Naturalist

Name

Naturalist

Skill Attribute & Difficulty

Int - Hard

Defaults

4+Int, Biology-3

Prerequisites

None

Description

This skill represents practical (As opposed to scientific) knowledge of nature in it's many forms. It includes just enough biology to tell dangerous plants and animals from benign ones, just enough geology to locate a cave to shelter in. And just enough meteorology to know when to take shelter. Roll vs skill to do any of these things.

Specializations

In settings where it is possible to visit other worlds, you must specialize by planet. The specialities for planets of the same type default to one another at -4. Any larger difference results in no default.

Modifiers

None