Scholar (Any Race)

You dedicate yourself to the pursuit and study of knowledge, wherever that may take you.

"Do not speak ill of Shari my friend. Yes the scholar may not be a fighter, yet his knowledge has been more useful than the best of weapons, for I've yet to meet the beast that he can't tell me how to kill. His knowledge of the monsters, beasts and otherworldly things that stalk our homeland seems boundless." Serge Vasfield, Sky-Rider, in regards to his friend Shari Billington, a scholar.

Scholars can most often be found studying at one of Valerick's many universities or other such institutions. Most specialize in one or two subjects, but learn the basics of many more. Some become scribes, documenting things of importance for others, or transcribing and preserving older text. Others are educators, lecturers, tutors for the wealthier within society. The most prominent and well known in their fields will be offered, and can hold the position of professor at any given university, offering lectures before groups of dozens of students, hundreds even in the largest cities. 

Scholars without such steady employ as being a professor with a university well, they need funds to continue their research and study. There many dark and dangerous places still within the Valarian Empire, even in this age of industrialization, and as such some scholars in need of funds may find themselves hiring on with an adventuring group or expedition to provide their expertise in a practical manner. Others end up organizing and leading such expeditions in some cases, seeking long lost tomes and manuscripts. They offer a voice of reason, a font of knowledge, and a lot of practicality 

Role: They are common sense oriented, access to a host of Lore skills makes them a useful investigative ally, great at helping with puzzles, strange lore, and oddities. They are an excellent knowledgeable addition to any group.

Career

Qualifications

This career is naught but education of all kinds. You spend your life in study, teaching, tutoring. The question is more how many subjects, not really one of anything else. Though to recognized in the research publication community you generally need at least one University Degree.

Career Progression

CAREER CHARACTERISTIC ADVANCE SCHEME

WS	BS	Str	T	I	Dex	Ag	Int	WP	Fel
-	-	-	1	2	-	4	1	1	3

CAREER PATH OUTLINES:

TIER 1: Student: Copper-3
Skills: Consume Alcohol, Entertain (Story-Telling), Gamble, Gossip, Haggle, Language (Lālsīian), Lore (Any), Research
Talents: Carouser, Read/Write, Savvy, Super Numerate
Trappings: Alcohol, Book, Opinions, Writing Kit

TIER 2: Scholar: Silver-2
Skills: Art (Writing), Intuition, Language (Any), Lore (Any), Perception, Trade (Any)
Talents: Bookish, Etiquette (Scholars), Speedreader, Suave
Trappings: Access to a Library, Degree of Graduation

TIER 3: Fellow: Silver-5
Skills: Entertain (Lecture), Intimidate, Language (Any), Lore (Any)
Talents: Linguistics, Public Speaker, Savant (Any), Tower of Memories
Trappings: Mortarboard, Robes 

TIER 4: Professor: Gold-1
Skills: Entertain (Rhetoric), Lore (Any)
Talents: Magnum Opus, Master Orator, Savant (Any), Sharp
Trappings: Study

Payment & Reimbursement

Status of this career scales from Copper-3 to Gold-1

Other Benefits

You are a paragon of knowledge, and as you are more well known, more published works, that renown translates into access to libraries at universities across the continent, and even some private collections that you may garner...invitations too.

Perception

Purpose

Scholars are the theorizes, they come up with new hypotheses, they unlock the archaeological findings of our past, they study the strange and forgotten contexts of the world. They are those that are brilliant, those that are curious, and those that guide the theories that have resulted in technological, medical, scientific, and even magical breakthroughs throughout history.

Social Status

They are the thinkers, the educators, the wise and the astute. They are respected for their knowledge, though some among the working classes would have a different opinion, for they live in a world of naught but books and ideals, which takes for granted the truth of the world in that nothing is ever perfect

Demographics

Again, anyone of any race can be found plying this profession, though Vrock and Halflings are the rarest.

History

The history of scholarly pursuits on Valerick is again a long and storied one. Knowledge after all, grows with time, the longer a society lives, the more knowledge their is to gain, but doubly, the more questions there are to pursue further and forward.

Operations

Tools

Their Mind
Books
Writing Kit
Chalk Board

Materials

Ink
Chalk
Parchment

Workplace

Universities and Colleges
Libraries
Archaeological Sites

Provided Services

Teachers of higher learning, archaeological study, research and analysis, scribes.

Dangers & Hazards

Knowledge is power and as such there are some groups who would kill for knowledge, and times in Valarian History when nation states have had a....dark and violent censorship approach to handling knowledge that disagreed with their policy or ideals. Beyond this, especially in archaeology, you don't fully know what you are handling, what you may see in the ancient and seemingly abandoned places such excavations occur at.

Alternative Names

Sage

Type

Education

Demand

Moderate

Legality

Mostly at the current time, amidst an industrial, educational and technological revolution, scholars are encouraged to pursue knowledge, be curious and seek answers. However that can change, so even still, those who ply this profession oft are known to be quite careful.