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SKILL
Skill
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Characters and enemies possess special abilties, both passive and active. Each class begins with intrinsic abilities while others can be gained through equipped items.
Characters and enemies possess special abilties, both passive and active. Each class begins with intrinsic abilities while others can be gained through equipped items.

Skills are special character abilities in For The King.

Description

Most characters begin their journey with a select combination of the 25 different skills currently included in the game. Certain skills may also be acquired by finding and equipping specific items. These special abilities are unique from most other equipped abilities, and can be an integral part of any party's strategy.

Skill types

Passive skills

Passive skills are abilities that do not require any specific action from the player and will trigger of their own accord, depending on their effects. This includes skills such as Encourage, which will occasionally invert failed rolls during combat, and Gather Herbs, which can randomly yield a free herb when moving about the Overworld.

Active skills

Active or activated skills are abilities that, as the name suggests, require a decision or input from the player to activate. These types of skills generally reduce the number of stat checks required to perform an important action, such as with Elite Flee and Elite Sneak. Still others stand as combat skills and are used throughout the course of a battle, as with Party Heal or Enemy Taunt.

List of skills

• Passive Skills
• Active Skills

Black Hole • Passive, Combat
Chance to instantly remove an enemy from combat when performing a direct attack.

Called Shot • Passive, Combat
Chance of perfect roll with bows.

Counter Attack • Passive, Combat
Chance to negate an enemy ambush.

Discipline • Passive, Combat
Grants focus to party members on critical hit or death blow.

Distraction • Passive, Combat
Chance of disrupting a successful attack roll against other party members.

Encourage • Passive, Combat
Chance to turn a party member's failed slot roll into a success.

Energy Boost • Passive, Overworld
Chance to gain additional action point at end of turn.

Entertain • Passive, Overworld
Gain gold when ending turn within 1 hex of towns and carnivals and night markets.

Find Treasure • Passive, Overworld
High chance to find overworld treasure once per day.

Gather Herbs • Passive, Overworld
Chance to gain a random herb at the end of turn while in the wilderness.

Glory • Passive, Combat
Chance to temporarily increase attack damage at the beginning of combat.

Inspire • Passive, Overworld
Chance to grant a small XP boost to party members within 2 hexes.

Justice • Passive, Combat
Chance of adding splash damage to perfect strike with two-handed weapons.

Mimic Whisper • Passive, Combat
Transforms mimics into regular chests when opening.

Refocus • Passive, Combat
Chance to reclaim a focus point at end of turn.

Steady • Passive, Combat
Chance to completely negate damage from attack when shield is equipped.

Support Range • Passive, Overworld
Join combat from an additional hex away.

Elite Ambush • Active, Overworld
Requires only one slot to ambush solo enemies or three slots for camps.

Elite Door Bash • Active, Combat
Requires fewer slots to smash doors.

Elite Flee • Active, Combat
Requires only one slot to flee combat.

Elite Sneak • Active, Overworld
Requires only one slot to sneak.

Elite Trap Disarm • Active, Combat
Requires fewer slots to disarm traps.

Elite Trap Evasion • Active, Combat
Requires fewer slots to avoid traps.

Enemy Taunt • Active, Equipped, Combat
Force enemies to attack player and gain a small armor and resistance boost.

Party Heal • Active, Combat
Can use godsbeard to heal entire party.

Skill table

Skill	Description	Source	Skill Type
Called Shot	Occasional chance for a guaranteed critical hit when using a bow.	Hunter	Passive
Counter Attack	When you would be Ambushed, it becomes a normal combat instead.	Trapper Goblin Blade	Passive
Discipline	When the character lands a critical hit or killing blow, they will restore one focus point to any ally that has none.	Monk	Passive
Distraction	Occasionally causes enemy attack rolls to fail.	Busker Noise Maker Polly the Parrot	Passive
Elite Ambush	Ambushing enemies only requires two successful rolls.	Trapper Assassin Hood Spyglass	Active
Elite Door Bash	Doors only require a single Strength check.	Woodcutter Pick Axe	Active
Elite Flee	Fleeing only requires a single Speed check.	Busker Assassin Boots	Active
Elite Sneak	Sneaking past an enemy only requires a single Speed check.	Hunter Black Cat Assassin Gear Snow Armor	Active
Elite Trap Disarm	Traps only require a single Awareness check.	Trapper	Active
Elite Trap Evasion	Bypassing traps only requires two successful rolls.	Hunter	Active
Encourage	Occasionally causes an ally's failed attack roll to succeed instead.	Minstrel Bellowing Horn Royal Crown Sun Drum Majestic Belt	Passive
Enemy Taunt	Forces enemy attacks to target the character for one combat round.	Simple Iron Shield Iron Round Shield Royal Shield Sturdy Iron Shield Sturdy Wooden Shield Warrior's Shield Wooden Round Shield Crystal Anvil	Active
Energy Boost	Character will occasionally receive +1 movement at the end of their turn.	Hunter	Passive
Entertain	Character will occasionally receive gold if they end their turn near a Town, Night Market, Dark Carnival or Goblin vendor inside a dungeon.	Busker Gladius Gladiator Majestic Belt	Passive
Find Treasure	High chance to find overworld treasure once per day/night cycle.	Treasure Hunter	Passive
Gather Herbs	Character will occasionally procure a random herb at the end of their turn.	Herbalist Herb Encyclopedia Gathering Bonnet	Passive
Justice	Occasionally deals splash damage after a perfect roll with a two-handed weapon.	Woodcutter	Passive
Inspire	Character will occasionally grant bonus XP to nearby allies.	Minstrel Royal Crown Majestic Belt	Passive
Mimic Whisper	Transforms mimics into regular chests when opening.	Treasure Hunter	Passive
Party Heal	Character may apply Godsbeard to the entire party at once, at slightly reduced effectiveness. Combat only.	Herbalist Knotted Staff Yew Staff Book of Healing Ivory Lute Gathering Bonnet Pipe Diffuser Monk	Active
Refocus	Character will occasionally gain one focus point at the end of their turn.	Scholar Brass Bell Focusing Cap Mystic Hat	Passive
Steady (formerly Steadfast)	Character occasionally blocks all damage from a successful enemy attack.	Blacksmith Wooden Tower Shield Iron Tower Shield	Passive