Professions

A profession is a skill set that a player's characters can incrementally learn in order to enhance their Empires of Alakar gameplay. Professions are both learned and improved through a trainer for a cost. Professions can be learned by any class, race, or faction.

Specific trade skills within a profession allow you to do specific things — craft a specific item or add a specific enhancement. These are learned from the profession trainers, or occasionally learned within quest lines. Each profession starts out with a few specific trade skills.

Through practice, a character gains skill levels within the profession and becomes more capable within that profession. Professional skills are capabilities within a profession. The professional skill level is a progression metric which is used as a prerequisite for professional skills.

There are six different proficiency levels that determine how much skill you can currently acquire within your professions.

Proficiency Levels
The six different proficiency levels all allow specific trade skills to be attained within each separate level that is gained by the player's characters.
 * Apprentice
 * Journeyman
 * Artisan
 * Master
 * Grand Master
 * Unrivaled

Primary Professions
The primary professions are the main skill trade that player's characters will become experienced with. Players are able to choose two primary professions for each of their characters.
 * Blacksmith: A master crafter of heavy and medium grade weapons and armor.
 * Engineer: Builder able to create mechanical advantages as well as construct buildings that others can't.
 * Tailor: Able to create cloth armor and goods as well as bags and cloth bolts which can turn a profit.
 * Tanner: Leather worker that creates medium and light grade armor and leather bags for merchants.
 * Enchanter: Use various resources to enchant weapons and armor or create powerful wands and staves.
 * Alchemist: Can create powerful potions to help themselves and allies or harm enemies.
 * Historian: Travels the lands in search of ancient treasure and lost secrets.
 * Merchant: Trader that travels from town to town selling and buying goods and finding rare items.
 * Miner: Gatherer of raw metal, gems, and ore which can be sold or used in various other professions.
 * Farmer: Grows crops that can be used for enchanting and alchemy or cooked to create powerful buffs.
 * Hunter: Hunt the wildlife of the world to use as ingredients in cooking or for skinning for leather working.

Secondary Profession
The secondary professions are the trade skills that help enhance player's characters ability to survive within the game.
 * Cooking: Cook ingredients to create food which will provide temporary buffs to increase stats.
 * Medicine: Create medical solutions to heal wounds, counter poisons, and assist allies.
 * Speechcraft: Become skilled with words and writing to gain the upper hand on those around you.