#### Your Skill and Check Benefits
*You gain +4 skill specialties from [[01-A5E/3 Classes/Wizard/Wizard#Academic|Academic]], can be taken twice for d6:*
- [[Arcana]]: Forbidden Knowledge
- [[Engineering]]: Explosives
- [[History]]: Legends
- [[Nature]]: Beast Lore
**Sage Memento:** The name of a book you need for your research that seems to be missing from every library you’ve visited.
| Check or Skill | Benefit | Source |
| -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Arcana | Gain inspiration on success | [[Kelner Gummen#Gain Inspiration - Learning\|Gain Inspiration - Learning]] |
| Arcana | With enough time spent in a library, you can uncover most of the answers you seek (any question answerable with a DC 20 check) | [Library Privileges](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/features/library_privileges_sage) (Sage) |
| Arcana | When you visit libraries and universities you tend to be asked for help in your role as a comparatively rough-and-tumble adventurer. After fetching a few bits of esoteric knowledge and settling a few academic disputes, you may be granted access to the restricted areas of the library (which contain darker secrets and deeper mysteries, such as those answerable with a DC 25 check) | [Sage Adventures & Advancement](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/backgrounds/sage) |
| Culture | Gain inspiration on success | [[Kelner Gummen#Gain Inspiration - Learning\|Gain Inspiration - Learning]] |
| Culture | With enough time spent in a library, you can uncover most of the answers you seek (any question answerable with a DC 20 check) | [Library Privileges](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/features/library_privileges_sage) (Sage) |
| Culture | When you visit libraries and universities you tend to be asked for help in your role as a comparatively rough-and-tumble adventurer. After fetching a few bits of esoteric knowledge and settling a few academic disputes, you may be granted access to the restricted areas of the library (which contain darker secrets and deeper mysteries, such as those answerable with a DC 25 check) | [Sage Adventures & Advancement](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/backgrounds/sage) |
| Deception | - Expertise for Academic specialty (see above)<br> - Can use Intelligence | [[01-A5E/3 Classes/Wizard/Wizard#Academic\|Academic]] |
| Engineering | Gain inspiration on success | [[Kelner Gummen#Gain Inspiration - Learning\|Gain Inspiration - Learning]] |
| Engineering | With enough time spent in a library, you can uncover most of the answers you seek (any question answerable with a DC 20 check) | [Library Privileges](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/features/library_privileges_sage) (Sage) |
| Engineering | When you visit libraries and universities you tend to be asked for help in your role as a comparatively rough-and-tumble adventurer. After fetching a few bits of esoteric knowledge and settling a few academic disputes, you may be granted access to the restricted areas of the library (which contain darker secrets and deeper mysteries, such as those answerable with a DC 25 check) | [Sage Adventures & Advancement](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/backgrounds/sage) |
| History | Gain inspiration on success | [[Kelner Gummen#Gain Inspiration - Learning\|Gain Inspiration - Learning]] |
| History | With enough time spent in a library, you can uncover most of the answers you seek (any question answerable with a DC 20 check) | [Library Privileges](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/features/library_privileges_sage) (Sage) |
| History | When you visit libraries and universities you tend to be asked for help in your role as a comparatively rough-and-tumble adventurer. After fetching a few bits of esoteric knowledge and settling a few academic disputes, you may be granted access to the restricted areas of the library (which contain darker secrets and deeper mysteries, such as those answerable with a DC 25 check) | [Sage Adventures & Advancement](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/backgrounds/sage) |
| Nature | Gain inspiration on success | [[Kelner Gummen#Gain Inspiration - Learning\|Gain Inspiration - Learning]] |
| Nature | With enough time spent in a library, you can uncover most of the answers you seek (any question answerable with a DC 20 check) | [Library Privileges](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/features/library_privileges_sage) (Sage) |
| Nature | When you visit libraries and universities you tend to be asked for help in your role as a comparatively rough-and-tumble adventurer. After fetching a few bits of esoteric knowledge and settling a few academic disputes, you may be granted access to the restricted areas of the library (which contain darker secrets and deeper mysteries, such as those answerable with a DC 25 check) | [Sage Adventures & Advancement](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/backgrounds/sage) |
| Persuasion | - Expertise for Academic specialty (see above)<br> - Can use Intelligence | [[01-A5E/3 Classes/Wizard/Wizard#Academic\|Academic]] |
| Religion | Gain inspiration on success | [[Kelner Gummen#Gain Inspiration - Learning\|Gain Inspiration - Learning]] |
| Religion | With enough time spent in a library, you can uncover most of the answers you seek (any question answerable with a DC 20 check) | [Library Privileges](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/features/library_privileges_sage) (Sage) |
| Religion | When you visit libraries and universities you tend to be asked for help in your role as a comparatively rough-and-tumble adventurer. After fetching a few bits of esoteric knowledge and settling a few academic disputes, you may be granted access to the restricted areas of the library (which contain darker secrets and deeper mysteries, such as those answerable with a DC 25 check) | [Sage Adventures & Advancement](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/backgrounds/sage) |
| Stealth | Expertise to hide in rocky terrain | [Subterranean Camouflage](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/features/subterranean_camouflage) (Deep Gnome) |