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kills
Each class can use certain weapons and armour, and begins with a few
special abilities — for example, a Burglar has surprise attacks, and a Captain
can shout out a Rallying Cry that boosts Morale. These special abilities
are called skills. In general, at each even-numbered level (until about Level
40) you can learn at least one new active skill. To gain a skill, you must go
to a Trainer for your class and pay a modest fee. (The payment is gener-
ally trivial, but the higher the level, the higher its cost.) Trainers are usually
found in towns and villages.
Passive Skills.
When you talk to your Trainer to learn skills, be sure to check
the Passive Skills tab at the top of the window. These are skills that allow
you to wield additional types of weapons, wear more types of armour, and so
forth. They generally become available at Levels 10, 15, 20 and/or 30.
Fellowship Feats.
The third tab has the fellowship feats. These skills can
be used to help contribute to a fellowship maneuver. They become available
after reaching Level 12. See Fellowship Feats (p. 63).
* Your character’s race will modify some of these stats.
CLASS
Your character’s class will most clearly
defi ne the role you will play in fellowship
adventures. There are seven classes in the
game, each with its own unique qualities
and skills. The classes are Burglar, Captain,
Champion, Guardian, Hunter, Lore-mas-
ter and Minstrel (although not all races
can play all classes).
Click on one of the choices in the Se-
lect a Class
column (which includes all
the possible classes for the race you have
chosen) to see a sample character and a
brief description of that class. If you want
more information about a class, select
Play Movie
. When you have selected the
class you want for your new character,
click Continue.
P
ossible Classes
R
ACE
B
URGLAR
C
APTAIN
C
HAMPION
G
UARDIAN
H
UNTER
L
ORE
-
MASTER
M
INSTREL
Dwarf
–
–
+
+
+
–
+
Elf
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
Hobbit
+
–
–
+
+
–
+
Man
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
I
nitial Stats*
C
LASS
M
ORALE
P
OWER
M
IGHT
A
GILITY
V
ITALITY
W
ILL
F
ATE
Burglar
90
125
14
14
8
11
10
Captain
110
125
14
8
10
11
14
Champion
115
125
14
14
10
8
11
Guardian
115
125
14
10
14
11
8
Hunter
90
125
8
14
10
14
11
Lore-master
90
125
8
11
10
14
14
Minstrel
90
125
11
8
10
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