You have spent your life in the service of a temple, university or library exploring a particular field of study. You act as scholar and researcher, teaching and analyzing the materials that find their way into your office. 

Choose a subject or field of study, and work with your DM to detail the nature of your academic service.  Were you an honor student recently completing his studies, raised from childhood to assist the scholars in their research? Or were you a traveling lecturer who suddenly experienced a call to serve your university in a different way? Perhaps you were the leader of a small cult worshiping a god of secrets, mysteries or knowledge? Everyone gains something different from the education they have received.

Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Arcana

Tool Proficiencies: Two of your Choice

Equipment: A Symbol of your University (a gift to you when you graduated), a book of lore relating to your field of study, 5 candles, Scholar's Robes, a set of traveler's clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp.

Spell List

In order to access information wherever it may come from, the spell Comprehend Languages becomes an integral part of any researcher's tool kit

Spell Level	Spells
1st	comprehend languages

Suggested Characteristics

Academics are shaped by their experience in school or other Intellectual communities. Their study of the history and applications of their field of study and their relationships to universities, libraries, or hierarchies affect their mannerisms and ideals. Their flaws might be some hidden hypocrisy or heretical idea, or an ideal or bond taken to an extreme.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I idolize a particular hero of my faith, and constantly refer to that person’s deeds and example.
2	I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward peace.
3	I see omens in every event and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen.
4	Nothing can shake my optimistic attitude.
5	I quote (or misquote) sacred texts and proverbs in almost every situation.
6	I am tolerant (or intolerant) of other faiths and respect (or condemn) the worship of other gods.
7	I’ve enjoyed fine food, drink, and high society among my temple’s elite. Rough living grates on me.
8	I’ve spent so long in the temple that I have little practical experience dealing with people in the outside world.

d6	Ideal
1	Tradition. The ancient traditions of worship and sacrifice must be preserved and upheld. (Lawful)
2	Charity. I always try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3	Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
4	Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of my faith’s religious hierarchy. (Lawful)
5	Faith. I trust that my deity will guide my actions. I have faith that if I work hard, things will go well. (Lawful)
6	Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my god’s favor by matching my actions against his or her teachings. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost long ago.
2	I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple hierarchy who branded me a heretic.
3	I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my parents died.
4	Everything I do is for the common people.
5	I will do anything to protect the temple where I served.
6	I seek to preserve a sacred text that my enemies consider heretical and seek to destroy.

d6	Flaw
1	I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
2	I put too much trust in those who wield power within my temple’s hierarchy.
3	My piety sometimes leads me to blindly trust those that profess faith in my god.
4	I am inflexible in my thinking.
5	I am suspicious of strangers and expect the worst of them.
6	Once I pick a goal, I become obsessed with it to the detriment of everything else in my life.