ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

For something different I thought I'd try a stealthy assassin character. I have noticed that I am unable to put any skill points into Archery. Is this normal? Are assassins not supposed to have ranged abilities or something? What I find odd is that the skill in listed in white as if I should be able to put skill points into it.

Look at the help file for creating a character. It tells you what the modifiers are for each race and class.

Assassins get low level Boomerang-mastery. That is a sub-skill of Archery so you can see that, but not put points into it.

You can pick up Archery points from fumblefingers quests, but that will take a while depending on your luck with them. A better option would be to start with a wood elf, which has Archery from the start.

Thanks Yottle. I guess looking at the help file should have been my first port of call rather than simply posting here

An Assassin cannot learn the Archery skill, but it is shown in his skill screen because Boomerang-mastery is a sub-skill of it.

I think I will try a Wood Elf assassin as I'm a fan of ranged attacks with a bow.