Summary of study

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

### 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 begin 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.