A new feature has been added to THoC. Skill masteries are non-class based skills that will be used to enhance other related skills.
The masteries include the following:
-Fire Mastery : Enhances fire based skills
-Cold Mastery : Enhances cold based skills
-Lightning Mastery : Enhances lightning based skills
-Poison Mastery : Enhances poison based skills
-Combat Mastery : Enhances combat based skills
-Conjuration Mastery : Enhances a player's conjured minions
-Death Mastery : Enhances leach, undead, bone, and healing based skills
-Magic Mastery : Enhances magical skills not enhanced by other masteries
The skill masteries can only be gained by locating an item with the appropriate mastery bonus.