Once you enter the town's CfA, typing TRAIN will summon an attendant and begin the training process.  This attendant will take you to a private area inside the building where your personal trainer will meet you.  Each time you visit the personal trainer, you are given a set amount of time that your trainer can allot for you.  He or she will then inform you how long practice in each skill will take.  This length of time depends on your class, as some classes are more adept at learning certain skills than others.

Here are a list of skills and what they do:

Combat Skills
Training in Combat Skills affords a combatant a higher insight into the nuances of combat.  Masters of this skill will find that their ability to successfully connect a physical attack with their intended target is greatly improved.  In addition to this, a combatant who is well versed in this skill will find that their blows have the potential to inflict more damage on an enemy target.

Defensive Skills
The art of defending oneself in combat is not a trivial one.  Masters of this skill will find it easier to both deflect and dodge a foe's attack.

Speed
Some say that the gift of speed is something one is granted at birth.  In Valcoum, this is only partially right.  Practitioners of this skill will find that their ability to move around and perform tedious actions (such as the speed strike skill) is greatly improved.  They will also have an easier time dodging things thrown at them.  The amount of time spent between strikes in combat can be decreased by improving one's ability with this skill.

Body Strength
An individual with sufficient work with his or her body strength has an advantage over any other.  They will find that their strength is superior in almost all aspects.  Their attacks will hit harder, and attacks upon them will become weaker.  A master of one's own body strength can yield a truly fearsome warrior in combat.

Physical Fortitude
Exercises in the Physical Fortitude skill will improve the amount of damage one is able to endure before falling to the ground dead.  One's maximum hit points will be boosted for every training session in this skill.

Stealth
This skill is called, by many, The Art of Shadows.  A master of this skill will be able to move around easily throughout the shadows undetected which presents a very large tactical advantage over one's enemies.

Primary Magic Research
Magic is present in everything.  It is everywhere in Valcoum.  Practitioners of magic who spend their valuable time researching in this skill will be able to master a new spell in their primary magic sphere.  Even after mastering all spells in one's available spheres, continued research into magic yields excellent benefits such as increased strength with one's magic, stronger spells, and a better defense against other's magical attacks.

Secondary Magic Research
This skill is almost the same as its counterpart, Primary Magic Research, except that when spending one's time researching this type of magic, one will master a spell from his or her secondary sphere of magic.  Further benefits of continuing training in this sphere include stronger spells, and increased benefits for the spells one already knows.

Magic Strength
This skill is necessary for just about any magic user.  This skill affords the caster of a spell a mystic insight into the realm of magical combat, and increases his or her chance of successfully impacting a target with a spell.  Further practice in this art will also yield additional benefits for certain spells as well as magic related skills.

Magic Fortitude
Continued practice into this skill will allow a person to more easily resist offensive magic spells cast upon them.

Magic Essence
Meditation and research in this skill will increase a magic user's ability to cast spells.  One will find that they will be able to cast spells more frequently than those who do not meditate on this important skill.