Frostbound

"Now that you have selected a class and your starting weapon, you may now select your first skill." The robot added. "To bring up the list of available skills think 'available skills' or 'skill selection'"

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Following what the thing said brought up an outrageously long list of skills. There were all kinds of things available. All different kinds of weapon proficiency skills with the Beginner label and different kinds of armor proficiencies to match as well like Plate Armor Proficiency(Beginner) and Light Armor Proficiency(Beginner).

A ton of different striking skills too, like Power Strike(Common) and Piercing Strike(Common). There were even generic skills too like Identify and Meditation. I brought up the skill for Melee Weapon Proficiency(Beginner) to read through.

Melee Weapon Proficiency (Beginner): Using basic proficiency with melee weapons adds a minuscule bonus to the effect of agility and strength when using a fitting melee weapon.

"What does Melee Weapon Proficiency actually mean? Will it inject knowledge on how to use a weapon into my head?" I said mostly to myself.

"You do not gain any knowledge from proficiency skills." The robot stated.

"What? You answer questions now." What the hell, I thought. Why didn't it answer my questions before when I was making life altering decisions on basically no information.

"I am not allowed to influence the choice of starting class and weapon in any way. Starting Skills are different as they are not as fundamentally entwined with your path ." It stated.

Fundamentally entwined. What did that even mean. Shaking my head to clear those thoughts, I queried the robot for more information.

"What does the skill do if it doesn't teach me how to use weapons?" I asked.