Skinning Wizard

[HouseofElves]

About to hit 20 in the next day. How viable is it to have a skinning wizard? I'd like to be able to get my own leather/hides for cobbling. Is it okay to 1x First Aid/Survival?

Currently just training as a pure. Would love suggestions on lore trains too.

Race: Elf Profession: Wizard (not shown)
Gender: Female Age: 0 Expr: 427112 Level: 19
Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 82 (16) ... 82 (16)
Constitution (CON): 82 (16) ... 82 (16)
Dexterity (DEX): 89 (24) ... 89 (24)
Agility (AGI): 70 (25) ... 70 (25)
Discipline (DIS): 64 (-8) ... 64 (-8)
Aura (AUR): 80 (20) ... 80 (20)
Logic (LOG): 86 (18) ... 86 (18)
Intuition (INT): 69 (9) ... 69 (9)
Wisdom (WIS): 70 (10) ... 70 (10)
Influence (INF): 40 (5) ... 40 (5)

[Winter]

Definitely viable as a wizard, there are classes that skin better but don't let that put you off.

[Askip]

Definitely viable as a wizard, there are classes that skin better but don't let that put you off.

Very true, pelts are the main source of income for Askip.

Set up a macro get my knife\rskin \? left\rput my knife in my sheath\r and you will not even need to put your runestaff away.

Go for it!

:D

[Askip]

Funny timing on your post, I left my knife in the locker today and found myself skinning war griffins barehanded. I skinned three in a row before noticing and going back for the knife, zero botches.

Heh. :D

[Murrandii]

I skin since a long time ago. 1x survival and 1x first aid. I may even say wizard are the BEST farmers because:

Cons:

We don't aim, so we MAY hurt the skin

Pro:

Steam is so high damage, often 2 casts and critter's dead. If you're lucky, you won't get the value place
Rapidfire hunting = you kill faster, more skins
We can farm a lot since we can 516
Hunting with mana = no RT involved with encombrement.

[Methais]

I skin since a long time ago. 1x survival and 1x first aid. I may even say wizard are the BEST farmers because:

Cons:

We don't aim, so we MAY hurt the skin

Pro:

Steam is so high damage, often 2 casts and critter's dead. If you're lucky, you won't get the value place
Rapidfire hunting = you kill faster, more skins
We can farm a lot since we can 516
Hunting with mana = no RT involved with encombrement.

If you're underhunting for skins, 519 will often kill them with just the concussion damage, guaranteeing no injuries.

I rack up on fog beetle skins like this when I'm doing Greymist bandits on Teras.