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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 6373178" data-attributes="member: 1879">Okay, I took a spin at making a Scholarly background, thoughts?I was going to make an Apprentice background, but I really don't see a way to improve on the Guild Artisan background for that sort of thing. Academy StudentYou attended a prestigious Academy or University. Your family was wealthy and powerful enough to gain your entrance or perhaps through luck and talent you caught the eye of a patron who paid your way or sponsored a scholarship for you. You learned a great deal at university and your classmates were the sons of Kings, Merchants, and Powerful Wizards. While the skills you gained will stand you in good stead through the rest of your life, it is the friendships you formed that you treasure the most.Skill Proficiencies: Insight, History or ArcanaTool Proficiencies: One type of Gaming SetLanguages: One of ChoiceEquipment:A Diploma scroll in a case, a set of fine clothes, a set of scholarly robes, a gaming set, and a book with notes scribbled in the margins, a ring with your schools crest, and a belt pouch with 10 gp.MajorChoose or roll on the table to determine what your degree is in:1 Philosophy2 Statecraft3 History4 Medicine5 Engineering6 MagicFeatureAlumni     Attending a great University forms bonds that last a lifetime. It forms a common experience that links graduates even of different generations. In any large town or hall of power you will be able to find a fellow alumnus who will be willing to at least listen to whatever you propose. They are under no obligation to help you, certainly not at risk to themselves, but you can at very least get a foot in the door.  If they are wealthy enough they will be happy to host you and your party for a few days to swap tales and gossip about the old Alma Matter.      You may occasionally be approached by fellow alums who wish to ask you for favors. You are not obliged to help, but if you don’t word will spread along the school network, and your reputation will suffer. Suggested CharacteristicsUniversity graduates are the elite of the world and they know it. They know how the world works and they have the ears of those in power.  Their classmates included Princes and the sons of powerful bureaucrats. They studied Tactics and Spellcraft and argued Philosophy with summoned outsiders. They can accomplish great things but may fall prey to over ambition.Personality Trait1 Pedant2 Snob3 Gourmand4 Social Climber5 Rake6 Life of the PartyIdeal1 Tradition2 Progress3 Ambition4 Invention5 Art6 StatesmanBond1 I would do anything for a classmate.2 I am a firm believer in a cause I learned of at University.3 I am a loyal servant of my King.4 I am eternally grateful to the Patron who guided me through school.5 History must be chronicled and preserved at all costs.6 Magic is a force that can make the world a better place.Flaw1 Elitest2 Ambitious3 Schemer4 Practical Joker5 Plagarist6 The fools! I’ll show them all!</blockquote>

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