RACIAL SKILLS - Aetolia Online Help

4.3.1 RACIAL SKILLS

Air Stability:
 - This is a passive skill that keeps the player from being blown
   around while flying.

Alcohol Resistance:
 - This player can ingest more alcohol than other players.

Blood Regeneration:
 - This is a passive skill that increases the rate at which the player 
   recovers blood.

Blood Reserves:
 - A character with this skill will have increased blood reserves.

Burrow:
 - You can BURROW. BURROW BELOW to begin burrowing, then you can BURROW
   <dir>, BURROW BELOW again to go to a greater depth or BURROW ABOVE
   to leave the earth's confines.

Chameleon:
 - This skill allows one to CHAMELEON as another player, just like the
tattoo of the same name. Note: While the tattoo requires both           
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   and balance to use, this ability does not. 

Clicking:
 - The player can use CLICK <text> to secretly communicate with other
   characters of the same race in the room.

Dash:
 - The player has access to the DASH ability.

Dig:
 - Can use the DIG command without a shovel.

Endurance Regeneration:
 - This player recovers endurance at an increased rate.

Fast Swimming
 - This character swims twice as fast through water rooms.

Fire Breathing:
 - This character can use BREATHE FIRE skill.

Fire Retardant:
 - Should the character catch fire, it will automatically burn out after
   a short time.

Flight:
 - The player can use the FLY command
 
Forage:
 - The character can use the FORAGE skill.
 
Forest Regeneration:
 - This character will regenerate health and mana at a constant rate 
   while within a forest.

Gripping:
 - The player can use the GRIP skill.

Grooming:
 - The player can quickly clean themselves of any... stink with the 
   GROOM command.

Health Regeneration:
 - The character slowly regenerates health at a constant rate.

Heatsight:
 - The character has access to the HEATSIGHT skill.
 
Hide:
 - Access to the HIDE skill. EMERGE will bring you from the shadows. 

Hover:
 - The player can use the HOVER command which is akin to the levitation
   defence. Use SETTLE to lower back to the ground.

IceBreath:
 - Allows you access to the FREEZE command. You can FREEZE GROUND,
   FREEZE <player> or FREEZE FIREWALL <direction>.

Improved Forging:
 - This player will receive slightly better stats when forging weapons
   and armour.

Improved Harvesting:
 - This character can harvest more herbs per day.

Improved Meditation:
 - You will enjoy increased willpower and mana gain when meditating.
 
Improved Sleep:
 - You will regain health and endurance faster when sleeping.
 
Leap:
 - The character can LEAP over obstacles in the room.

Listening:
 - Using antennae the character can listen to conversations in 
   nearby rooms.

Lunar Regeneration:
 - Regenerate health and mana while under the changing lunar influence.

Natural Clotting:
 - This basically works like a weak, constant moss tattoo. It can 
   be stacked with a moss tattoo.

Nightsight:
 - This character has the natural ability to see in the dark.

Pacing: 
- With PACING ON, you are able to follow people moving very quickly,    
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   they are dashing, sprinting or galloping. PACING OFF will end it.  

Rock Crushing:
 - Players with this skill can ROCKCRUSH <rock> FOR INK at a
   limited number of times per day. There is no limit when the
   ability is purchased via skillpoints.

Rock Harvesting:
 - This skill allows one to have access to the HARVEST ROCK command. 
   It is limited to a certain number of uses per day. There is no limit
   when the ability is purchased via skillpoints.

Satiation:
 - The player gains the SATIATION skill, which causes any food eaten
   to count as double while it is active.

Scent:
 - This character has access to the SCENT command which will allow 
   them to locate other nearby characters.

Secrets: 
- Not unlike the vision ability to view hidden exits. When purchased    
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skillpoints, this ability will reveal all hidden exits 100% of the time.

Selfishness:
 - You will have access to the SELFISHNESS command.

Soaring:
 - Using the LAUNCH verb, one can soar through the air for a limited 
   time, but with improved speed.

Stalking:
 - The character can STALK in the night.

Swimming:
 - This skill allows a character free access to the swimming skill.

Tremor Sense:
 - Activate with TREMORSENSE. You will detect burrowed movement.

Tumble:
 - The character can TUMBLE from a room.

Underwater Breathing:
 - You will take no damage from being underwater.

Underground Regeneration
 - While underground this race will regenerate health and mana at
   an increased rate.

Water Regeneration:
 - While in water rooms the character will regenerate health and mana
   at an increased rate.

Willpower Regeneration:
 - The character regenerates willpower at an increased rate.

See also: HELP RACES, HELP REINCARNATE, HELP STATPACKS