Skills (Viking)

Skills are abilities which characters may learn by allocating skill points. Skills determine how effective the character is when in combat and during camping. Some skills require a minimum stat level in order to have skill points allocated to them.

Weapon Skills

Weapon skills define how good a character is with specific weapons and unlock several abilities as you progress. Weapon skills have five available tiers. At every tier, a passive damage buff to that specific weapon type will be given for all attacks. A unique skill will be unlocked at tier one, three, and five.

Axe Skills

Skill Name	Required Actions	Description
Shield Hook	Attack	Pull the opponent's shield away, making them Exposed (Cannot block)
Cleave	Attack	Make an attack that is always blocked, but any damage not absorbed by the shield is dealt to the target's hitpoints.
Weapon Hook	Attack	Uses the axe to pull the opponent's weapon away, adding the status effect Disarmed (Cannot use weapon or switch weapons)

Sword Skills

Skill Name	Required Actions	Description
Ready	Attack	Automatically attacks the first enemy that enters melee range
Heavy Swing	Full Charges: 2	Ignores the target's Damage Reduction
Execute	Full Charges: 2	Marks the target for a killing blow on the next turn, which will instantly dismember them if it deals any damage

Spear Skills

Skill Name	Required Actions	Description
Extend	Attack	Attack a target 3 hexes away, but at 75% Damage
Smack	Full	Smack an adjacent target for 50% Damage, making them Concussed (Physical Resistance; Endurance -3), and then take 1 step back without incurring Attack of Opportunity
Distract	Free Charges: 2	Neutralise the Attack of Opportunity of an enemy who is exactly 2 hexes away

Dane Axe Skills

Skill Name	Required Actions	Description
Reckless Strike	Attack	Deals 25% extra damage, but makes you Unbalanced (Lose all moves at beginning of next turn)
Pull	Attack Charges: 2	Hooks the target's neck with the axe and pulls them into melee range
Swipe	Attack Charges: 2	Performs a wide-arced attack with no Armour Piercing Damage that simultaneously hits the target and any characters standing on either side of the target, but which cannot damage shields

Knife Skills

Skill Name	Required Actions	Description
Deathblow	Attack	Deals double damage but can only target immobilised enemies
Flurry	Attack Charges: 3	Makes 2 attacks at half damage, on the same target or on 2 different targets, that each attempts to cause Bleeding (Physical Resistance; -8-16 Hitpoints per turn)
Slice	Free Charges: 2	Makes a free attack at half damage

Bow Skills

Skill Name	Required Actions	Description
Ranging Shot	Free Charges: 1	All enemies adjacent to the target hex get the status effect Spotted (Cannot use low cover; ranged attacks vs. character have +25% Accuracy)
Quick Shot	Full	Make 2 ranged attacks at -30% accuracy each
Aimed Shot	Full	Negates distance penalties to hit chance and grants a 5 percent-point bonus to critical hit chance
Fire Arrow	Attack Charges: 1	Deals normal ranged damage but also sets the target hex on fire, applying the status effect Burning (-20-30 Hitpoints per turn) to anyone in the hex. Can also target flammable objects such as haystacks
Hailstorm	Full Charges: 2	Performs an Area of Effect attack in 3 random hexes in and around the target hex, at 50% Damage each

Sling Skills

Skill Name	Required Actions	Description
Puffball	Attack Charges: 3	Launches mushroom that explodes into a cloud of dust spores that covers the target hex and all adjacent hexes for 1 turn, treating them as full cover for purposes of ranged attacks
Scattershot	Attack Charges: 1	Any character within a 2-hex arc at a 6-hex distance or less have 75% chance to be Harried (Mental Resistance; Base DR is 0%), 50% chance to be Blinded (Mental Resistance; Perception -5), and 25% chance to be Concussed (Physical Resistance; Endurance -3). The attack deals no damage
Grenade	Attack Charges: 1	Launches a bladder which spreads oil across the target hex and all adjacent hexes. Any occupying character gets the status effect Flammable (Burning will last twice as long)

Shield Skills

Skill Name	Required Actions	Description
Brace	Attack Charges: 1	Restores your shield to mint condition
Defend	Attack	You get the status effect Defend (Shield is impervious to damage)
Shield Bash	Attack	Pushes the target 1 hex away and applies the status effect Knocked Down (Physical Resistance; Unable to act, cannot block, Base DR is 0%; recovering costs 2 moves). This ability is nearly the same as Rebuke with the passive skill Powerful Kick.

Unarmed Skills

Skill Name	Required Actions	Description
Grapple	Attack	When flanking an enemy, grab hold of them to immobilise them until your next turn
Heavy Punch	Full	A heavier punch that deals +50% Damage
Headbutt	Attack	Attack at full damage and apply the status effect Stunned (Physical Resistance; Unable to act, cannot block, Base DR is 0%) if the attack isn't blocked. Provokes Attack of Opportunity and cannot be used against characters with helmets

Offensive Skills

Offensive skills provide extra abilities to be used during combat that aren't tied to any specific weapon.

Support Skills

Support skills help allies by buffing, hinder enemies by debuffing, or provide tactical advantages without dealing direct damage. In addition, some support skills provide additional benefits while camping.

Utility Skills

Utility skills are useful for keeping the party equipped, happy, well fed, and in general help the party function as a whole.

Passive Skills

Passive skills provide small but permanent boosts to stats or give you an extra edge under specific conditions.

Character Unique Skills

These skills are unique to certain recruitable characters.

Aife

• Snaring

Morcant

• Benediction

Moving Skills

It is possible to change the location of all character skills on the bottom bar in game. Click the info button and then click again on the character whose skills you would like to change to select them. All available skills will now be shown, and it is simply an issue of dragging and dropping the desired skill to the desired location.

Since the skill bar has a maximum of 10 slots, it is sometimes necessary to use multiple skill bars for a character. To switch which skill bar is selected, click the up and down arrows directly to the left of the skill bar.

See main article: Controls