Skills

• If you want the Game Manual page, which has formulae for Class Skills, go to Skills (manual).
• Also worth mentioning in this context are Effects which you can get through other means. They are temporarily and don't cost any power points (PP).

Class Skill Comparison Table

	Elemental		Gadgeteer		Naturalist		Psion
lvl	Skill	Notes	Skill	Notes	Skill	Notes	Skill	Notes
1	Proper Grounding costs 1 PP	Increases strength, intellect, and reflexes	Endurance costs 1 PP	Increased maximum HP	Ant's Strength costs 4 PP	Increased strength Increased maximum HP	Aura: Vim costs 4 PP	Increased to-hit ability Increased dodge ability
1	Throw Sparks costs 2 PP	Deals fire damage	Stun Gas costs 3 PP	Decreases foe to-hit and offense Stuns opponents	Kangaroo Punch costs 1 PP	Deals physical damage	Mind Poke costs 1 PP	Deals psychic damage
2	Air Shield costs 3 PP	Increases defense	Upgrade Armor costs 5 PP	One of: Adds fire, sonic, and electric resistance Increased damage absorption Increased reflexes & Increased initiative	Charge of the Bovine costs 4 PP	Increased to-hit ability Increased weapon damage	Knit Flesh costs 4 PP	Heals damage
3	Ice Bolt costs 4 PP	Deals ice damage	Basic Martial Arts passive skill	Increased to-hit ability	Mantis Reflexes costs 5 PP	Increased reflexes Increased initiative	Telekinesis costs 4 PP	Deals physical damage
4	Groundquake costs 6 PP	Reduces opponent to-hit and dodge chances May stun opponent	First Aid costs 6 PP	Heals damage	Echolocation passive skill	Increased item drops	Aura: Mystery costs 8 PP	Increased spell damage -1 to the cost of combat skills
5	Proper Hydration passive skill	Regenerate PP every turn	Sugar Purifier costs 20 PP	Increases effectiveness of consumed sugar	Memory of the Elephant costs 6 PP	Increased intellect Increased maximum PP	Premonition passive skill	Increased initiative
6	Lightning Bolt costs 8 PP	Deals electric damage	Upgrade Weapons costs 8 PP	One of: Increased to-hit ability Weapon does fire and electric damage Reduced chances of fumbles & Some would-be fumbles become critical hits	Armadillo Armor costs 8 PP	Increases damage absorption	Mind Jab costs 7 PP	Deals psychic damage
7	Fire Shield costs 7 PP	Damages foes when they hit you	Metal Detector costs 10 PP	Increases item drops	Snout of the Swine costs 10 PP	Increased chips drop	Wind Warrior costs 12 PP	Summons a companion
8	Stone Armor costs 12 PP	Increases defense Adds fire, ice, and electric resistance	Advanced Martial Arts passive skill	Increased offense	Starfish Regeneration passive skill	Regenerates HP each turn	Aura: Keen Observation costs 16 PP	Slightly increased % XP gain Increased chips drops
9	Tornado costs 10 PP	Reduces opponent to-hit and dodge chances Deals damage	Aerodynamic Vehicle costs 12 PP	Extended vehicle range, at the cost of turn length	Talons of the Raptor costs 12 PP	Increased melee damage	Knit Bone costs 12 PP	Heals damage
10	Lifeblood Manipulation costs 20-round(S/2) PP	Heals almost all wounds	Improved Tinkering passive skill	Increases duration of other skills Improves Upgrade Armor & Upgrade Weapons	Trample of the Rhino costs 9 PP	Moderately increased to-hit ability Moderately increased weapon damage	Meditation passive skill	Adds additional minutes to bedtime each rollover
11	Metalmorph costs 20 PP	Can upgrade certain metals	Electric Net costs 15 PP	Reduces foe dodge ability Deals electric damage	Summon Wolf costs 9 PP	Summons a companion	Electronic Understanding passive skill	Allows you to use Mind Jab, Psionic Blast and Wind warrior on Robots.
12	Firestorm costs 14 PP	Deals fire damage	Catalyze passive skill	Upgrades materials with a catalyzer unit	Nurture vs. Nature costs 12 PP	Increased effectiveness from your sidekick	Aura: Vigor costs 12 PP	Regenerates HP each turn Increased maximum HP
13	Summon Water Sprite costs 10 PP	Summons a companion	Shock Grenade costs 13 PP	Reduces foe hit and offense Deals sonic damage	Spines of the Echidna costs 12 PP	Damages foes when they hit you	Psionic Blast costs 15 PP	Deals psychic damage
14	The Fire Within passive skill	Increased PP capacity Increased % spell damage	Stealth costs 10 PP	Increased chance of noncombat adventures	Sinus of the Shark costs 15 PP	Increases chance of combat adventures	Detachment costs 20 PP	Opponent attack damage decreased Turn length increased
15	Sundowner Breeze costs 30 PP	Increases foe toughness	Sniper passive skill	Increased ranged damage Increased initiative	Summon Water Buffalo costs 14 PP	Summons a companion	Biofeedback costs 10 PP	Adds resistance to fire, ice, sonic, and psychic damage
16	Salt of the Earth passive skill	Increases Spell Critical chance	Battle Armor passive skill	Increased defense	Maul of the Cave Bear costs 13 PP	Greatly increased to-hit ability Greatly increased weapon damage	Aura: Mental Magnetism costs 15 PP	Increased or decreased chance of combat adventures

