A skill book on Stealth. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

Ambush attack

Sneaking alone is actually useless, unless you can also jump out of cover and attack unsuspecting prey silently. And it doesn’t matter if your target is a castle guard, a mouse in a barn, or a dropped shoe.

Stealth

A skill book on Stealth.

The basics of sneaking

There is only one divine creature in the whole world that could serve as a model of stealth, and that is the cat. If you study its movements properly, you too will one day be able to steal a piece of meat quietly from the plate and eat it in the woodshed.

Stealth

A skill book on Stealth. Can be read from level 10 of this skill.

Innocence itself

Even the best thief sometimes fails and is caught during his craft. In these cases, however, you can charm the annoyed guards with cat cuteness or even an innocent look. But be careful not to spit coughing hair on them!

Stealth

A skill book on Stealth. Can be read from level 5 of this skill.

The Art of Stillness

Like the cat lurking behind the door, you will also be invisible to human eyes if you stop in mid-motion and just look innocent.

Stealth

A skill book on Sword combat.

German School

The best defence is offence, so if you want to survive a fight, you have to hit your opponent before he hits you. Who’d have thought?

Swords

A precious volume that the customs collector Matthew stole from the Sedletz monastery.

Monastery Chronicle

The Sedletz monastery was built at the request of the bishop of Olomouc - Henry Zdiek. When he was staying in the place where now the monastery stands, he was visited by an angel and this task was granted to him. The monastery is named Sedletz after the saddle (sedle) on which the bishop laid his head that night.

A skill book on Scholarship.

Teachings of Waldo

Listen, brothers and sisters, to what Peter Waldo taught us when he gave up his possessions to follow the teachings of Christ.

Scholarship

A skill book on Craftsmanship. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

The Need for Maintenance

Just don’t forget to tell all your customers that every thing needs to be taken care of! And why? Well, that’s obvious. They can pay you well for every repair, honing or maintenance!

Craftsmanship

A skill book on Vitality. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

The Last Mile

Ouch.

A book by the noble Ctirad of Loretz on why the crossbow will never replace the bow. Can be read from level 10 of the Marksmanship skill.

The Noble Bow

Ever since the times of Adam, the bow has been the accurate, swift, silent and deadly weapon of choice for true men. Only a coward with arms as weak as a babe would resort to another weapon – slower and dishonourable.

Marksmanship

A skill book on Thievery. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

Evening Prayer

Good sinner on the right, fill my coffers tight. Steal thy neighbour’s silver, it spoils his character!

Thievery

A skill book on Speech. Can be read from level 10 of this skill.

Speech as Battle

Every conversation is in a way a battle of wisdom and sharp tongues. And, as in any other contest, it pays to fight impurely. Simplify, try to disable your opponent instead of refuting his arguments! And if that’s not enough, start slandering his mother.

A skill book on Horsemanship. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

Life Advice

It may seem that horsemanship is a useless skill off the saddle, but even a foot soldier will appreciate your ability to care for other living creatures. Grooming will keep your hair shiny, and even in your love life, you’ll soon learn the benefits of being able to mount well!

Horsemanship

A skill book on Polearm combat. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

Master Moves

Warrior, remember there are many ways to hold your spear. With one or both hands, with the whole palm of your hand or even just with two fingers. Don’t forget to also slowly slide your hands up and down the long and hard shaft…

Polearms

A skill book on Alchemy. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

Recipe for Panacea

Sift the flour well, mix with lukewarm water and do not spare the salt. Knead the dough thus formed into patties, toast it on a hot stone and rub it well with lard and crushed garlic. Sprinkle the hot pancakes thickly with cracklings and raw onions and ingest three times a day.

Alchemy

A skill book on Thievery. Can be read from level 5 of this skill.

Vow of Poverty

The way to God is not through earthly possessions, but through humility and renunciation. So, in fact, every groschen you steal helps someone to heaven!

Thievery

A skill book on Heavy Weapons combat. Can be read from level 5 of this skill.

Mace or Hammer?

