Right now it seems like the skills a shuffled in random categories.  How about all the abilities that give good effects to the player in one section, and all the abilities that give bad effects to another player in a different section, and then maybe just lump all the rest in a misc section.

Yeah, I agree.

I have a long list of ideas for new skills that I compiled a few years ago. I'm going to spend a bit of time this week seeing if they can be tidied up.

I've always questioned the categories those were placed in. Instead of aggressive, protective and malicious, why not have Attack, Defense, Cast, Perks. Casting would be the skills you can cast on other players. Perks would be things like embezzlement, insight, etc.