Academia & Knowledges
What follows is a list of subjects and specialties that, unlike trades, would typically require a special trip to and some time spent at a university, cloister or at-least a library sometime in your character’s story. Keep in mind that for many, post-secondary education is extremely costly and rare. Record these on your character sheet as Knowledge, Skill Name: such as “Knowledge, Nature”.
| Skill Name | Attribute | Description or Purpose |
| Agriculture | Intelligence | You know your way around a farm. |
| Alchemy | Intelligence | Pfft. Who needs Chemistry? Let’s blow stuff up! |
| Arcana | Intelligence | You have studied the unknown. |
| Astronomy | Intelligence | You know your way around the night sky. |
| Beasts | Intelligence | You have studied strange and unnatural beasts. |
| Biology | Intelligence | The study of living things. |
| Chemistry | Intelligence | The study of chemicals and their reactions. |
| Creatures | Intelligence | You have studied animals, including the rare ones! |
| Dungeoneering | Intelligence | You have studied maps to buried treasure. Arr! Wait. |
| Engineering | Intelligence | You have studied engineering at length. |
| General | Intelligence | You know how to tie your shoes! |
| History | Intelligence | You understand the general history of the world. |
| Literature | Intelligence | You are well versed in the written word of the era. |
| Mathematics | Intelligence | You are skilled at the application of numbers! |
| Medicine | Intelligence | You studied basic triage and medicine of the era. |
| Metallurgy | Intelligence | You studied the art of making new, stronger metals! |
| Nature | Intelligence | You have hugged trees, but also used them to hunt! |
| Philosophy | Intelligence | You questioned the reason for being and survived! |
| Rhetoric | Intelligence | You have a gift for the debate! |
| Religion | Intelligence | You find the study of religions fascinating! |
| Weather | Intelligence | You know your way around a cloud. |