What? Are you still here? Did you still not get it? And what does “mace or hammer” even mean? Who cares? Just grab it and strike!

Heavy Weapons

A skill book on Heavy Weapons combat. Can be read from level 10 of this skill.

The Versatile Axe

You do not give up, do you? You still think there are some special techniques for fighting with heavy weapons? Alright, there is one. If you take an axe and turn it around, you can not only chop, you can also smash!

Heavy Weapons

A skill book on Thievery.

Patron of Thieves

Remember, wicked man, to honour Saint Dismas, for he is your patron saint, who hung at the right hand of the Lord on the cross. In death he became a good villain, though in life he was a damn good villain!

Thievery

A skill book on Unarmed combat. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

Lesson Number Four

The power of the voice, or scars on body and soul. A well-aimed and timed taunt will do half the work for you. Why strain your body when you can also hurt with words?

Unarmed

A skill book on Scholarship. Can be read from level 5 of this skill.

Geometry

I hope you won’t sully the noble art of measuring, dividing and shaping space by drawing rude symbols all over the walls!

Scholarship

A skill book on Sword combat. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

Czech School

Charge them! Hammer them! Kill them! Spare no one!

Swords

A skill book on Sword combat. Can be read from level 5 of this skill.

Italian School

You can attack your enemy head-on like a donkey and hope to hit him, but it would be far wiser to wait for him to attack you. Provoke him! Feel free to accompany your attack with a few peppery curses.

Swords

A very worn and battered tome. Can be read from level 10 of the Scholarship skill.

Basics of Philosophy

The fundamental question of just about every philosophical movement is the question “why?” Why the hell waste time blathering?!

Scholarship

A skill book on Horsemanship. Can be read from level 5 of this skill.

Maintenance before Winter

Your horse will carry you to hell and back, but only if you take proper care of him. So don’t forget to change his horseshoes for the winter, grease his saddle properly and supply him with some frost-resistant oats in a nosebag.

Horsemanship

A skill book on Polearm combat.

Start with the Pike

There are many guards, lunges and feints that can be used when fighting with polearms, but you only need to remember one rule to get you started: Stab with the pointy end!

Polearms

A skill book on Marksmanship. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

Types of ammunition

Each situation calls for a different type of arrow or dart. Broadheads are excellent for game or ordinary peasants, while narrow and needle-like arrows are capable of piercing armour. And incendiary arrows? They’re completely useless!

Marksmanship

A skill book on Vitality. Can be read from level 10 of this skill.

The Twentieth Mile

Please Kill Me!

A skill book on Strength. Can be read from level 10 of this skill.

Training by Tournament

Everyone knows that a true knight is best toughened and his muscles strengthened by a tournament. Discipline is truly royal! But if perhaps even this exercise is too easy for you, try switching places with your horse and carry him on your back into battle.

A skill book on Heavy Weapons combat. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

The true art

You won’t let go? Alright, maybe you could learn a thing or two. Here are the 101 best mace fighting techniques from Master Fiore Furlano de’i Liberi de Cividale d’Austria.

Heavy Weapons

A skill book on Horsemanship. Can be read from level 10 of this skill.

Always Mounted

As the nomads from the east teach us, it is almost never necessary to dismount. You can even prepare yourself some good meat if you put it under the saddle and roast it by constant friction. Perhaps you’d better dismount before shitting though.

Horsemanship

Miller Kreyzl’s finished book with personal dedication to Hermes Trismegistos.

On composition of explosives

The house is quiet, there is enough saltpetre and plenty of charcoal. Let’s go and make powder!

Alchemy

A skill book on Agility. Can be read from level 5 of this skill.

Slippery as a Pike

The pike, the so-called queen of our rivers. Fast, agile and relentless hunter of anything that moves underwater or flies just above it. But even a non-swimmer could learn a thing or two from her!

A skill book on Vitality. Can be read from level 5 of this skill.

The Tenth Mile

Wow, it’s harder than I thought… But I can do it!

