capabilities have -1 or -2

[djhoerauf]

hey there i am new to the game, just purchased a copy on amazon, then updated to gof version 1.1. after a few rounds a sea i come back to shore and hang out in a town and my capabilities are -1 or minus -2, how do i get these back up? can i assume its due to fatigue?
i have rested at the tavern, spoken to the priest (nothing)

the user manual seems a bit useless

i know this is not a standard question for this forum but sure appreciate all input you can give

thank you

 

[Captain Maggee]

It probably has more to do with your ship you are captain of... Your character is not good enough to command the ship effectively so he has -ve skill points from pretty much not knowing how to command the ship well

 

[Luke159]

CM is right its the ship you are sailing, if you press F2 and go to the characters tab. Right click on the skill navigation and it will tell you what your navigation skill needs to be in order to sail each class of ship. Because your skills are - 1 or -2 i would expect that your skills are close to the class of ship you are sailing, look in the tevern and speak with the guy's. You will find some officer's in their, hire one that has a higher navigation skill than you do and this most likely will fix your problem. The reason i say most likely is because if his nav skill is only 1 or 2 higher than yours it might not fix it. If your nav skill is 25 then you should be able to find officer's with a nav skill of at least 40 to 50 which will allow you to sail class 7, 6, 5 and i think class 4 ships. If you do not have the money to hire any officer's check the money lender out as he might lend you enough tocover the expencies.