http://cms.elderscrolls.com/sites/default/files/tes/screenshots/SkillsMenu_wLegal.jpg
In this picture restoration has 9 including the base, conjugation has 10 and destruction 12
However this is an old picture, they might have added more.

Not out any more than blunt, just put under probably one hand with its own perks. You can fight unarmed.

well everyone thinks its Security and _____. My money is on something which like hidden weapon or something which is stealthy and hurts people. Security should be lockpicking and trap finding/making. Trap a door in a fort and watch a goblin get hit in the face with a mace.

The point is that H2H is not a SKILL... it may however end up being a PERK under two-handed or one-handed.

Bow skill or Dagger Skill?

So where do cooking and wood cutting fit in to the Skill Tree? Not saying that cooking should be a skill, that's lame. However, some skill should be governed by cooking, wood cutting, farming, etc... the more I do it, the better I should get at it...

So something like Survival, Handyman, Chores, Working, that would be governed by cooking, wood cutting, fishing, textiles, farming etc. seems like a viable speculation...

Maybe a Gathering or Harvesting skill.

Some perks choices could increase the chance to find more ore, cut more wood, etc.

I like the way this sounds.

Although I am one to say that we could make do without Acrobatics and Athletics, it makes sense to combine them into one, to make it more useful, seeing as how they are such small specific categories. That being said, Mercantile will probably be merged with Speechcraft - Mercantile was so useless, because in Oblivion, with no skill toward Mercantile, I can still make an huge load of money.

But, can someone tell me, why is Alchemy under Stealth?

In the http://www.gameinformer.com/b/podcasts/archive/2011/02/03/toddhowardse.aspx, Todd Howard confirms Alchemy is in the Stealth category. 13:00 is a good place to start. He also confirms that Mysticism is out at about 16:47.

This http://cdnstatic.gamesas.com/akqacms/files/tes/screenshots/SkillsMenu_wLegal.jpg shows the 6 Magic skills: Illusion, Conjuration, Destruction, Restoration, Alteration, Enchanting, as well as Speechcraft and Alchemy(stealth) and Smithing (Combat).

The http://bethblog.com/index.php/2011/06/16/skyrim-e3-2011-roundup/ shows the magic skills previously mentioned as well as all 6 Combat skills (approximately 4:15): Smithing, Heavy Armor, Block, Two-Handed, One Handed, and Archery. It also shows Light Armor (stealth).

Sneak is confirmed in http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1189517-part-02-todd-howard-interview-norwegian-magazine-gamerno/ of a Todd Howard interview. A link to the original article is provided there.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/304571/skyrim-gameplay-details-slip-out/

Most, if not all, of these are also confirmed elsewhere, but it should be clear that the only speculation at this point involves the last 2 Stealth skills.

Security could be one of those 2 last skills but I don't see Security doing enough to warrant 16-18 perks.

Because they want to have 6 skills for each archetype. If it was under Magic, then Magic would have 7 skills and stealth would only have 5...

I'm guessing firearms and riding dragons :facepalm:


..... Only joking don't ever want the first one and am not lucky enough to get the second ......

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/01/24/skyrim-building-better-combat.aspx?PostPageIndex=3&%3BPageIndex=3&PageIndex=1

A little snippet of info regarding stealth and daggers:
"Though the dagger is still considered a one-handed weapon skill, the perks for the weapon are housed under the stealth banner."

Trust us, H2H is out Todd confirmed it in the PS3 mag.

You can still play as a monk type character because you can still use your hands as weapons (most likely), it just won't contribute to leveling up like a skill would.

I call for Energy Weapons and Science!

Oh wait, wrong game


OT though, i think it will be Lockpicking/security (100% chance) and maybe mercantile (even though i believe mercantile would fit best as a branch from Speech)

Why would my pure thief use a spell?
Skeleton key? cool, now i don't have to carry around lock picks anymore (which i would only use after maxing Security out)

in the E3 demo they show a bunch of the skills and srchery was in the combat section

yup unless you are a khajiit nothing to see here

Stealthy person requires something to kill with to be in that category (for level speed increasing reasons), i suspect Assassin/ation (dagger no doubt) or whatever name that can be associated with it.

Otherwise playing a stealthy person would be extremely foolish and limited.

Security and Mercantile are probably the ones. I do agree that they're not as useful compared to the other branches' skills though.

Has there been any word on whether or not Skyrim would show similar speech checks as Fallout?

How would they use a speech system like Fallout with the "learning by doing" system that TES uses?

Cuz they're probably going to remove the two skills everyone's trying to guess to satisfy the "General Audience".

I would love a climb ability for the stealth skills. I doubt it's going in, but the ability to climb onto a rooftop for a sneakier way to assassinate/steal your target would make the game for me. Instead of bashing your way through the front door, you could get up high and create a distraction by taking out a guard or two with poison arrows and sneak in through a window or something similar.
Have I been playing too much Assassin's Creed?

I would have preferred mercantile and speachcraft combined the gap in warrior to be filled by a athletic/acrobatics skill and sneak security combined and a h2h in it's place.

Combat:
Smithing - Heavy Armor - Block - TwoHanded - OneHanded - Archery

Magic
Illusion - Conjuration - Destruction - Restoration - Alteration - Enchanting

Stealth:
Light Armor - Sneak - Security - Disguise - Alchemy -Speechcraft