Autodidaction
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Autodidaction
Trait Type: Rating Overall Possible Values: 0 to 10
An autodidact is one who is self-taught. Individuals with the trait of autodidaction are able to develop their abilities in areas of their choosing, independently of instructional support. Each point in this skill can be allocated to allow one to specialize in a skill a degree further than one would be able to otherwise.
For example, with one point of this trait, one could become a first-degree sword specialist without any ordinary access to specialization in that skill, or one could specialize to third degree in first aid when one only has specialty access in that skill to the second degree. With two points, one could specialize two degrees higher in tne skill than would otherwise be possible, or one degree higher in two skills, and so on. However, if a specialty is forbidden or inaccessible to one for whatever reason, autodidaction does not allow one to get past that.
Autodidaction can only be used with skills that would normally be taught by means of the intellectual, physical training and procedural pedagogies, and cannot be used for abilities acquired by body alteration, mind alteration or spirit alteration. The pedagogy appropriate to a skill or ability is noted in its help.
See Also: specialties, set autodidactic specialty, show specialty access, set specialty degree
