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Vanguard Guide: Skills

There are two types of skills: parent skills and process skills. As you gain experience and levels you can control how these skills advance. You cannot directly change their value. You set whether they trend upward (plus), downward (minus) or stay as is (locked) in the skills tab of the crafter section in the character sheet (c). (Figure 6.2.2)

Above each action family is the action header, if there’s a number beside the header you have skill points to spend and using an action set to trend upwards has a chance to increase that skill when used. If there’s no number you’ve allocated all of your available points and must use the minus to set one skill to trend downwards to free up points or wait till you gain a level, at which point you will receive more points to distribute.

Increases in a given skill only occur when performing that skill. Decreases in a given skill only occur if you have no available skill points in that skill family and perform a skill set to decrement. The more difficult the work order or recipe the more likely a change will occur.

1.4.1 Parent Skills
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Parent skills affect specialization and define what kind of crafter you are. Parent skills also control how many items you can bring to the crafting table, your effectiveness completing work orders or recipes and grant special actions, like making multiple items at once as your skill increases.

Parent skills are divided into refining: creating base materials and finishing: creating completed objects. The finishing portion of the parent skill is further subdivided into the trade’s primary focus and two specializations.

Parent Skills List

Artificer Refining: Forming
Artificer Primary Artificer
Artificer Specialization 1: Carpenter
Artificer Specialization 2: Mineralogist
Blacksmith Refining: Metallurgy
Blacksmith Primary Blacksmith
Blacksmith Specialization 1: Weapon smith
Blacksmith Specialization 2: Armor smith
Outfitter Refining: Material Preparation
Outfitter Primary Outfitter
Outfitter Specialization 1: Tailor
Outfitter Specialization 2: Leatherworking