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Warrior Apprentice Training
Necessary skills: climbing, hunting, fighting
Climbing, hunting, and fighting are the basic skills every Forestclan must master. When learning to hunt, apprentices are taught the hunting crouch, how to stalk both land prey and birds, and pouncing. When learning to fight, apprentices are taught how to fight both honorably and dishonorably against an opponent, and what moves can be used against all enemies. Older apprentices will often spar with one another and their mentors to practice what they have learned. When learning to climb, apprentices are taught how to keep their balance, hunt, and fight in trees.
Common skills: stealth, tracking
Being stealthy in the forest and knowing how to track are two skills that all apprentices learn, but few mentors go in-depth with. Stealth is often taught in the context of hunting but some mentors will extend this to battle training. All cats are able to track but apprentices are taught to differentiate between the types of prey and some learn to track through light rains.
Uncommon skills: advanced climbing, advanced hunting, advanced fighting, advanced stealth, advanced tracking
Once an apprentice has mastered the basic three skills of climbing, hunting, and fighting, their mentor has two choices: help their apprentice to specialize in one or two skills, or work on their well-roundness. Apprentices that work to specialize in a skill will be taught more advanced techniques that will sometimes combine methods from several skills such as tracking an enemy through the trees with nothing but scent.
Rare skills: fishing, swimming
Due to the abundance of land-prey and birds, few apprentices learn how to swim or fish properly. However, all are taught to keep their heads above the water and how to paddle ashore in case they fall into the river.
Medicine Cat Apprentice Training
Necessary skills: climbing, healing, herbal knowledge, hunting, fighting
The first three moons of every medicine cat's apprenticeship are spent as a warrior's apprentice and therefore they learn the same basic skills. However, once switching over to medicine cat training, they also learn how to differentiate between herbs and poisons, and their uses.
Common skills: stealth, tracking
While medicine cats aren't expected to fight, many are taught how to be stealthy and track others, as they can use their traditional immunity to fights as a way to spy on other clans or troublesome clan members. In addition, tracking is extremely useful to discern the various herbs of the forest.
Uncommon skills: advanced climbing, advanced hunting, advanced healing, advanced herbal knowledge, advanced hunting, advanced fighting, advanced stealth, advanced tracking
Once an apprentice has mastered the five basic skills necessary to become a medicine cat, some mentors will help their apprentice specialize in a particular area, especially if they are naturally talented in one area such as healing.
Rare skills: fishing, swimming
Due to the abundance of land-prey and birds, few apprentices learn how to swim or fish properly. However, all are taught to keep their heads above the water and how to paddle ashore in case they fall into the river.
