D&D (2024) What medievalesque skill name do you prefer, for machinery, architecture, math, physics?

[Yaarel]

What medievalesque skill name do you prefer for a new skill that relates to machinery, architecture, constructs, math, physics, complex traps, and similar technologies.

• Artifex
• Clockwork
• Crafting
• Engineering
• Enginery
• Ingenaria
• Investigation
• Machinery
• Mechanics
• Nature
• Wrightcraft

You can choose more than one name. You can also suggest an other in your post.

[Note: some terms added to the poll later.]

 

[Theory of Games]

"Science" covers all of it nicely.

 

[Yaarel]

"Science" covers all of it nicely.

This skill especially refers to clockwork, complex structures, constructs, and similar.

Pretty much all of the 'knowledge' skills are science.

 

[Hriston]

I think the collection of subjects to which you refer are mostly covered by History (i.e. machinery, architecture, constructs, math, complex traps, and similar technologies). The rest is Nature (i.e. physics).

 

[Plaguescarred]

I'd go for Engeneering.

 

[Theory of Games]

This skill especially refers to clockwork, complex structures, constructs, and similar.

Pretty much all of the 'knowledge' skills are science.

Engineering and Architecture are scientific fields.

 

[Tonguez]

Mechanics
Ars Mechanica
Artifex
Engineer (or Ingeniarius) - Da Vinci was referred to as Ingeniarius Ducalis (the Dukes Engineer)

I like Artifex myself

 

[Tonguez]

Engineering and Architecture are scientific fields.

in Medieval times everything that involved some formal knowledge or skill was referred to as science, its only after the 17th century that the word gets its more restricted meaning

 

[Nikosandros]

Natural Philosophy & Architecture.

Edit: I would use two distinct names. Architecture would cover also engineering.

 

[jgsugden]

This is a really broad skill set. "Machinery, architecture, constructs, math, physics, complex traps, and similar technologies" is likely too much to put under one umbrella. It also comes with risks.

Back in Critical Role season one Percy was a bit of an engineer. He built some semi-magical items that augmented his gunplay. It worked for the PC ... until it didn't. Taleiesin (and Orion before him) attempted to build an Archimedes Death Ray. You use a bunch if curved mirrors to harness the power of the sun to make a 'death ray' that can nearly instantly light wood on fire, incinerate a person, etc... Science and magic can both achieve amazing things. Are you prepared for the challenges of a character rolling a 40 on this skill when they're attempting to use it to build an insane death tool? Whether you allow it and have to deal with it or you deny the player the use of the skill you put into the game ... it isn't a great situation.