Skill Guide

Skills are techniques or abilities used or known outside of combat. This could be anything from knowing how to play football, being multilingual, being a carpenter or knowing various fighting styles. Skills can also be derived from Ki Techniques.

Things like Ki sense, mind training, telekinesis, flight and psychic ability are also all skills that do not take up technique slots, and in some cases may be used in conjunction with Ki to create a new technique. (For example, a psychic body binding technique.) However, in regards to the skills listed above, all must be learnt in training or from another person IC. Nobody starts with Ki sense, flight, psychic ability, etc. These skills are honed IC. Below is a list which outlines the training requirements to gain each skill.

• Mind Training - 1000 words. Mind training helps train the spirit and increases Ki. It means one can train whilst meditating rather than just in the physical realms.  
  
• Flight - 1000 words.
  
• Ki Sense - 1000 words. This is a skill which allows the user to sense Ki signals and life energy either near or far away.
  
• Ki Control - 2000 words. This skill allows the user to control their Ki, either suppressing it to hide or throw off an enemy, or using it to transfer energy to another player.
  
• Telekinesis - 6000 words. This skill demonstrates the mental strength of a warrior. It also shows how finely honed their mind is, by using their Ki energy to move items. (This cannot be used to create barriers or manipulate others, though can be employed to throw boulders or move objects. Skill is equivalent to PL rating, meaning that objects moved must be relative. I.e. with a PL of 2,000 you could probably throw a large boulder, but you couldn't move a mountain. Whereas if your PL was over 1 million, then you might stand more of a chance of moving that mountain.)   (Must have Ki Control to learn.)
  
• Psychic Ability - 10,000 words. (Cannot be obtained without Telekinesis.) Psychic ability is the ability to read thoughts and convey messages to others through the mind. Can sometimes be used to control or manipulate others if used in the creation of a new Ki technique.  

Most other skills you can start with so long as your history accounts for it in some way. Just don't go overboard with skills as you may be told to remove some if they seem to excessive.