Scholar
Whether enrolled in an institution of learning or apprenticed to a distinguished sage, you have spent years researching a particular branch of study. Time spent immersed in academic pursuits has honed your mind, allowing you to view the world through an intellectual lens afforded to few people.
Perhaps you are a new graduate eager to learn more of the world, a retired teacher ready for new adventures, or a discredited researcher driven to prove your theories. Regardless of the exact path, your way has always been lit by your keen mind and driven by an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.
Skill Proficiencies: Two skills of your choice from the following: Arcana, History, Nature, or Religion.
Additional Proficiencies: Learn two additional languages of your choice or gain Proficiency with one type of tool or vehicle relevant to your field of study.
Equipment: A bottle of ink, a quill, a small knife, a reference book on a highly specific subject of your choice, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp.
Talent
As a scholar, you have spent time researching particular academic subjects at an institute of learning or under the tutelage of a knowledgeable teacher. Choose a talent from the following list to represent this experience: Polyglot, School Specialization, or Trade Skills.
Adventuring Motivation
Most scholars happily spend their lives cloistered within libraries, laboratories, and workshops, immersed in academia. When you begin your adventures, consider why you have chosen—or been driven—to leave the comforts of a traditional lifestyle behind to heed the call of the unknown.
| D8 | Adventuring Motivation |
|---|---|
| 1 | Adventuring supplies me with the coin I need to fund my research. |
| 2 | Adventuring allows me to gain field experience relevant to my field of study. |
| 3 | Adventuring is a way to actually experience and see the things I’ve read in books. |
| 4 | Adventuring is a way to make ends meet until I can prove the validity of my research |
| 5 | Adventuring allows me to uncover lost or forbidden knowledge not found within typical institutions |
| 6 | Adventuring is the best way to collect data for my patron or employeer |
| 7 | Adventuring may lead me to the answers I desperately seek. |
| 8 | Adventuring is a way to escape a life of academia I never wanted. |