Wizardry 8 Skills database may help you decide which skills you want your party to have accesss to. You learn new skills at level 0 and you can add more skill points when you level-up. Skills may raise automatically when you use the skill and a benefit is gained.
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Wizardry 8 Skills
There are a total of 41 skills divided into four categories: Weaponry, Physical, Academia, and Personal. Each profession starts with a particular set of skills and each profession is a specialist in 1 skill. All skills max out at 100. The effectiveness of skill depends on its level, Primary and Secondary statistic values, and whether the profession is a specialist.
Skills may automatically increase when you use the skill such as swinging a weapon, detecting a hidden item, or casting a spell. It pays off to practice skills to raise them but you can also increase skills explicitly during the level up process.
Characters earn Personal Skills when they max a statistic at 100, not counting bonuses.
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| Category | Name | Description | Profession Access | Profession Bonus | Primary Stat | Secondary Stat | Practice Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weaponry | Sword | Determines a character's ability to hit and to penetrate with any sword in combat. | Fighter, Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Lord, Valkyrie, Samurai, Ranger, Ninja | Samurai | Strength | Dexterity | Equip a sword and swing it in combat. |
| 2 | Weaponry | Axe | Determines a character's ability to hit and to penetrate with any axe in combat. | Fighter, Lord, Valkyrie, Ranger | Strength | Dexterity | ||
| 3 | Weaponry | Polearm | Determines a character's ability to hit and to penetrate with any polearm, such as the halberd or a lance, in combat. | Fighter, Lord, Valkyrie, Ranger, Ninja, Monk | Valkyrie | Strength | Dexterity | |
| 4 | Weaponry | Mace & Flail | Determines a character's ability to hit and to penetrate with any blunt, make-like item, including whips and hammers. | Fighter, Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Ranger, Ninja, Monk, Bishop | Strength | Dexterity | ||
| 5 | Weaponry | Dagger | Determines a character's ability to hit and to penetrate with any dagger in combat. | Fighter, Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic | Dexterity | Speed | ||
| 6 | Weaponry | Staff & Wand | Determines a character's ability to hit and to penetrate with any staff or wand in combat. | Fighter, Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Strength | Dexterity | ||
| 7 | Weaponry | Shield | Improves a character's armor class bonus from shields and also affects the character's ability to hit and penetrate with a paired weapon. | Fighter, Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Bishop | Strength | Dexterity | ||
| 8 | Weaponry | Modern Weapons | Determines a character's ability to accurately target and hit with modern weapons such as muskets and omniguns. | Fighter, Rogue, Gadgeteer, Lord, Valkyrie, Ranger | Gadgeteer | Dexterity | Speed | |
| 9 | Weaponry | Bow | Determines a character's ability to accurately target and hit with bows and crossbows. | Fighter, Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Lord, Valkyrie, Samurai, Ranger, Ninja | Dexterity | Strength | ||
| 10 | Weaponry | Throwing & Sling | Determines a character's ability to hit a target with thrown weapons such as slings and shurikens. Also determines ability to throw magic items without having them backfire or fizzle. | Fighter, Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Dexterity | Strength | ||
| 11 | Weaponry | Martial Arts | Determines a character's ability to hit and to penetrate without a weapon in combat. | Ninja, Monk | Monk | Dexterity | Speed | |
| 12 | Physical | Locks & Traps | Determines a character's ability to inspect and disarm traps on chests and pick locks on doors. | Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Ninja | Rogue | Dexterity | Intelligence | |
| 13 | Physical | Stealth | A character's ability to conceal themselves and avoid physical attacks, giving bonus to armor class. | Rogue, Ninja, Monk | Dexterity | Intelligence | ||
| 14 | Physical | Music | Determines a character's ability to play musical instruments and strengthen the inherent powers. | Bard | Bard | Dexterity | Intelligence | |
| 15 | Physical | Pickpocket | Determines a character's ability to pickpocket or shoplift items or gold from unsuspecting NPCs. | Rogue, Bard, Ninja | Dexterity | Speed | ||
| 16 | Physical | Scouting | Determines the range at which a character can detect hidden items, secret doors, camouflaged foes, and those approaching from flanks. | Ranger | Senses | Inteligence | ||
| 17 | Academia | Close Combat | Affects an attack's success when the character is using any short or extended weapon. | Fighter, Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Fighter | Senses | Inteligence | |
| 18 | Academia | Ranged Combat | Affects an attack's success when the character is using any thrown or long ranged weapon. Also affects an attack's chance to deal a lethal blow with long ranged weapons for the Ranger. | Fighter, Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Ranger | Senses | Inteligence | |
