Academic Lores
Academic Lores are learned from books and other educational sources, ideally with the assistance of a tutor. True centres of scholarship are rare in the Old World, but the Cult of Verena (page 147) operate schools and libraries to combat the scourge of ignorance.
You know your sums, and can perform even complex mathematical calculations if you have paper or an abacus to work with. You can talk shop with merchants, bankers, and tax collectors, and recognise when you’re being ripped off. You know how to make investments, obscure a paper trail, exploit loopholes, and pay bribes to reduce your tax bill.
You understand the anatomical makeup of the Human body, as well as that of outwardly similar creatures like Elves, Dwarfs and Halflings. You can treat illnesses, patch up injuries, and undertake surgeries with the right tools and something to strap your patient to (page 121).
You have seen enough dead bodies to determine roughly how and when someone died unless the cause of death was especially obscure or unusual.
You know the broad strokes of the Old World’s history, as it is taught in the institutions of your people. Historians of the Empire teach of the coming of Sigmar and the empire he built, while Dwarfen histories teach of ancestor gods who walked the world in ages past, as well as the many grudges borne by their people. You know the dates of historical events, and the names of people who participated in them. You recognise famous relics of a time long past, and can estimate their provenance.
You can persuasively defend or prosecute an accused criminal. You know local laws and legal procedures, along with how they should be administered, and how they might be circumvented. You know the names and reputations of important figures within the judiciary and law enforcement, including who enforces the Duke’s laws without question, and who might be more flexible.
You know how to read and write in any language you can speak. When you learn to speak a new language, you recognise basic written words in that language too.
You recognise wild animals and other beasts common to the Old World and know the common means of hunting or evading them. You know if, and how, a creature might be tamed, and how to treat their wounds. You can identify most animals by their tracks alone, and examine an animal’s corpse to tell roughly how it died, and when.