title: Abstract methods without abstract classes
body: <p>I'm kinda new to Java, and I'm trying to write an RPG of sorts.</p>
  
  <p>Now, in the game the player character would have skills. These could be very diverse, from hurting enemies to healing the player and a lot of other things. It'd make sense to create a Skill class with an abstract applyEffect() method, to be defined on each particular skill.</p>
  
  <p>However, I cannot have a non-abstract class containing abstract methods, and every skill should be an object of the Skill class, so it can't be abstract. The obvious solution is to make the Skill class abstract and create a subclass for every single skill, and <em>then</em> instantiate that into an object to use.
  This approach seems a bit redundant. Is there anything else I could conceivably do in this situation?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: While we're at it, if I want an object that will appear a single time with standard variables, is there any workaround to making a class just for that one object and then instantiating it?</p>