There are two varieties of skills that your character can learn: class skills and secondary skills.
Class Skills[]
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Each level gained grants your character an additional skill slot. You may fill this slot with the next skill in any of the five Paths at The Grand Academy. The paths are:
You can follow one path exclusively, or divide your skill points among several paths. Since you have a limited number of skill points available, you should put some thought into how you spend them. If you change your mind, it is possible to wipe your skills and start again.
Most skills are passive and grant some bonuses in combat or enable special crafts while some are special attacks or spells that cost mana.
Possessing certain skills allows you to take on a title.
The last skill in each path is a "Qualification", which makes you a full-fledged member of that class and allows you to use class-specific items. It's been hinted in a forum thread that, at some time in the future, selecting a qualification will lock you into that path.
Free Skills[]
The following skills are available to all characters.
Secondary Skills[]
The secondary skills are:
Any character may learn these skills through practice. The maximum skill level is 5 times your character level. For crafting and cooking, recipes stop increasing your skill at [skill required to create recipe] + 25 skill.