Skills

Character skills in West of Loathing are a mix of class-specific abilities and generic skills acquired through various means. Skills are also either usable only in combat, for which most require using Action Points (AP), or provide non-combat or passive abilities. Combat skills are further broken down depending on whether you can only use them once in a given combat scenario or multiple times, and whether or not using the skill ends your combat round.

Other characters also have skills. The core pardners all have skills, a special set of skills is used when playing The Bovermind during the Fort Memoriam minigame, and if you dip into necromancy you can gain perks for summoning skeletal thralls that have their own skills.

Below is a full list of all skills you as a player may end up using or selecting. Below the table is the formal category listing with some useful sub-categories. For opponent skills see the mob skills page.

Skills List[]

Image	Name	Description	Type	AP	Class	Restrictions	Source
	Bad Medicine	First, do no harm. Is how that oath you didn't take starts.	combat	1	Snake Oiler	Does not end turn	Reading the "Debilitating Toxins: Where Are They Now?" article in Modern Snake Oiler
	Bean Golem	Summon a powerful golem made of beans who will (probably) do your bidding.	combat	2	Beanslinger	Once per combat Does not end turn	Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft
	Beanshield	Conjure up a whirling sphere of beans that will protect you from melee attacks.	combat	1	Beanslinger	Once per combat Does not end turn	Starting combat skill for a Beanslinger.
	Beanwall	Conjure up a wall of beans in front of you, which will provide cover from gunfire.	combat	2	Beanslinger	Does not end turn	Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft
	Beef Up	Tap into your inner wellspring of beefiness, temporarily increasing your Muscle.	combat	1	Cow Puncher	Once per combat Does not end turn	Starting combat skill for a Cow Puncher.
	Beta Blast					Once per combat
	Bloodbeans	Your bloodstream is chock full of tiny beans, which are in turn chock full of restorative proteins.	misc		Beanslinger		Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft
	Bonesaw	An instant kill on any skeleton opponent.			Doc Alice
	Build Cover	Susie builds a wooden wall to block (ranged) attacks. The wall is immediately destroyed by melee damage.			Susie	Once per combat
	Bull Stomp	Sometimes, you just hate the ground.	combat	1	Cow Puncher		Reading Advanced Cow Punchin'
	Butter Bean	This spell lets you conjure a giant bean made of pure butter, then use it to gum up an opponent's works.	combat	1	Beanslinger		Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft
	Dark Howdy	Say hello. To EVIL	combat	2		Once per combat	Reading Dangerously Advanced Nex-Mex
	Dark Whisperin'	Spooks all enemies for minor spooky damage.			Crazy Pete	Once per combat
	Deadeye	You're a crack shot. You can bullseye a bull's eye at 300 paces. You can shoot a fish in a barrel, even if the fish is really small and the barrel is really big.	misc		Snake Oiler		Starting misc skill for a Snake Oiler
	Deploy Snake	What good is a briefcase full of snakes if you can't occasionally pull a snake out and tell it what to do?	combat	1	Snake Oiler		Starting combat skill for a Snake Oiler
	Dickerin'	You drive a hard bargain, and you never let anybody sell you the long end of a stick.	misc				Reading Mind Your Meat
	Dirty Poker	You've learned how to cheat at the weird variant of Poker they play in these parts.	misc				Reading How to "Cheat" at "Poker"
	Enlightenment Field
	Fan Hammer	Shoot first, then shoot again, then shoot again, and then ask questions if there's anything left to ask questions of.	combat	3	Snake Oiler		Reading the letter to the editor from a woman in Wyoming in Modern Snake Oiler
	First Aid	In the West, doctors are few, far between, expensive, and poorly trained. You've decided it's safer to take matters into your own hands.	combat	1	Cow Puncher	Once per combat Does not end turn	Starting combat skill for a Cow Puncher.
	Foragin'	You know how to live off the land, by extracting booze and cactus potions from the land.	misc				Read Desert Eatin' and Drinkin'
	Fungal Spores	Allows Gary to blast out fungal spores, reducing the entire enemy team's stats by 3.			Gary
	Gary-Fu	Gary attacks a single target multiple times, with the number of attacks based on his level, capped at 6.			Gary
	Ghost Stampede	Deal approximately X Spooky damage to all enemies.	combat		Skeletal Thrall		Available to your skeletal thrall, and your ominous skeletal thrall
	Good Medicine	Some of your patent medicines actually work! You save those for your own use.	combat	1	Snake Oiler		Reading the recipe for a new kind of snake-oil concoction in Modern Snake Oiler
	Gore	You've spent enough time in the triangular area where two trails merge to know how to most efficiently hurt a whole row of things.	combat	2	Cow Puncher		Reading a Cowpunchin' Manual.
	Great Northern Blizzard	Summon a whirling blizzard of frozen Great Northern beans, dealing Cold damage to all of your enemies.	combat	4	Beanslinger		Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft
