This powerful gothic melody grants to you and all in area (friend or foe) 1d10 + Perform Soul bonus. It also causes all effected to be the dominate runic element when attacking with magic another target, even if that target is of the same element or stronger element. This means that the magic damage will be increased by 20%.

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with bashing or blunt weapons. This is basically hitting someone with a blunt weapon in a swinging motion. Blunt weapons are any weapons that you can bash with, such as hammers, mallets, rods, staffs, whips, planks, tonfa, and clubs. Any weapon that can have a bashing attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 3
• Causes wounds to unarmored targets
• Critical Hit knocks out unarmored targets for 1d3 rounds
• Dazes armored targets for 1d3 rounds as long as bash reduction isn't greater than 30%

This skill cannot be used with Basic Bashing Proficiency or Novice Bashing Proficiency

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with bludgeoning or blunt weapons. This is basically ramming someone with a blunt weapon in a thrusting motion. Blunt weapons are any weapons that you can bludgeon with, such as rods, staffs, tonfa, fists, feet, handle of most weapons, and clubs. Any weapon that can have a bludgeoning attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 3
• Causes wounds to unarmored targets and armored targets as long as bash reduction isn't greater than 30%
• Critical Hit stuns unarmored targets for 1d3 rounds
• Critical Hit stuns armored targets for 1d3 rounds as long as bash reduction isn't greater than 30%

This skill cannot be used with Basic Bludgeoning Proficiency or Novice Bludgeoning Proficiency

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with chopping weapons. Chopping weapons are any weapons that you can chop with, such as axes, hatchets, falchion, and scythes. Any weapon that can have a chopping attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 3
• Causes 1d6 bleed damage per round to unarmored targets
• Causes 1d4 bleed damage per round to armored targets as long as they do not have a chop reduction greater than 30%
• Critical Hit breaks wooden shields
• If used against a parrying weapon, critical hit -10 breaks the weapon if it is a long wooden weapon

This skill cannot be used with Basic Chopping Proficiency or Novice Chopping Proficiency

This skill allows for advanced crafting.

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with piercing weapons. Piercing weapons are any weapons that you can stab and pierce with, such as knives, swords, spears, hira-shuriken, darts, and arrows. Any weapon that can have a piercing attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 3
• 10% of damage dealt ignores armor
• Causes 1d6 bleed damage per round to unarmored targets
• Causes 1d4 bleed damage per round to armored targets as long as they do not have a slash reduction greater than 30%

This skill cannot be used with Basic Piercing Proficiency or Novice Piercing Proficiency

This skill allows you to create advanced runic technology from blueprints. This includes advanced elemental contructs.

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with slashing weapons. Slashing weapons are any weapons that you can slash with, such as knives, daggers, swords, scythes, chakram, blade knuckles, and claws. Any weapon that can have a slashing attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 3
• Causes 1d6 bleed damage per round to unarmored targets
• Causes 1d4 bleed damage per round to armored targets as long as they do not have a slash reduction greater than 30%

This skill cannot be used with Basic Slashing Proficiency or Novice Slashing Proficiency

With this skill you summon the spirits of your ancestors to aid you. Their spiritual energy washes over you increasing all of your traits by 2 (except evade) temporarily. If you are not observant of your ancestors or have dishonored your family, the boost is half that.

With this skill you call upon the spirit of your ancestors to empower you. They do so by making it easier for you to use your skills. If you are are one who has shamed your family or gives no thought to your ancestors, you only get a bonus of 1 to your skill checks. Otherwise, you get a bonus of 1d10.

With this mighty skill you call upon the beings of Elysium to come and assist you and your allies in battle. A powerful angelic being comes forth to fight along side you and your allies. Each round the angel will melee attack an enemy of your choice or blast holy light at all enemy targets. The melee attack is a three-hit combo that deals 1d% damage. The holy light will do 8d12 magic damage to normal targets or 16d12 magic damage to the undead or targets with dark moral points. Once the skill's duration is over, the angel will disappear.

This skill allows you to increase one value of a material at a rate of +1 per 4 Soul.

With this skill you call upon the power of creation to make things new again. With each use of this skill, any one item no larger than 3 feet by 3 feet is made new again, fully restored. This includes armor and weapons. For larger objects, continual uses of this skill will be required.

This shrill song causes 1d4 + Perform damage straight to vitality to all in area. It returns half the damage to restore your Vitality. Armor does not protect against this. It affects friend and foe.