The Game Master may award skills, based on extended effort from players. Skills add 1-3 point to applicable ability rolls.
Examples:
Player spends time learning information about herbs and plants from the elders: +1 Plant Knowledge
Player uses knowledge of herbs and plants to find a cure for a plague affecting their tribe: +2 Plant Knowledge
Player swims across a lake every day for a year: +3 Swimming
Player carves rocks into pleasantly artistic shapes: +2 Sculpting