Passive Skills?

Skills that kinda work like equipment: just put them on your skill bar and watch as your character can take more hits, or dodge arrows automatically without pressing a skill button or spending energy.

Of course, the bonuses provided by passive skills would probably have to be small, for balancing's sake.

do you know what these skills are called? attributes.

I understand that you mean specialized passive bonuses, but still these are pretty much stances, attributes and upgrades on weapons and armor.