incident. If you don’t have it, you will probably have to trek back to Shrouded Hills to get it.
He will then train you and offer to make a mechanized gun if you provide him with the parts.
Editor Note - I have not confirmed this, but I am told that the camera you get in the Lethe Wyvern quest can also be used.
Thieving
Backstab (Dexterity) - Wreaking havoc upon an enemy's back using a dagger.- Apprentice - Bypass armor.
- Expert - The ability to backstab with other melee weapons than a dagger.
- Master - An additional 10% chance at receiving a critical success.
Apprentice- Location : 24 Dragon's Turnabout Caladon
- Person : Adam Maxwell
Expert- Location : Caladon
- Person : Thieves Underground Shopkeeper
- Comments : Thieves Underground at Sobbing Onion, Shopkeeper, can train expert in Backstabbing.
Master- Location : Cemetary in Roseborough
- Person : Doctor Edmund Craig
- Comments : The master of Backstab, Doctor Edmund Craig, can be found in a small house near the cemetery in Roseborough. He is a grey suited half-orc.He will train you as a master, but will try and kill you when you leave to prevent you from informing the authorities where he is hiding out.
Pick Pocket (Dexterity) - Acquiring that which isn't currently yours- Apprentice - the character is ONLY caught on a critical failure
- Expert - the item size penalty is halved
- Master - the character cannot be caught when planting an item
Apprentice
- Location : 24 Dragon's Turnabout Caladon
- Person : Adam Maxwell
Expert- Location : Caladon
- Person : Mr Razzia
- Comments : Thieves Underground at Sobbing Onion, Mr Razzia can train expert in Pickpocketing and Prowling
Master- Location : Kensignton Broadway Park
- Person : Sammie White
- Comments : The master of Pick Pocketing, Sammie White, can be found in Tarant in the Kensignton Broadway park. He is the orange suited halfling.
When you talk to him, he will insult you. You need to keep insulting him back until his reaction to you increases up to 60 at which point he will talk to you more normally.
Sammie gets his kicks out insulting and embarrassing people. He will train you if you strip naked and run around the park and the main street of Tarant (to the jeers of the public and your companions).
You will gain the reputation of the pervert of Tarant for doing this and your reputation will drop (people will remember this, seemingly everywhere).
If you run a second lap naked, he will give you a Hand Cannon as a reward for being a good sport.
Editor’s Note – If you are a really ugly character (in my case a half-orc with a beauty of 1), your reputation will drop so much that people will attack you on sight. I managed to finish the game by him wearing a smoking jacket in public. I could only wear armor in dungeons so beware! (This may have been fixed from the press build).
Prowling (Perception) - moving about undetected- Apprentice - the character's success is unaffected by lighting and armor penalties are halved. He can conceal himself in broad daylight as well as darkness.
- Expert - the character's success is unaffected by surrounding objects. He can conceal himself in a bare room as well as in a crowded store. He can also walk normally (not sneaking) and move silently.
- Master - the character can conceal during combat and cause his opponent to lose track of him. He can also run and still move silently
Apprentice- Location : 24 Dragon's Turnabout Caladon
- Person : Adam Maxwell
Expert- Location : Caladon
- Person : Mr Razzia
- Comments : Thieves Underground at Sobbing Onion, Mr Razzia can train expert in Pickpocketing and Prowling
Master- Location : Sobbing Onion, Caladon
- Person : Albert Leeks
- Comments : Once you have received Expert training, the trainer will give you a note which leads you to Caladon.
You will find the second note in Room four of the Mushroom Inn. This will hint that you need to examine the bed in the room. You will find some eyeglasses. Putting them on, you will then see a new map location on the painting.
Goto the Mysterious Location, after killing a few dogs, you will find a skeleton next to a hollow stump. In this you will find a note, which tells you to look at the note in Mushroom’s bright firelight.
Go back to the Mushroom Inn and relook at the note.
It will tell you to find Albert Leeks in the Sobbing Onion. He is the half-elf dresses in light grey. He will then train you. If you are nice to him, he will give you a Ring Of Silence (+2 Prowling).
Spot Trap (Perception) - Seeing potentially dangerous devices in one's vicinity- Apprentice - the character's success is unaffected by lighting
- Expert - the character can sense magickal traps as well
- Master - If the character fails (non-critically), he gets a second chance to spot the trap
Apprentice- Location : All over
- Person : Guards around town
- Comments : Will cost around 100 gp
Expert- Location : Wheel Clan
- Person : Vegard Moltenflow
- Comments : The dwarf, Vegard Moltenflow will train you as an Expert in Spot Trap for 500 gold.
- Location : Blackroot
- Person : Herkemer Ogg
- Comments : Grizzled War Veteran, Herkemer Ogg can train expert in Dodge, Melee, Spot Trap, Firearms (can knock down training costs to 300). Need to listen to his war stories first.
Master- Location : 40 Polton Cross, Tarant
- Person : Frederick T. Fitzgerald
- Comments : The master of Spot Trap, Frederick T. Fitzgerald, can be found in Tarent at 40 Polton Cross. Talk to the brown suited gnome.
He will ask you to retrieve the staff of K’an T’au in the castle of S’nel N’fa. This castle is absolutely riddled with traps. Depending on your style you may want to leave followers outside or alternately use them for “mine detectors”.
The staff is protected by K’an Tau. Once you have killed him, the staff can be found in a chest at the back of the room. A trap door also allows quick exit from the castle.
Returning to Tarant, Frederick will confer Master status when you give him the staff.
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