Editing Skills (section)

===Skills Usage===

Some Skills are always active, such as [Greater Strength]. Other Skills require certain conditions to use effectively, such as the [Bard] skill [Lightning Melody], which can pull down lightning in a minute or less of playing if the air is charged with static (e.g. before or during a storm). Otherwise, they may have to play several for minutes, maybe even half an hour to call down even one measly bolt.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/07/30/interlude-numbtongue-pt-1/ Interlude – Numbtongue (Pt.1)]</ref> Other Skills need specific conditions to such as a [Lady's] Skills which only work if the user is sufficiently <em>ladylike.</em><ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/29/4-48/ Chapter 4.48]</ref> Speaking Skills is not necessary in order to use them, though most people do so anyways. 

Certain outside conditions can also affect a Skill's performance and ability. For example, [Lightning Melody] uses static electricity in the air to create lightning bolts, meaning that the level of electrical charge in the area can change how long it takes the lightning bolt to be released and how powerful it will be.