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[1] | 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[2] | 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[3] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Warper | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Hedge Wizard | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Notes
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.
- Djinn use their single highest spellcasting/spell school skill as their Spellcasting skill.