Runescape revolves around you developing your character - that's why it's called an RPG - a Role Playing Game. You have various skills that are open for you to develop and increase your skill in. These skills include examples such as Fletching, Smithing, Mining, Woodcutting, Firemaking, Crafting and many more.

Here is a list of skills and what they forego:

Agility (Members): Allows you to access secret areas of the game.

Crafting: Allows you to make jewellry. Rings, Necklaces, Amulet - the lot. Amulets can be enchanted to increase combat capabilities.

Fishing: Allows you to catch various types of fish. Tuna, Swordfish, and even Sharks! The fish can be cooked and consumed to replenish health.

Hunter (new!): The hunter skill is a very interesting skill in RuneScape, giving you the ability to track, set traps, and catch all sorts of creatures that you would otherwise be unable to interact with.

Ranging: Using a bow and arrows to shoot your enemies from afar - another distinctive combat-orientated skill.

Strength: Strength is a combat-orientated skill which determines how much damage you can deal when attacking a monster.

Attack: Another combat-orientated skill which determines the accuracy of your attacks. It also gives you the ability to wield new weaponry as your attack level increases.

Defense: A combat-oriented skill which determines how often an enemy is able to hit you.

Fletching (Members): Allows you to create bows and arrows to be used to increase your Ranging skill. It also allows you to make several other useful types of weaponry.

Magic: A combat orientated skill (for the most part) that allows you to deal magic damage to your oppponents from a safe range, and also teleport from city to city!

Runecrafting: The ability to craft runes to be used for magic.

Thieving (Members): You can steal gold and other precious items from various monsters and stalls.

Construction (New - Members): Construction is a new skill in RuneScape that allows you to make all sorts of things, including toys, furniture for houses, decorations, and other cool furnishings for your own Player Owned House. You are even able to train other skills in your Player Owned House, and there are a number of cool things you can do, like have parties or build a deathtrap for other player to try to complete for a prize.

Farming (Members): Farming allows you to grow your own variety of plants which is tied in with Cooking and Herblore.

Herblore (Members): Herblore can be quite an interesting skill, allowing you to brew your own potions and mixtures by combining the correct ingredients together. Each potion has a unique effect when you drink or use it, such as curing poison, raising your defense, or adding poison to a dagger.

Mining: One of the most common practised skills in Runescape. Mine various ores and smelt them in the furnace to create metal bars. Use these metal bars in order to smith the finest armour in Runescape.

Slayer (Members): The Slayer skill is much like your Combat skill, although slightly different. This Members-Only skill allows you to fight and kill monsters that you would normally be unable to defeat without the Slayer skill and equipment.

Woodcutting: Woodcutting is the skill of cutting various types of trees that are scattered around the world of Runescape. For some, it is essential, as it provides materials for Firemaking and Fletching.

Cooking: A skill that allows you to cook various dishes and dessets. From pie to cake - yum! Eating food is the fastest way to regain hitpoints in battle.

Firemaking: If there isn't a stove in site, firemaking is your answer. Burn various logs and cook your meals on them!

Hitpoints: A combat-orientated skill which determines how much damage you can take before dying.

Prayer: A very useful skill which is levelled through burying bones. Prayer allows you to bestow various boost to your combat skills whilst in battle.

Smithing: One of the coolest skills in my opinion. Smithing allows to you create your own armour and weapons - even the much coveted Runite armour!

Now that you have a basic outline of what each skill is about, go out and try a few find out which ones you like. Remember, some skills have a huge potential for making a lot of gold pieces in Runescape, others have a lesser potential I'd go with the skill I enjoy the most.