Is there something like a skinner profession in this game?

[MistakeNot]

I'm not able to find much about this on the net. I have a leather worker, but that doesn't seem to include skinning, neither do any of the gathering professions seem to be even close to skinning.

Skins and hides can drop from all kinds of animals that you kill in the game, and no special profession is needed to make them drop. For retainers, any of the combat classes will let them gather skins/hides.

[Angelhearth]

Skins and hides can drop from all kinds of animals that you kill in the game, and no special profession is needed to make them drop. For retainers, any of the combat classes will let them gather skins/hides.

Oh someone holy! Seriously? I have to depend on rng to get skins?

[MistakeNot]

Oh someone holy! Seriously? I have to depend on rng to get skins?

To an extent. Once you unlock retainers you can send them out to hunt for skins in a reliable and predictable manner.
Or you can buy from the Market Board. Many types of skins can also be bought from various NPC vendors.

[Jojoya]

Oh someone holy! Seriously? I have to depend on rng to get skins?

The RNG isn't that bad. There's usually a specific type of mob to kill and the hides/skins tend to drop in multiples. Unless you're trying to produce massive quantities of the same leather at one time, it doesn't take that long to farm what you need.