Non-Class Skills

Skill	Obtained	Permanence	Type	Ability
Animal Kung-Foolery	Animal Kung-Fu for Fools	Possible	Combat	physical damage
Artistic Warrior	Tsun Su's War of Art	Possible	Passive	Increased intellect
Aura: Ions	Nostronomian textbook as Psion	Possible	Noncombat	Restores PP at end of battle
Beefcake!	Muscle Fancy magazine	Possible	Passive	Increased strength
Call of the Center	multiversal summer catalog	Automatic	Noncombat	Summon one item a day
Disguise Foe	Costunomicon of Zyx	Automatic	Combat	Can change three enemies a day, plus once more for every Skill Point invested in it
Fast Learner	Crammer's Guide to Cramming	Possible	Passive	Improved SQUID disc returns
Fearsome Disguise	Phobonomicon	Automatic	Combat	Can change three enemies a day, plus once more for every Skill Point invested in it
Firestarter	St. Elmo's Chariots of Vanity	Possible	Noncombat	+ fire damage
Heroic Efficiency	77 Habits of Highly Effective Heroes	No	Passive	Reduces turn length by 30 seconds
Ionic Bondage	Nostronomian textbook as Gadgeteer	Possible	Combat	Stuns
Nostronomically Hardened	Completing the Through the Dimensional Rabbit-Hole quest	No	Passive	+20 Offense, +20 Defense
Passable Pilot	Playing Flight Simulator in the Virtual Reality Gaming Center	No	Passive	Ability to fly aircraft
Precompletion Pro	precompletion training certificate	Automatic	Passive	Start each day at 5:30 instead of 6:00
Strike of the Ion Eel	Nostronomian textbook as Naturalist	Possible	Combat	physical + electric damage
Summon Fortune Cookie	Chinese takeout menu	Automatic	Noncombat	Summons 4 fortune cookies/day
Summon Ion Sprite	Nostronomian textbook as Elemental	Possible	Noncombat	Summons a sidekick

Skill Points

Skill points are used to increase the power of your skills. Some skills cannot be assigned skill points, but most skills can have between 0 and 10 skill points assigned to them.

You can acquire skillpoints in 3 different ways:

• Pre-prepared skill point can be acquired and used to gain 1 skillpoint.
• Bonus skill point can be acquired and used to gain 1 skillpoint.
• Leveling up grants skillpoints at each level. 2 per level during Original Continuity. Once a Retcon occurs, additional skill points happen once per level, for each retcon.
  • After 1 retcon, 3 skill points will be earned at level 2
  • After 3 retcons, 3 skill points will be earned at levels 2, 3, and 4
  • After 11 retcons, you gain 4 skill points at level 2 and 3 points at levels 3-11.
  • Extra skill points from retcons are distributed in levels 2-11, at levels 12+ you get 2 skill points per level.