| Skill | Rank | Percent | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smelting | Inept | 0% | Smelt forged items and recover some of the materials. |
| Repairing | Inept | 0% | Extend the life of worn items. |
| Club | Inept | 0% | A crude bludgeoning weapon. |
| Buckler | Inept | 33% | The smallest shield. |
| Breadpan | Inept | 66% | A useful cooking utensil. |
| Dirk | Novice | 0% | A weapon made for stabbing. |
| Spear | Novice | 33% | The standard weapon of the footman. |
| Pieplate | Novice | 66% | A plate for baking pie. |
| Leatherarmour | Apprentice | 0% | A suit of leather armour. |
| Cookiesheet | Apprentice | 33% | A steel sheet for baking cookies. |
| Halberd | Apprentice | 66% | The simplest of the polearms. |
| Cavalry | Capable | 0% | A small shield, but more effective than the buckler. |
| Pot | Capable | 25% | A cast-iron cooking pot. |
| Cauldron | Capable | 50% | Cauldrons suitable for fermenting. |
| Shortsword | Capable | 75% | A smaller version of the longsword. |
| Mace | Adept | 0% | The Basilican maces. |
| Ringmail | Adept | 25% | Armour composed of overlapping rings of metal. |
| Pastrypan | Adept | 50% | A pan for making fine pastries. |
| Axe | Adept | 75% | The handaxe; made for throwing. |
| Bardiche | Skilled | 0% | Another polearm. More complicated than the halberd. |
| Crozier | Skilled | 0% | A ritualistic implement used by desertfolk. |
| Dagger | Skilled | 25% | Obsidian throwing daggers. |
| Banded | Skilled | 50% | A shield of reasonable effectiveness. |
| Kettle | Skilled | 75% | A heavy kettle with a lid. |
| Whip | Gifted | 0% | A length of leather with a fine iron tip. |
| Talons | Gifted | 25% | Steel talons to equip falcons with. |
| Morningstar | Gifted | 50% | An iron ball connected to a handle by a chain. |
| Scalemail | Gifted | 75% | Armour made of overlapping scales of metal and leather. |
| Warhammer | Expert | 0% | A large bludgeoning weapon. |
| Rapier | Expert | 25% | The weapon of the cultured urbanite. |
| Javelin | Expert | 50% | Nothing hurts quite as much as being hit by a javelin. |
| Kite | Expert | 75% | A large, protective shield. |
| Flail | Virtuoso | 0% | A wicked-looking variation on a morningstar. |
| Chainmail | Virtuoso | 25% | Armour made of interlocking rings of metal. |
| Trident | Virtuoso | 50% | Oftentimes the favourite weapon of gladiators. |
| Battleaxe | Virtuoso | 75% | Favoured weapon of the mountain dwarves. |
| Tower | Fabled | 0% | The largest and most cumbersome shield. |
| Splintmail | Fabled | 25% | Good armour made of strips of metal and leather. |
| Bastard | Fabled | 50% | The famous Delosian bastard swords. |
| Lance | Fabled | 75% | The traditional weapon of the mounted knight. |
| Scimitar | Mythical | 0% | A very effective curved sword favoured in the south. |
| Fieldplate | Mythical | 25% | The most common, but still very good, form of platemail. |
| Broadsword | Mythical | 50% | A popular variation on the longsword. |
| Longsword | Mythical | 75% | The standard against which all is based. |
| Fullplate | Transcendent | 0% | The most magnificent armour. See AB FORGING FULLPLATE. |