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3.3.11 Summary of study ¶

• The category skill must be learned before a sub-skill within the category may be studied.
• Category skills must be learned from a teacher. Teachable subskills are learned faster when a teacher is available. Unteachable subskills cannot be taught.
• Teachers include: some cities, other nobles using the teach command, and books of instruction.
• Guild skills are only taught within guilds.
• Beginning study of any skill costs 100 gold.
• Payment of Noble Points may be required to complete learning some advanced skills.
• An additional Noble Point is required for every category skill in excess of three known by a noble. However, no charge is made when learning Basic Religion [3500] or Advanced Sorcery [3300], and they are ignored when counting the category skills known by a noble.
• Diminishing returns from multiple studies within a month:
  • First week: 7/7
  • Second week: 4/7
  • Third week: 2/7
  • Fourth week: 1/7
• Once a skill is known, further study of that skill has no effect.
• Study points substitute for a source of instruction for the skills Combat, Shipcraft, Construction, Forestry, Mining, Ranger and Trading.