Combat Skills: The following are _some_ of the skills which affect your ability to survive a fight. The higher your skill, the better you are able to attack and/or defend in a given situation. FIGHTING skill can only be gained by experience, and aids in all aspects of fighting. BRAWLING skill is used whenever you find yourself without a real weapon. Other categorized weapons skills are also available. MULTIPLE ATTACKS skill is used in situations where you are attacking with 2 or more weapons against one or more opponents. It also assists with parrying with two or weapons. Also, for those who have more than 2 prehensile limbs, this affects how well you can use more than 2 limbs to attack. SPLIT DEFENSE is essentially the obverse of the above, allowing a single character to do better if he has the ability to keep track of several opponents and simultaneously defend against attacks from different flanks. For related topics, see help weapons, help skills, help combat, help ACS, help slots