Equip 1 or 2 abilities (Example: Defend, Lunge) to be able to learn other abilities. You have to use the equiped abilities in battle to learn new ones, but sometimes you learn ST's while doing this. To learn ST's you have to equip the abilities that is needed (see ST list). If the ST has more than 2 abilities, equip the first two abilities and go to battle a few times, and equip the other ones and do the same thing. ST's has certain damages, Minor, Medium, Major and Extreme, Minor ST's are one of the weakest attacks, and Extreme are one of the most powerful attacks. You'll learn cool stuff in Legend of Mana, like selling weapons to your friends, go with an adventure with your friends, making weapons and etc. ENJOY!