Profession dice are the in-game advantages provided to characters by their background profession. Characters can add their Profession Die to skill or ability checks according to any Talents they have selected. In addition, a character always adds their Profession Die when rolling for Profession Abilities. A character's Profession Die is determined by their rank, and shown in the table below:

Profession Rank | Profession Dice

1                               1d4

2                               1d6

3                               1d8

4                               1d10

Academic References:

Upon spending an hour, and succeeding on a DC 15 Investigation check, you can find a contact within a library, academy, or place of knowledge. This contact begins as friendly to you and will answer questions you have regarding research. 

Rank 1 - Scribe's Assistant

You have become a valued member of a library after learning about the art of collecting and storing written materials. Your years of completing bureaucratic tasks have made you an expert in locating information on specific and obscure subjects.

Holdings: A desk within a library, college, or museum, with access to common resources. A well-regarded text which is suspected to contain falsehoods, with made-up accounts and references.

Progression: To progress in this profession, you must fact check and document your discovery of errors in a fraudulent, plagiarized, or mistaken tome.

Rank 2 - Scribe

You have been appointed the honored task of transcribing and recreating texts. You are a builder of libraries, a recorder of history, and an entrusted relayer of knowledge for generations to come. As a scribe, it is your job to record the knowledge of the world. Scribes often venture out into the world to find and document information first-hand.

Holdings: An office with printing materials, binding equipment, and a dedicated hireling assistant who completes minor tasks for you. Access to restricted sections of libraries and other places of collective knowledge.

Progression: To progress in this profession, you must complete and restore a catalogue of books or scrolls to be added to a library. Your contribution to the library must be deemed a worthy addition by your superiors.

Rank 3 - Chief Librarian 

Your dedication to the acquisition and preservation of knowledge has brought you to great heights within the world of academia. You are responsible for the library you serve, from acquiring and copying new texts to preserving and reviewing existing ones. A chief librarian is expected to go to great lengths to fact-check the contents of their library, preferably in person. 

Holdings: A great library containing texts collected over centuries. A team of hirelings who attend the day to day running of the library, such as scribes, assistants, and scholars. Additionally, your name is highly regarded within the world of academia. Access to the entire library, including forbidden tomes and the knowledge they contain.

Progression: To progress in this profession, you must have made an unprecedented contribution to the world of academia. This may be the uncovering of a great truth, or the invention of a new methodology. 

Rank 4 - Grand Loremaster

As a grand loremaster, you are the undisputed regional authority in all matters of scholarly concern. For this reason, you are highly revered by figures of prominence for your knowledge and advice. A system of academics looks to you for guidance on obtaining knowledge and spreading enlightenment.

Holdings: You have become head of a regional educational or knowledge based institute, such as a ministry or college. The institutions resources are at your command. You have authority over all smaller libraries and educational institutions within your region, including access to their resources and hirelings. You have access to sources of knowledge that have otherwise been sworn to secrecy by Imperial order, royal decree, or a warlord's command. These sources of knowledge can include such secrets as forbidden arcane practices, demons' true names, and schematics for powerful artifacts.