Skills

Skill trees, costs, progression paths, combat skills, merchanting and tinkering.

The best skills expand your decisions without draining points from your core plan.

Skill order should follow your build problems, not a universal checklist.

Tinkering rewards players who keep scraps, recipes and curiosity organized.

Persuasion can turn Qud from a combat map into a social machine.

Long blades offer flexible stances for duelists who understand tempo.

Rifles are the clean answer to threats you prefer not to meet in melee.