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• New Ability: Woodscraft

RavenRed: Just an idea for a new ability...

• Woodscraft, 5 skill Points: Pre-Req Monster-Lore@10, INT10. Free to Rangers at CLev 5

This ability allows the player to "read the signs" on the ground to detect where monsters are within a radius of MONSTER_LORE/2, but only in a GENERAL sense. This information would be represented in text, rather than graphical form, based on the character of the monster ('o', 'p', 'J'), rather than name. As an example...

"You read the signs and tracks..."

"You detect a Multi-Headed Reptile to the North East"

"You detect a multitude of Wolves to the West."

"You detect several Trolls to the South."

It's somewhat of a low-cost, non-magical monster detection ability, and it finally gives a non-pet use for "Monster-Lore"

LordEstraven: I like this idea!