| 19 | Academia | Dual Weapons | Abiity to wield two weapons and affects an attack's success with each weapon. | Fighter, Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Lord, Valkyrie, Samurai, Ranger, Ninja, Monk | Lord | Dexterity | Senses | |
| 20 | Academia | Critical Strike | Affects an attack's chance to deal a lethal blow with short or extended weapons. Also applies to thrown weapons for Ninjas. | Samurai, Ninja, Monk | Ninja | Senses | Speed | |
| 21 | Academia | Artifacts | Affects the party's ability to identify items by using the highest value available. Also affects the ability to use magical items ungoverned by other skills, like scrolls. | Fighter, Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Bishop | Inteligence | Senses | |
| 22 | Academia | Mythology | Affects the party's ability to identify the true identity of foes using the highest value available. | Fighter, Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Senses | Intelligence | ||
| 23 | Academia | Communication | Affects an NPC's opinion of a character, quite possibly a willingness to talk. | Fighter, Rogue, Bard, Gadgeteer, Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Intelligence | Senses | ||
| 24 | Academia | Engineering | Determines a Gadgeteer's ability to build, merge and use a variety of devices. | Gadgeteer | Intelligence | Dexterity | ||
| 25 | Academia | Wizardry | The study of Wizardry affects learning new Wizardry spells, chance of success when casting Wizardry spells, and spell point totals in all realms. | Mage, Samurai, Bishop | Mage | Intelligence | Intelligence | |
| 26 | Academia | Divinity | The study of Divinity affects learning new Divinity spells, chance of success when casting Divinity spells, and spell point totals in all realms. | Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Bishop | Priest | Piety | Piety | |
| 27 | Academia | Alchemy | The study of Alchemy affects learning new Alchemy spells, chance of success when casting Alchemy spells, and spell point totals in all realms. | Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Bishop | Alchemist | Dexterity | Intelligence | |
| 28 | Academia | Psionics | The study of Psionics affects learning new Psionics spells, chance of success when casting Psionics spells, and spell point totals in all realms. | Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Psionics | Senses | Intelligence | |
| 29 | Academia | Fire Magic | Determins a character's chance of success when casting Fire spells and spell point totals in the Fire realm. Also affects a character's resistance to Fire realm spells. | Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Intelligence | Piety | ||
| 30 | Academia | Water Magic | Determins a character's chance of success when casting Water spells and spell point totals in the Water realm. Also affects a character's resistance to Water realm spells. | Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Intelligence | Piety | ||
| 31 | Academia | Air Magic | Determins a character's chance of success when casting Air spells and spell point totals in the Air realm. Also affects a character's resistance to Air realm spells. | Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Intelligence | Piety | ||
| 32 | Academia | Earth Magic | Determins a character's chance of success when casting Earth spells and spell point totals in the Earth realm. Also affects a character's resistance to Earth realm spells. | Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Intelligence | Piety | ||
| 33 | Academia | Mental Magic | Determins a character's chance of success when casting Mental spells and spell point totals in the Mental realm. Also affects a character's resistance to Mental realm spells. | Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Intelligence | Piety | ||
| 34 | Academia | Divine Magic | Determins a character's chance of success when casting Divine spells and spell point totals in the Divine realm. Also affects a character's resistance to Divine realm spells. | Priest, Lord, Valkyrie, Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Ranger, Ninja, Psionic, Monk, Bishop | Intelligence | Piety | ||
| 35 | Personal | Power Strike | Increase chance to penetrate with short and extended weapons. | Strength | Strength | |||
| 36 | Personal | Power Cast | Increase effectiveness and duration of spells and makes them harder to resist. | Intelligence | Intelligence | |||
| 37 | Personal | Iron Will | Increase a character's resistance to spells and negative conditions. | Piety | Piety | |||
| 38 | Personal | Iron Skin | Increase a character's resistance to physical damage from weapons. | Vitality | Vitality | |||
| 39 | Personal | Reflextion | Increase a character's evasion armor class. | Dexterity | Dexterity | |||
| 40 | Personal | Snake Speed | Increase a character's initiative in combat. | Speed | Speed | |||
| 41 | Personal | Eagle Eye | Increase a character's ability to hit and penetrate with thrown or long ranged weapons. | Senses | Senses |
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