Talents reflect your character's personality and capabilities.
Each character has what are known as Basic Talents. On the other hand, however, Special Talents must be learned, unless your character possesses them from the outset due to particular circumstances.
How well a character has mastered a particular talent is shown by its value.
Talents are employed in many different game situations: they enable you to receive extra information in dialogs also to discover animals and plants in the wilderness. 'Pick Pockets' is useful when your purse is empty, and 'Willpower' helps you with any subsequent physical altercations.
The success or failure of these actions is decided by Talent Tests. A Test is always rolled for three attributes. The values involved in the Test are highlighted when you mouse over them. Right-clicking displays further information about the talent.