	Grinnin' Skull	Skulls are scary, and ghosts are scary, so you know what would be double scary? Yes you do.	combat	1			Reading Introductory Nex-Mex
	Haymaker	A haymaker is when you punch somebody while the sun shines. There's a different name for when you punch somebody where the sun doesn't shine.	combat	2	Cow Puncher		Reading Advanced Cow Punchin'
	Hell Bolt	You will deal 3 damage to this revolting human.	combat	0	Bovermind		This skill is available to you if you play the table-top game at Fort Memoriam
	Hell Heal	Heal your target for 5 HP	combat	1	Bovermind	Does not end turn	This skill is available to you if you play the table-top game at Fort Memoriam
	Hell Missile	This revolting human will be utterly destroyed.	combat	3	Bovermind		This skill is available to you if you play the table-top game at Fort Memoriam
	Hell Raise	Increase the target's stats by 1	combat	1	Bovermind	Does not end turn	This skill is available to you if you play the table-top game at Fort Memoriam
	Hellbender	You tamper with the forces of nature, making you yourself a force of nature.	misc		Beanslinger		Starting misc skill for a Beanslinger
	Hornswogglin'	You're a city slicker and a witty trickster.	misc		Snake Oiler		Starting misc skill for a Snake Oiler
	Intimidatin'	You have a way of getting what you want.	misc		Cow Puncher		Starting misc skill for a Cow Puncher
	Lantern Bash	* Does hot/melee damage based on the difference between Pete's and the opponent's Muscle, modified by any hot resistance they may have. Will also set flammable opponents on fire starting at 10 damage.			Crazy Pete
	Lasso (skill)	Allows Susie to tie up an enemy and prevent it from acting for 1 turn.			Susie	Once per combat
	Lava Fava	Summon a fava bean made of boiling lava, and hurl it at your unsuspecting foes!	combat	1	Beanslinger		Starting combat skill for a Beanslinger.
	Leatherworkery	Your understanding of occult cow anatomy allows you to make seriously enchanted leather goods.	misc		Cow Puncher		Reading a burned leatherworking manual
	Lockpickin' Expertise	They ain't yet invented a lock that'll keep you out!	misc				Reading Locks and How to Pick Them
	Master Cookery	Your cooking skills have boiled over and splattered all over the sublime.	misc		Beanslinger		Reading Beans Illustrated
	Medicinal Gas
	Menacing Moo	Moo at your foes, weakening their resolve and their muscles.	combat	2	Cow Puncher		Reading Advanced Cow Punchin'
	Outfoxin'	You're smarter than a box of rocks.	misc		Beanslinger		Starting misc skill for a Beanslinger
	Patch Up	Lets Doc heal a target.			Doc Alice
	Peace of the Grave	Heal all friendly characters for 20 HP.	combat		Skeletal Thrall		Available to your ominous skeletal thrall
	Pep Talk	Gives the selected target a boost to all stats for the duration of combat.			Crazy Pete
	Potionology	Your potion-mixing skills are the toast of the West.	misc		Snake Oiler		Reading Oils I Have Known
	Quick on the Draw	A feller has to get up pretty early in the morning to shoot you.	misc		Snake Oiler		Reading an issue of Modern Snake Oiler
	Rain of Teeth	At any given point, there are millions of human teeth suspended in the clouds above us. You just know how to jostle them loose.	combat	4			Reading Horrifying Concepts of Nex-Mex
	Rifle Shot	Susie inflicts ranged damage to enemies.			Susie
	Safecrackin'	The word "safe" is a real misnomer when you're around.	misc				Get Crackin': A Guide to Modern Safes
	Scattergun Blast	Does a fixed amount of damage (based on Doc's level) to all opponents.			Doc Alice
	Science Blast
	Shadow Tumbleweed	Will deal X Spooky damage!	combat		Skeletal Thrall		Available to your neophyte skeletal thrall, your skeletal thrall, and your ominous skeletal thrall
	Shoot Science Pistol
	Shootenanny	Have a wild shootin' party!	combat	3	Snake Oiler		Modern Snake Oiler
	Snakewhip	Whip out a snake, then whip something with it! This skill deals a flat amount of damage and poisons its target.	combat	1	Snake Oiler		Starting combat skill for a Snake Oiler
	Spawn Grunt	Allows Gary create a copy of himself to use as a meatshield/attack.			Gary	Once per combat
	Strong Medicine	The right combination of chemicals, extracts and oils can make you smarter, stronger and more stylish, respectively.	combat	2	Snake Oiler	Once per combat
	The Ol' One Two Three	You've learned that the only thing better than hitting an enemy once is hitting an enemy several times.	combat	3	Cow Puncher
	Thick Skin	Your skin is thick, like leather.	misc		Cow Puncher		Reading Advanced Cow Punchin'
	Tough Customer	You're rough and tumble, rowdy and ready to rumble.	misc		Cow Puncher		Starting misc skill for a Cow Puncher.
	Use The Ol' Bean	Get smarter!	combat	2	Beanslinger	Once per combat Does not end turn	Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft
	Vampiric Yodel	Yodelay-hee-boo.	combat	1			Reading Intermediate Nex-Mex
	Wary	You're keepin' an eye out for trouble, 'cause you know it's keepin' an eye out for you.	misc		Beanslinger		Reading a volume of Advanced Beancraft

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