Table of starting skills by background

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Skill levels of each background, before aptitudes are applied.

Background	Fgt	Wpn	Arm	Ddg	Shd	Thr	Spc	Coj	Hex	Sum	Nec	Trl	Trm	Fir	Ice	Air	Ear	Poi	Inv	Evo	Sth
Abyssal Knight	3	2	1	1															2
Air Elementalist				2			2	1								3					2
Arcane Marksman	1	2		2			1		3
Artificer	1		1	1																3	1
Berserker	3	3		2
Brigand	2	2		1		2															4
Chaos Knight	3	3	1	1
Cinder Acolyte	3	3					1							3
Conjurer				2			2	4													2
Earth Elementalist				2			2						1				3				2
Enchanter		1		2			2		3												3
Fighter	3	2	3		3
Fire Elementalist				2			2	1						3							2
Gladiator	2	3		3		2
Hunter	2	4		2																	1
Ice Elementalist				2			2								4						2
Delver	3	2		2																	5
Monk	3	3		3																	2
Necromancer				2			2				4										2
Summoner				2			2			4											2
Transmuter	1	3	2			2						2
Venom Mage				2			2						1					3			2
Wanderer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Warper	2	2	1	2			2					2									2
Hedge Wizard				2			3	1		1		1									2

Special

• Felids, Draconians, Octopodes, Trolls, and Ogres receive Dodging in place of Armour. Levels are added irrespective of XP cost (e.g. 1 Arm and 1 Ddg = 2 Ddg).
• Djinn use their single highest spellcasting/spell school skill as their Spellcasting skill.