I assume you're talking about what the game terms Abilities (things like Finesse, or Weaponsmith, or Song of Elbereth) rather than Skills (things like Evasion, Perception), as I don't think you ever get free Skill points. The free Abilities arise when a character has an affinity for a certain Skill, and then each Ability associated to that Skill is 500 experience cheaper, and in particular the first one, which would normally cost 500, is free.
There are two reasons why the player needs to go and add them:
- Although the first may be free, before adding experience to any skills the character doesn't meet the pre-requisites for any abilities.
- More importantly, it's your first one which is free, regardless of which you choose that one to be. There's a choice for the player here. Of course it usually makes sense for them to get at least one ability in the tree, but the player can choose which one.
Thanks for pointing this out. It can be easy for us to overlook ambiguities when we know what it's supposed to mean.
Stick with it! I'll offer a couple of (fairly general) pieces of advice: choose the locations of your fights carefully, and be prepared to run away (and perhaps take the stairs) if things start to go badly. The orc uniques can be tough, but you can generally escape from them if you're careful. If you want to post character dumps on the ladder, we can offer more specific advice.
There are two reasons why the player needs to go and add them:
- Although the first may be free, before adding experience to any skills the character doesn't meet the pre-requisites for any abilities.
- More importantly, it's your first one which is free, regardless of which you choose that one to be. There's a choice for the player here. Of course it usually makes sense for them to get at least one ability in the tree, but the player can choose which one.
-What "skill point" actually means.
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I've figured it out now, but this could be made clearer in game and in the manual.
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I've figured it out now, but this could be made clearer in game and in the manual.
I'm really enjoying this game, even though I haven't gotten past 250'. I seem to run into the first orc unique, then have another group of orc soldiers come down the stairs behind me. Of course, last game I equipped an un-ID'ed Amulet of Danger.
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