8.1 Professions
Professions are where characters will learn the majority of their skills. A profession consists of three separate skillsets. Each skillset contains many individual skills.
You can see what professions you know and your current ranks in those professions with the PROFESSIONS command.
Characters can be able to learn a profession in one of two ways.
1. Join a guild which specialises in that profession.
2. Become the apprentice of a player who has the profession rank of Master.
The easiest way to learn a new profession is to join a new guild. You can join a guild via a guild leader or through Cerise (HELP CERISE).
Once you have earned a profession, you can begin learning within those skillsets. However, should you switch to a different profession, you will forget all the skills you have learned. If you wish to return to that profession at some point in the future, you will want to be certain you have earned the rank of 'Specialist' in that profession.
If you are not in a guild specialising in your current profession, you will have to learn the skillset evenly. (HELP LEARNING)
If you no longer wish to know a profession you can FORGET <profession>. When you forget a profession you will receive either 50%, 90%, or 100% of your lessons back from those skillsets, depending on your rank in that profession. If you wish to switch to a different circle of professions, you will have to forget all learned professions before joining a guild or being apprenticed into another circle.
See also: HELP PROFESSION RANKS, HELP SWITCHING PROFESSIONS, HELP APPRENTICE
HELP MASTER, HELP CIRCLES, HELP LEARNING, HELP RELEARNING