====== Skill Law ======
 Otherwise known as the practiced-abilities handbook. Where players learn how skills work in Nilgiri the Forgotten World — fundamentals, martial and other practicals, and utile skills — and how they sit on the shared skills tree.

Spells live on the **same** graph; casting and spell-side practice are covered under [[player:spelllaw|Spell Law]].

===== The Skills Tree Graph =====
 Nilgiri is **classless**. Natural stats rolled at character creation set how far **fundamentals** can grow; fundamentals gate **primary practicals**; those gate **tertiary practicals**. Practice caps follow prerequisites on the [[player:skilllaw:skills|Skills Tree Graph]] (Graphviz ''skills.png'' from ''ant SkillTreeGraph'' / ''skills.dat'').

  * See: [[player:skilllaw:skills|Skills Tree Graph]] — full dependency image
  * See: [[player:skilllaw:skillstree|Skills Tree]] — in-depth reading of stats → fundamentals → practicals
  * See: [[player:skilllaw:practicing|Practicing]] — ''practice'' / ''learn'' command walkthroughs

===== What a skill is =====
 A skill is a practiced ability. Until you invest practice sessions it sits at ''0''; fundamentals and primary practicals may be raised toward a maximum set by weighted prerequisites (up to ''100'' where the tree allows). Tertiary practicals unlock once prior practicals meet category minima.

Kinds of ability on the tree:

  * **Fundamentals** — bases of knowledge (for example martialism, spellcraft, perception). Their ceilings come from weighted natural stats.
  * **Primary practicals** — skills (and spells) applied directly in the world; ceilings average connecting fundamentals.
  * **Tertiary practicals** — further practicals gated by category thresholds on prior practicals.
  * **Utile skills** — utilitarian practicals; typically not dependent on other skills.

===== Practice and the graph =====
 The ''practice'' command is informative: alone it lists what you can train and sessions remaining; with a skill name it shows qualifiers or pre-requisites, the calculated maximum, and post-requisites. Investing sessions uses ''learn'' under a master (apprenticeship). You can only practice as far as the graph and your natural stats allow.

Point to [[player:skilllaw:practicing|Practicing]] for the full command sessions, and to [[player:skilllaw:skillstree|Skills Tree]] for the weighted-average math and category gates.

===== Skills inventory =====
 Complete inventory of **skills** on the [[player:skilllaw:skills|Skills Tree Graph]]. Classification follows ''SkillTree'' / ''skills.dat'': entries under ''[APPLIED_STATS]'' are **fundamentals**; practicals whose first parent is a fundamental are **primary**; practicals whose first parent is another practical are **tertiary**. Spells share this graph but are listed on [[player:spelllaw|Spell Law]].

The graph legend also names **utile** skills (green). The generated ''Skills'' enum encodes only fundamental / primary / tertiary (types ''0'' / ''1'' / ''2''); utile is not a separate type field. Utilitarian primary practicals authored with every profession level at ''-1'' (weapon, device, and similar) are called out below among the primary practicals.

Counts: **6** fundamentals, **22** primary skill practicals, **20** tertiary skill practicals (**48** skills total).

==== Fundamentals ====
 From ''[APPLIED_STATS]'' — ceilings from weighted natural stats.

  * [[player:skilllaw:martialism|Martialism]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:elementalism|Elementalism]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:spellcraft|Spellcraft]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:subterfuge|Subterfuge]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:catechism|Catechism]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:animism|Animism]]

==== Primary practical skills ====
 From practicals whose parents are fundamentals (''Skills'' type ''1'').

=== Utile-style (all-profession) ===
 Weapon, vessel, search, riding, and magical-device practicals authored with every profession level ''-1''.

  * [[player:skilllaw:pierces|Pierces]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:slashes|Slashes]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:whips|Whips]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:sailing|Sailing]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:artillery|Artillery]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:search|Search]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:riding|Riding]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:staves|Staves]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:wands|Wands]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:scrolls|Scrolls]]

=== Other primary practicals ===

  * [[player:skilllaw:block|Block]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:rescue|Rescue]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:doublehit|Double Hit]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:kick|Kick]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:turnundead|Turn Undead]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:focus|Focus]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:backstab|Backstab]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:hide|Hide]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:spy|Spy]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:florentine|Florentine]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:sweep|Sweep]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:refresh|Refresh]]

==== Tertiary practical skills ====
 From practicals whose parents are other practicals (''Skills'' type ''2''); category minima on those parents gate practice.

  * [[player:skilllaw:mountedcombat|Mounted Combat]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:bash|Bash]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:battlecry|Battlecry]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:charge|Charge]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:rally|Rally]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:guard|Guard]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:roundhouse|Roundhouse]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:sneak|Sneak]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:track|Track]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:evade|Evade]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:palm|Palm]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:steal|Steal]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:pick|Pick]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:doublebackstab|Double Backstab]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:spin|Spin]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:parry|Parry]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:envisage|Envisage]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:prepare|Prepare]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:apply|Apply]]
  * [[player:skilllaw:tameanimal|Tame Animal]]

===== Related =====
  * [[player:spelllaw|Spell Law]] — spells as practicals on the same tree
  * [[player:gamelaw|Game Law]] — Skills and Spells overview
  * [[player:gamelaw:races|Races]] — racial stats shape what the tree will support