Scholarship

"I am a pillar of wisdoms."

[This currently only allows you to increase Reason further.]

Scholarship is the Ability tied to Reason, and is created by Studying two Erudition. Every upgrade of this skill creates one additional Reason.

This is the only Ability which cannot be used to Work, and developing it serves only to gain extra Reason cards, and to overcome Illumination and Grim research Challenges.

Skill: Scholarship
"I am flush with clever quotations."

Get this skill and an extra Reason card by studying with two Eruditions.
 * Exercise the Mind


 * Studying: I have picked up odd facts, here and there. If I spend time studying what I've learnt, I could increase my Reason.
 * Studied: My mind, the library. [I've gained Reason, but it'll be more difficult to gain Reason next time.]

Skill: Notable Scholarship
"I have learnt enough to know how little I know."

Get this skill and an extra Reason card by studying Skill: Scholarship with two Erudition: a Lesson Learnt.
 * Exercise the Mind: Wiser...


 * Upgrading: Knowledge is a city wall built stone by stone. But what waits in the darkness beyond the walls? Why would we need a fortress, except that we had something to fear?
 * Upgraded: I have reordered the boundaries of my ignorance.

Skill: Profound Scholarship
"My skull creaks at the corners with the knowledge I've accrued."

Get this skill and an extra Reason card by studying Skill: Notable Scholarship with three Erudition: a Lesson Learnt.
 * Exercise the Mind: Wisest...


 * Upgrading: I will grow wiser yet.
 * Upgraded: My mind is a paradise of mirrors, in which all things are clear, even those things I might prefer not to see.

The next and final upgrade will require you to choose one out of two paths.

Skill: a Rarefied Mind
"My mind is glass, and my memory light."

Get this skill and an extra Reason card by studying Skill: Profound Scholarship with four Erudition: a Lesson Learnt and any, , or lore.
 * Exercise the Mind: A Brighter Illumination


 * Upgrade with : I will follow in the footsteps of the Watchman.
 * Upgrade with : I will remake myself, to illuminate the night of ignorance.
 * Upgrade with : I will cross the threshold where the Horned-Axe waits.
 * Upgraded: The higher I rise, the more I see.

Reason and Skill can increase no further.

This skill can be used to clear Illumination challenges when upgrading lore.

Skill: a Silent Intensity
"This chilly stillness is the stillness of certainty."

Get this skill and an extra Reason card by studying Skill: Profound Scholarship with four Erudition: a Lesson Learnt and any, , or lore.
 * Exercise the Mind: A Deeper Concentration


 * Upgrade with : I will be relentless; I will not be denied.
 * Upgrade with : I will listen for the voice of the Madrugad.
 * Upgrade with : No-one remembers all the Histories; in consequence, no-one can forget them all.
 * Upgraded: Stillness is the virtue.

Reason and Skill can increase no further.

This skill can be used to clear Grim challenges when upgrading lore.