Academic Character Class

An academic is a man of universal intellect, interested in everything this world and others has to offer. A scholar, but also a practical person, a specialist in certain fields, but with the desire to learn about everything.

The academic sees life as a series of lessons to be learned and experiences to be had. He constantly seeks to improve himself and live life to the fullest, while learning as much as he possibly can in the bargain. There are no limits to the inquisitiveness of a true academic; mundane, philosophical, scientific, magical, religious, psionic; all are worthy areas of study to him. His knowledge of magic is mostly theoretical however, unless he is multiclassed in a spellcaster class.

Class Skills: Alchemy (Int), Animal Empathy (Cha, restricted skill), Appraise (Int), Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int, restricted skill), Diplomacy (Cha), Disable Device (Int), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex) , Forgery (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Hide (Dex), Innuendo (Wis), Intimidate (Cha), Intuit Direction (Wis), Jump (Str), Knowledge (all skills, taken individually) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Wis), Open Lock (Dex), Perform (Cha), Pick Pocket (Dex), Profession (Wis), Read Lips (Int, restricted skill), Ride (Dex), Scry (Int, restricted skill), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Speak Language, Spellcraft (Int), Spot (Wis), Swim (Str), Tumble (Dex), Use Magic Device (Cha, restricted skill), Use Rope (Dex), Wilderness Lore (Wis).

The class skills of the academic is one of the main features of the class; the academic has access to all skills as class skills. This includes any new skills that might be added later, such as the psionic skills.

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The academic is proficient with all simple weapons as well as light armor but not with shields.

Skill Bonus: At first level and every five levels, the academic gains a +3 bonus to one skill of his choice. To begin with, an academic is usually quite centered on a single profession, but as time goes on, he diversifies into new fields. Many academics specialize further by getting the Skill Focus feat for these skills, as well.

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fortitude Save	Reflex Save	Will Save	Special Abilities
1	+0	+0	+0	+2	Skill Bonus
2	+1	+0	+0	+3
3	+2	+1	+1	+3
4	+3	+1	+1	+4
5	+3	+1	+1	+4	Skill Bonus
6	+4	+2	+2	+5
7	+5	+2	+2	+5
8	+6/+1	+2	+2	+6
9	+6/+1	+3	+3	+6
10	+7/+2	+3	+3	+7	Skill Bonus
11	+8/+3	+3	+3	+7
12	+9/+4	+4	+4	+8
13	+9/+4	+4	+4	+8
14	+10/+5	+4	+4	+9
15	+11/+6/+1	+5	+5	+9	Skill Bonus
16	+12/+7/+2	+5	+5	+10
17	+12/+7/+2	+5	+5	+10
18	+13/+8/+3	+6	+6	+11
19	+14/+9/+4	+6	+6	+11
20	+15/+10/+5	+6	+6	+12	Skill Bonus