City V. Desert

[benegesseritwitch]

How can you tell if you have the city or desert version of an applicable skill?

[ShaLeah]

By the type of elf you choose at character generation. Some skills aren't different according to race either.

[Dakota]

How can you tell if you have the city or desert version of an applicable skill?

If it works basically with good success. If you're a ranger and don't get city hunt through a sub-guild or special application, and try to hunt, it won't work... very well. For example.

[Quell]

How can you tell if you have the city or desert version of an applicable skill?

If there are two different versions of the skill it will usually say so under 'help skill'. If you are a guild or subguild with that skill, you will generally receive hints as to which you have under 'help subguild' or 'help guild'.

The skills that I know offhand have different versions are: sneak, hide, track so if you have one of those three check under the helpfile of your guild and subguild. Note that it is possible, with the right guild/subguild combination to get both.

[perfecto]

If your question does not pertain to playing an elf I guess the same principles aply..  If you picked Ranger your skillset would best be utilized beyond the city walls.  If you picked Assassin you might get some of the same skills but obviously they would best be used in dark shadowy places.  Not much call for the secret assassination of a herd of Carru these days.

That being said both can still use their skills anywhere in the world, they just wont be as adept out of their natural surroundings.

[Harmless]

if, out in the scrublands, you type hide....

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>hide
You search for a good place to hide.

It's not the city, but you try anyway.
You attempt to hide yourself.


...then, the game is telling you that you have ONLY the city version of hide (and therefore sneak as well) for example.

If you only have sneak or hunt, then there are no coded messages to tell you which type of skillset you have. Only the hide skill generates a helpful echo.