TABLES OF APTITUDES
The following three tables describe all aptitudes of the various species
for the various skills. Knowledge, neither explicit nor implicit, of these
are not necessary for winning in Crawl. The qualitative information behind
this sheet (i.e., which species are good at which tasks) can be obtained in
two other ways:
- Read the species section in the manual about strengths and weaknesses.
- Look at which combinations of species and background are recommended.
-- no aptitude (cannot learn this skill at all)
-5 abysmal aptitude
-4 terrible aptitude (learning half as fast as at 0 aptitude)
-3 very poor aptitude
-2 poor aptitude
-1 slightly disfavoured aptitude
0 standard aptitude
+1 slightly favoured aptitude
+2 strong aptitude
+3 very strong aptitude
+4 outstanding aptitude (learning twice as fast as at 0 aptitude)
+5 exceptional aptitude
There are four special values: HP, MP, Experience and Magic Resistance:
- The HP value indicates the percentage of hit points gained per experience
level, 100% being the Human standard.
- The MP value indicates a fixed additive modifier to magic points.
- The Experience value indicates how much experience has to be earned in
order to gain a new experience level, +1 being the Human standard. These
values use the same scale as the skill aptitudes.
- The Magic Resistance value indicates resistance to hostile enchantments per
experience level, +3 being the Human standard.
The abbreviations used for the skills are:
General skills, Experience Melee and Ranged Combat Spellcasting and Magic
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Arm - Armour Fgt - Fighting Spc - Spellcasting
Ddg - Dodging SBl - Short Blades Coj - Conjurations
Sth - Stealth LBl - Long Blades Hex - Hexes
Shd - Shields M&F - Maces & Flails Cha - Charms
Axs - Axes Sum - Summonings
Inv - Invocations Pla - Polearms Nec - Necromancy
Evo - Evocations Stv - Staves Trl - Translocations
UC - Unarmed Combat Trm - Transmutations
HP - hit points Thr - Throwing Fir - Fire Magic
MP - magic points Slg - Slings Ice - Ice Magic
Exp - experience Bws - Bows Air - Air Magic
MR - magic resistance Crb - Crossbows Ear - Earth Magic
Poi - Poison Magic
Arm Ddg Sth Shd Inv Evo HP MP Exp MR
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Fgt SBl LBl M&F Axs Pla Stv UC Thr Slg Bws Crb
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Spc Coj Hex Cha Sum Nec Trl Trm Fir Ice Air Ear Poi
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