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. |