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== Skills ==
The value of the main fighting skill helps determine your [[Combat combat rating]], henceforth CR. Skill is generally only gained on the death of an opponent.
The best way to train fight skill is by fighting opponents that are near your CR. That way, the skill you gain will be far superior than training against a creature that is either too strong for you or simply a very easy match. [[animal conditions|<font color=green>Greenish</font>, <font color=red>raging</font>, <font color=red>angry</font>, and champion]] creatures are a very effective way to train fighting.
::* [[Aggressive fighting]] - Reduced defense, but increased offense. Damage is enhanced. Two-handed weapons swing faster.
::* [[Defensive fighting]] - Reduced offense, but increased defense. Moving CR penalties are reduced. Parry and dodge rate is increased.
::* [[Normal Fightingfighting]] - Defenses and offenses are weapons' defaults, scaled with skills and body stats.
::* [[Taunting]] - Attempting to taunt your opponent to attack you instead of your allies.
::* [[Shield bashing]] - Knocking over your opponent with your [[:Category:Shields|shield]]. Higher skill in shield bash results in a longer time the opponent is disabled on ground. A combination of shield skill and shield bash skill calculate hit chance. Shield-bashing does some damage to the opponent. This results in a [[Stuns|stun]]. Beware that this might take the attention of the enemy to the person doing the shield bashing.
=== Weapon skills ===
== Stances ==
While in combat, the player has the option to shift the focus of his blows to different parts of the opponent's body using 'stances'. Blows to different parts of the body may have different effects. For example, aiming for the head of the opponent yields significantly more damage as well as a temporary decrease in [[Mind mind logic]]. Aiming for the feet or legs may also slow your opponent, etc.
Aiming at different body parts also affects your chances of aiming at others. For example, if you aim for the right parts, then the chances of aiming for the lower right or upper right parts will normally increase. Most special moves may also only be performed when aiming at certain body parts.
:* [[:Category:Studded leather armour|Studded leather armour]] - Studded leather armour provides a moderate amount of base defense with similar penalties as leather armour. Studded leather armour represents a good common ground between speed and defense. Studded leather armour has a mild evasion penalty.
:* [[:Category:Chain armour|Chain armour]] - Chain armour provides good defense with a medium penalty to mobility. Evasion is moderately affected by chain armor.
:* [[:Category:Plate armour|Plate armour]] - Plate armour provides the largest defense bonus of any armour crafted from metals, at the largest expense of mobility. Steel plate armour has base damage reduction equal to that of [[:Category:Drake hide armour|drake hide armour]]. Adamantine Plate plate has damage reduction equal to [[:Category:dragon scale armour|Dragon scale armour]]. Glimmersteel and Seryll Plate seryll plate has the highest base damage reduction in game. While Plate plate can be made from other metals they all have less damage reduction than Steel Platesteel plate.
=== Special armour types ===
== Fighting characteristics ==
:* [[Body control]] - Helps with accuracy, dodging, and [[stealthing]]. [[Archery]], [[Shieldsshields]], [[leatherworking]], [[smithing]], [[tailoring]], [[carpentry]] and subskills of these such as [[fletching]] offer good skill gains. Some weapon skills also offer Body Control gains.:* [[Mind speed]] - Prevents priests from "overheating" when casting channeling spells.
:* [[Body strength]] - Helps with damage per hit, and for taking less damage when hit. Good methods to gain Body Strength include [[mining]], [[smithing]], [[digging]], [[woodcutting]], [[farming]], [[butchering]], [[masonry]], and their subskills. [[Papyrusmaking]], [[coal-making]], and some weapon skills also increase Body Strength.
:* [[Body stamina]] - Determines how long you can fight before running out of stamina. When you run out of stamina, you can not move or defend yourself against incoming attacks very well. Raised by [[woodcutting]], [[milling]], [[digging]], and [[mining]]. However, on freedom it is raised by [[woodcutting]], [[Milling]], [[digging]], and [[mining]].
