Meta:Skill Group

== RPG Information (FFG) ==
Skills are divided into five categories based on their primary use: Legend of the Five Rings - Roleplaying, p. 141 Beginner Game: Rulebook, p. 14
* Artisan Skills
* Martial Skills
* Scholar Skills
* Social Skills
* Trade Skills
Each Skill Group has five approaches, one for each of the Five Rings, and each approach governs a specific set of avenues to which a character can apply a skill. 
== RPG Information (AEG) ==
A Skill Group comprises several specialized skills. Any character who has a Skill Group, has been taught in four related skills. Winter Court:Kyuden Asako, p. 66 The Nezumi also have their Skill Groups. Way of the Ratling, p. 60
=== Animal Group ===
* Animal Husbandry
* Falconry
* Horsemanship
* Hunting
=== Athletics Group ===
* Athletics
* Climbing
* Kemari
* Stealth
=== Courtier Group ===
* Courtier
* Diplomacy
* Etiquette
* Gossip
* Heraldry
* Manipulation
* Sadane
* Sincerity
=== Kagaku (Science) Group ===
* Explosives
* Herbalism
* Medicine
* Poison
=== Literature Group ===
* Bard
* Calligraphy
* Oratory/Rhetoric
* Poetry
=== Lore Group ===
* History
* Lore (Ancestor)
* Lore (Festivals and Ceremonies)
* Lore (Ghosts)
* Lore (Literature)
* Lore (Maho-Tsukai)
* Lore (Nemuranai)
* Lore (Shadowlands)
* Lore (Shugenja)
* Lore (Tropical Fish)
* Any other Lore Skill
* Research
=== Magic Group ===
* Astrology
* Calligraphy
* Cipher
* Lore (Shugenja)
* Omens
* Spellcraft
* Spell Research
=== Magistrate Group ===
* Hunting
* Intimidation
* Investigation
* Law
=== Medical Group ===
* Advanced Medicine
* Autopsy
* Medicine
* Torture
=== Meditation Group ===
* Lore (Bushido)
* Meditation
* Shintao
* Tea Ceremony
* Theology
=== Merchant Group ===
* Appraisal
* Commerce
* Forgery
* Gambling
* Kuenai
=== Performance Arts Group ===
* Acting
* Dance
* Music
* Puppeteering
=== Ratling Culture Group ===
* Courtier (Nezumi)
* Etiquette (Nezumi)
* Mee-i'thich
* Name Lore
* Remembering
* Th'Kwee
* Tloo'cha'thrr
* Tribal Lore
=== Ratling Survival Group ===
* Athletics
* Defense
* Lore (Deep Shadowlands)
* Scrounging
* Stealth
* Hunting
=== Shadowlands Group ===
* Goblin Culture
* Lore (Shadowlands)
* Lore (Maho-Tsukai)
* Ogre Language Way of the Shadowlands, p. 50
* Ratling Speech
=== Siegemaster Group ===
* Armorer
* Engineering
* Locksmith
* Siege
* Traps
* Weaponsmith
=== Thief Group ===
* Disguise 
* Hisomu
* Kuenai
* Mimic
* Poison
* Sleight of Hand
* Stealth
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