Every skill: levels 1–cap(F_seal) (20 + 8·F), specialization 1-of-3 at each stratum cap (exclusive; Prestige adds slots), a keystone resource or recipe that at least two other skills consume (the web), a Trial (group boss-event for the skill), uniques, Perks (SYS-07), Hidden Perks (SYS-08).
Each skill feeds two Stats (SYS-01) and one Damage Type affinity (SYS-10): Smithing → Blunt, Runework → Ink, Cooking → Poison resistance, Song → Sound, and so on.
Combat skills level by use in real fights (not Proving Grounds); crafting skills level by Crafting (SYS-09); gathering by yield; support by outcomes (Tactics by Script wins, Leadership by raids led, Mercantile by trade volume, Lore by Insights, Cartography by area charted, Leechcraft by wounds healed, Building by Hold works).
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