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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 4670745" data-attributes="member: 20323">Good point, much of the proto-sciences was seen as the ultimate act of faith to discover the secrets of God's creation. However, in a world with the supernatural, some of this (as you mention zoology and herbalism) could border on blasphemous or at least highly suspect and the church might prefer to see it supressed or at least contained.  Yes, this is the approach I'm taking too. Proto-science (or whatever it is called) is practiced in secret by an elite few. While I can certainly see this being the province of wizards, the feel I'm going for allows martial and divine types access to this knowledge as well...though it should cost them something.Well, some of the things I'd like characters to be able to do might be better handled by skill challenges - for example, monstrous forensics. Alchemy is a new feat in 4th edition, so that along with Arcana covers alchemical lore.Flavor, yes, but I envision it as the place where they brew potions (Brew Potion ritual), concoct alchemical solutions (Alchemy feat), perform monstrous forensics (bonus to monster knowledge skill check?), extract magic components (for rituals/magic item creaton) or poisons from monster corpses, create disguises out of a monster's skin or trophies/fetishes, silver coat weapons or apply other combat oils, develop unique ways to penetrate a monster's resistances or take advantage of their vulnerabilities, and probably a bunch more.</blockquote>

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