Table of starting skills by background

Trunk-only: This article pertains to a feature of Crawl which is being tested. It will likely change before the next release, and may even be removed entirely.

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 recieve Dodging in place of Armour. Levels are added irrespective of XP cost (e.g. 1 Arm and 1 Ddg = 2 Ddg).
• Felids also replace Short Blades with Unarmed Combat where relevant.