Academics (Mental)
Academics reflects understanding, higher education, and ability to research fields within the humanities and the liberal arts. Historical study, for instance, is hardly “just academic” if your immortal enemies lived – and left traces – in that period.
When you take this Skill, you get a free specialty. For foreign languages, use the Linguistics Merit
| • | Basic primary and secondary education; a night class at community college |
| • • | Basic university education or tutelage from a mediocre mentor; a four-year degree |
| • • • | Advanced university education or dedicated personal tuition; an excellent four-year degree, a doctorate |
| • • • • | Advanced specialized study beyond university, learning into subjects few understand |
| • • • • • | Refined and advanced scholarship, likely to be sought out for advice and tutelage |
Specialties:
Architecture, History of Art, History, Journalism, Literature, Philosophy, Research, Teaching, Theology