Possible skills of DwarvenWorld characters

A common problem for players trying to improve on the customisation of their characters is finding a suitable list of possible skills; languages are, of course, part of these. Here we present a list of others. They can be used as proficiencies in systems such as AD&D 2^nd edition, as characterizing skills in systems such as Role Master or D&D 3^rd edition, or to build the character from scrap if you are using WotC's Ars Magica or something similarly nonsensical.
Masters should be careful not to let all classes access all possible skills as some actually define them; to help them do that, we are dividing the main skills (those are likely to be used often during the game) in cathegories; each cathegory presumably requires a special training or schooling, and character classes can be built simply by assigning these.
There is then a list of skills any character should be able to develop as an amateur.
Some of the skills offered will necessarily seem obscure (e.g., one could wonder why DwarvenWorld sorcerers are usually able to sculpt) or incomplete (e.g., most of you would wonder what the Hell is Double Counterpoint); this is because they will be explained in separate sections (those on magic, arts and warfare) that haven't been put on line yet; we apologise for the inconvenience, which shall be fixed quite soon.

• Artistic abilities
• Reading and Writing ("Grammar"; the level of this ability should be inferior to the level of the character's main language)
• Singing (and poetry; the level of this ability should be lower than that of Reading and Writing)
• Playing a specific instrument (includes double counterpoint, construction and maintenance)
• Monastic singing (and geometrical composition; the level of this odd ability should be lower than that of Playing or Singing)
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Street wisdom (this ability should be reserved to wandering minstrels and the such)