YAGBU proposal

Rather than adding new information, this is a proposal on how to make
the guidebook easier to use. IMO the section on starting skills should
be ordered by skill instead of race and class. When I use this table it
is because I want to create a character with specific abilities (e.g. a
monk with gemology), and the proposed ordering is more useful for this.

I also feel it is unnecessary to list common starting skills (like
haggling) as also race/class dependant. The new table could then be
merged with the sections on acquiring skills to make a complete list on
how to obtain skills.

A (poorly formated) example of how this might look like is below the
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All skills can be gained at random from potions and scrolls of
education. All skills can be wished for unless otherwise specified.

Bards start with a random selection of skills and can gain additional
random skills as a class power.

Alchemy
-Starting skill for Assassins, Necromancers and Wizards
-Starting skill for Merchants who specialize in potions

Alertness
-Starting skill for Drakelings and Dark Elves
-Starting skill for Archers, Assassins, Healers, Monks, Rangers and
Thiefs
-Cannot be wished for

Appraising
-Starting skill for Merchants, Necromancers, Thiefs and Weaponsmiths

Archery
-Starting skill for Hurthlings
-Starting skill for Archers, Assassins, Farmers, Fighters and Rangers

Athletics
-Starting skill for Trolls
-Starting skill for Barbarians, Beastfighters, Fighters, Monks,
Paladins, Rangers and Weaponsmiths

Backstabbing
-Starting skill for Orcs
-Starting skill for Assassins and Thiefs
-Gained from Bart in exchange for Golden Gladius

Bridge Building
-Starting skill for Trolls
-Starting skill for Farmers
-Gained from Yrrigs after leading him to Jharod

Climbing
-Guaranteed starting skill

Concentration
-Starting skill for Archers, Druids, Elementalists, Healers,
Mindcrafters, Monks, Necromancers, Paladins, Priests, Weaponsmiths and
Wizards

Cooking
-Starting skill for Hurthlings
-Starting skill for Farmers and Healers

Courage
-Gained from the Old Barbarian after completing his quest if not
chaotic

Detect Item Status
-Starting skill for Merchants and Priests

Detect Traps
-Starting skill for Dwarfs
-Starting skill for Assassins, Thiefs and Weaponsmiths
-Gained from Yergius for money after completing his quest if not lawful

Disarm Traps
-Starting skill for Thiefs
-Gained from Yergius for money after completing his quest if not lawful

Dodge
-Starting skill for Gray Elves and High Elves
-Starting skill for Archers, Assassins, Barbarians, Beastfighters,
Fighters, Monks, Paladins and Rangers

Find Weakness
-Starting skill for Dark Elves and Orcs
-Starting skill for Assassins, Barbarians, Fighters, Healers, Monks,
Necromancers and Weaponsmiths

First Aid
-Guaranteed starting skill

Fletchery
-Starting skill for Archers and Farmers

Food Preservation
-Starting skill for Drakelings, Humans, Hurthlings and Trolls
-Starting skill for Farmers, Necromancers and Rangers

Gardening
-Starting skill for Hurthlings
-Starting skill for Druids and Farmers
-Gained from Guth'Alak if chosen after completing his quest if
Herbalism at 100

Gemology
-Starting skill for Gnomes and Trolls
-Starting skill for Elementalists, Merchants and Mindcrafters

Haggling
-Guaranteed starting skill

Healing
-Starting skill for Beastfighters, Druids, Elementalists, Healers,
Monks, Paladins, Priests, Rangers and Wizards
-Gained from Jharod after showing mercy if not chaotic
-Gained from Kranf Niest with stat losses and slight corruption after
completing quest to kill Jharod
-Cannot be wished for

Herbalism
-Starting skill for Barbarians, Beastfighters, Druids, Farmers,
Healers, Merchants, Mindcrafters, Necromancers, Priests, Rangers and
Wizards
-Gained from Guth'Alak if chosen after completing his quest

Law
-Starting skill for Paladins who start lawful
-Gained from Tywat Pare after completing both his quests

Listening
-Guaranteed starting skill

Literacy
-Starting skill for Gray Elves and High Elves
-Starting skill for Druids, Elementalists, Healers, Merchants,
Mindcrafters, Monks, Necromancer, Paladins, Priests and Wizards
-Starting skill for classes other than Barbarians and Bestfighters if
Learning 10+
-Gained by drinking potion of literacy
-Gained by eating blessed Dark Sage corpse

Metallurgy
-Starting skill for Dwarfs and Orcs
-Starting skill for Elementalists, Fighters, Merchants and Weaponsmiths

Mining
-Starting skill for Dwarfs, Gnomes, Orcs and Trolls

Music
-Starting skill for Drakelings
-Starting skill for Bards, Mindcrafters and Priests

Necromancy
-Starting skill for Necromancers

Pick Locks
-Starting skill for Assassins and Thiefs
-Gained from Yergius for money after completing his quest if not lawful

Pick Pockets
-Starting skill for Gnomes
-Starting skill for Merchants and Thiefs
-Gained from Yergius for money after completing his quest if not lawful

Smithing
-Starting skill for Dwarfs
-Starting skill for Farmers and Weaponsmiths
-Gained from Glod for money

Stealth
-Starting skill for Dark Elves, Gray Elves, High Elves and Hurthlings
-Starting skill for Archers, Assassins, Barbarians, Beastfighters,
Farmers, Fighters, Mindcrafters, Monks, Necromancers, Paladins, Thiefs
and Wizards
-Gained from Yergius for money after completing his quest if not lawful

Survival
-Starting skill for Barbarians, Beastfighters, Druids, Farmers,
Merchants and Rangers
-Starting skill if born in the month of Falcon

Swimming
-Starting skill for Drakelings and Humans
-Starting skill for Barbarians, Beastfighters, Druids, Elementalists,
Paladins and Rangers
-Gained from Blup in exchange for two potions of carrot juice or one
blessed potion of carrot juice

Tactics
-Gained from Bart in exchange for Golden Gladius

Two Weapon Combat
-Starting skill for Assassins, Barbarians, Fighters, Paladins and
Rangers
-Gained from Bart in exchange for Golden Gladius

Ventriloquism
-Starting skill for Gnomes
-Starting skill for Wizards

Woodcraft
-Starting skill for Barbarians, Druids, Farmers and Rangers