Academics use their education and knowledge from extensive studies to make a living and achieve their life's ambitions. Academics are generally held in higher regard than most other backgrounds, as their skills are sought after by the wealthy and powerful. Academics make great researchers, investigators, and versatile problem-solvers.
Your skills in healing the sick and injured have given you a vast knowledge of illnesses and remedies based on the latest science. Your calm bedside manner and natural aptitude for concocting medicines make you an effective healer.
- Skill Proficiencies: You gain proficiency in Medicine as well as one skill from Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature, Religion.
- Languages: Choose one standard and one exotic.
- Equipment: A bottle of black ink, a quill, a letter opener, parchment, and 10 gp.
You also gain a bag filled with medicinal herbs, pestle and mortar, bandages, needle and thread, and a jar of leeches.
Upon spending an hour examining a creature, and succeeding on a medium-DC Wisdom (Medicine) check, you can find the exact cause of the creature's illness, injury, or death. Additionally, you become aware of how to cure the ailment, if a non-magical cure exists. This does not include magical diseases such as the contagion spell or the Weeping Pox.
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