Useful skills

[Rageheart]

okay well magic is good for weakening your opponent as well as killing them in one hit, so i always like to keep that pretty high too

[TheCrimsomBlade]

The Armorer skill allows you to repair your Armor and Weapons with less effort and less failure it is a must and saves you alot of money.

you need to get your Security skill as high as you can or miss out on 80% of the treasure and booty in the game.

[Zoltan]

armorer and security skills increases fast or slow? how to increase them fast?

[Zoltan]

armorer and security skills increases fast or slow? how to increase them fast?

[Zoltan]

Ok Finally I'm Decided!

Longlade
Block
Armorer
Heavy Armor
Marksman
Security
Restoration
Acrobatics
Athlethics

I was thinking about "mercantile" but as roland said it's a bugged skill. it's much better to take speechcraft imo, my question is how can I raise those skills and they increase fast or not? (speechcraft armorer and security)

armorer and security skills increases fast or slow? how to increase them fast?

[B_part]

Armorer: repair armor and weapons - each succesful repair (the clear ting sound) gives you a bit of proficiency.
Security: pick locks & pockets and disarm traps - hint: always lockpick, never use a key.

Advance speed? depends if it's misc/minor/major skill, the latter being the fastest
Faster advance? training.

Hint: armorer is a big leveler, but there are other more useful skills to choose as minor/major.
Unless you are a mage, security is a skill you cannot avoid as at least minor

[ 02-07-2003, 02:08 PM: Message edited by: B_part ]

[Rolandthemad]

I never used security either. Maybe I`m lucky buy I found a 'ring of opening' real early in the game that opened to lvl 20, and I always find loads and loads of Oduis's Open Door (sp?) scrolls. I made myself a ring of opening that opens to 100 for about $20000 and now I have no problems with locks. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Speechcraft advances really quickly for me. You can find a few Personality boosting items in the main quest and that adds to your success rate when bribing and whatnot. Speechcraft also saves you money as you can admire instead of bribe. Speechcraft also lets you taunt more effectively, which is useful.

[ 02-07-2003, 02:13 PM: Message edited by: Rolandthemad ]

[Zoltan]

No problemo because I need skills which increase fast. No problem if I got a item unlocks all doors, there isnt much skill to take.

[Felix The Assassin]

Originally posted by Zoltan: Ok Finally I'm Decided! Longlade Block Armorer Heavy Armor Marksman Security Restoration Acrobatics Athlethics I was thinking about "mercantile" but as roland said it's a bugged skill. it's much better to take speechcraft imo, my question is how can I raise those skills and they increase fast or not? (speechcraft armorer and security) armorer and security skills increases fast or slow? how to increase them fast?

Now that you've got it figured out, let me through ya a chicken bone.
Short Blade 100, Why? because once I start melee, the opponent never gets an attack in. Why, Short blade is much faster than any other weapon. And all he can do is block, buckle, dance, and die. Remember way back at start game, and you went into that first smuggler cave? What happened? Attribute is speed, and it can easily be raised fast.

Sneak skill, raise fast. Get out of sight when approaching early on critters, goto sneak, then keep doing it all the way through the attack, even if the icon goes away, keep the button down. Do not attempt to steal until you have at least 35 in the skill.

Armorer, only way I have seen is to pay hard looted cash to a trainer. Once I got up to about 50, then it started going up on its own, at a reasonable pace. If you get the armorer-mod, you can make own stuff.

Security, Build this at thives guild, and have a boat load of picks, incorporate sneak if someone is close by.

Enchant? If you don't want magic, but want to use useful items then enchant your own. This gives you the ability for ALL magic classes, with no need for magic skills. All you need is soul gems, trap soul, and a enemy. Very useful.

IMHO athletics is over rated. I put it in the other area. Why? What do we do in the game world? Run and swim. It goes up, not as fast, but mine is 100, and it's a bottom level trait. I always, run, jump, swim. Never do I stroll down the lane without purpose.
Acrobatics, is similar, to see me at start good would be pretty funny. Running, skipping, jumping everwhere.

Marksman? Lets think this out. For I surely wish'd I had. To shoot, you are using the skill. Takes away from other weapon skills. So, plan accordingly. Kill 1 monster with range, kill next with melee.

Good Luck
Felix

[Rageheart]

speed is helpful so you can get places quickly