I'm also a newbie, but this is how I do it. Select the skill. You may then close the window which displays available skills by clicking on the toolbar button that opened the window. Then open the window which displays the equipment you are wearing. Right click anywhere on the screen and then left click over the item you wish to repair. You will only be able to repair an item up to a certain percentage of the total durability which will depend on the skill level of Repair. 1 point in repair is adequate imo. As soon as you are done using the Repair skill deselect it by selecting your most commonly used combat skill; otherwise you might find yourself clicking on Repair in the heat of battle instead of the combat skill you wanted and you will die.

Cleglaw


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