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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mac Callum" data-source="post: 1474856" data-attributes="member: 17035">My grandfather's handyman grew up in rural Canada and never got passed 4th grade.  He can hardly write more than it takes to sign his name and his wife keeps the books for his business.  He also rigged together a sawmill from a broken circular saw and a motorcycle engine, chopped down and milled lumber, and built his house from the ground up - including putting together a hot water heater from spare parts he found at the junk yard.A PC such as this doesn't know much 'book learning' - don't ask him what the mating cycle of the Lizard folk are, he doesn't know.  But put him in a room with a broken relic and he'll have it back together and working again in no time, having rederived its function from basic principles and "common" sense.PC1:  Does anyone know what that battle standard is?PC2:  (Makes Knowledge check) It's the Hobgoblin clan of the Kir'gin.  The little gold streamer beneath it means the Chief is in residence.PC1:  What do you think the best tactics are for getting the captives out then?PC2:  Dunno'.A PC such as this knows a lot - you can ask him questions - but he can't apply the knowledge for anything.  He DOES know the mating cycle of the Lizard folk, but he couldn't get the broken relic back together to save his life.Academic v. HandymanOf course, the best is to be both, a.k.a. the MacGuyver.Hope it was helpful.</blockquote>