Everything you ever wanted to know about gardening but were afraid to ask. Can be read from level 5 of the Survival skill.

The basics of gardening

Just as man is dust and unto dust he shall return, so the most beautiful rose is but the manure from which it once sprang.

Survival

A skill book on Scholarship. Can be read from level 10 of this skill.

Music

Even something as beautiful, pure and soulful as music can be spoiled if you focus on mathematics instead of singing and playing the lute.

Scholarship

A book by the Wysoka parish priest. So many years he spent working on it…

Deus ex Potione

Just as the power of God in the sacred transubstantiation can transform the wine and the host into the blood and body of the Lord, it can also endow various potions with healing power. Thus the man of true faith finds redemption in the decoction of belladona, but the unbeliever finds death.

Alchemy

A skill book on Scholarship.

Arithmetic

You think now that you can read and write, you’re half-educated? Even though in the world of mathematics two halves are always the same size, you only know the smaller half!

Scholarship

A skill book on Scholarship. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

Astronomy

Starry skies above you and a wealth of knowledge within you.

Scholarship

A skill book on Survival in the wilderness. Can be read from level 10 of this skill.

Find Food

Third day alone in the wilderness. I’ve got something to drink and a place to sleep, but I’m getting hungry. If I’m lucky, I can set a rabbit trap, find some mushrooms or some roots. But if it’s not soon, I’ll eat this book!

Survival

A skill book on Craftsmanship. Can be read from level 10 of this skill.

Ars Propagationis

They say even slander sells and every disgruntled customer will bring you two new ones, but if you sell someone such shitty armour that they get impaled in the first fight, they won’t be able to tell anyone about you!

Craftsmanship

A skill book on Survival in the wilderness.

Find Water

First day alone in the wilderness. First things first, I gotta get something to quench my thirst. A spring or some stream of running water would be best, as stagnant water can be spoiled. But in a pinch, you can even drink urine. I’d rather have my own than someone else’s.

Survival

A skill book on Unarmed combat. Can be read from level 5 of this skill.

Lesson number two

If someone strikes you with a knee, hit him back with your fist: Covers, grasps and grips as simple as a slap. How to use the whole body, both yours and your opponent’s, in a fight.

Unarmed

A skill book on Speech. Can be read from level 15 of this skill.

Universal Answers

Many problems and even arguments can be avoided if you learn a few basic phrases and let their wisdom guide your life. Among the most important ones are: It wasn’t me. It was already like this. Take over for me. It’s better if a professional does it. No, I haven’t been paid yet.

A skill book on Drinking and alcoholism. Can be read from level 10 of this skill.

Prayer of Saint Bibiana

Glo glo glo glo gloria! How the beer goes down the throat! Glo glo glo glo glo gloria! How that beer goes down!

Drinking

A skill book on Survival in the wilderness. Can be read from level 5 of this skill.

Find Shelter

Second day alone in the wilderness. I’ve quenched my thirst, now I have to find shelter. A rock overhang, a hut made of branches, or even a hastily dug earthlodge will do. The caves may look inviting, but it often happens that a bear quietly snuggles up to you at night.

Survival

A skill book on Polearm combat. Can be read from level 10 of this skill.

History Lessons

If you are planning an army expedition, take a lesson from the greatest army commander of all time, Alexander the Great. The best counter to a warrior with a spear is a warrior with a slightly longer spear!

Polearms

A skill book on Unarmed combat.

Lesson number one

Whoever runs away, wins: If you cannot fight, you must at least know how to run fast. This book contains a list of many useful phrases you can use to surrender in a number of languages!

Unarmed

A skill book on Speech. Can be read from level 5 of this skill.

The Soul of Wit

Always speak such that you say just what you want to say and no more. Then keep quiet. For those who want to hear, be proud and say a few more words. But only a few! Let them be sated, but not stuffed.

A skill book on Marksmanship. Can be read from level 5 of this skill.

Advice for advanced

Many shooters have found it very advantageous not to aim just anywhere, but at exactly what they want to hit.

Marksmanship