study hall [ skill training | private ]

[neko bo beko]

/ooc: aa i'm not quite sure how skills work so forgive me if i do something wrong or wack

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Lore, Animal/Vermin (Grasslands / Lion)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill enables a character to observe the actions or habitat of an animal or vermin and interpret what is going on as well as identifying said animal or vermin.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Actions can show how dangerous the creature is, whether it is hungry, protecting its young, or defending a nearby den. Furthermore, careful observation of signs and behaviors can even indicate the location of a water hole, animal herds, predators, or impending danger, such as a forest fire. A successful check means the character understands the basic actions of the creature, as well as the type of creature it is. A character may also imitate the calls and cries of animals that he is reasonably familiar with, based on the knowledge (user must learn per Region). This ability is limited by volume. A successful check means that only Chakra means can distinguish the character's call from that of a true animal. The cry is sufficient to fool animals, perhaps frightening them away or luring them closer. When learning the user must choose per Region and they may only have knowledge of Animals and Vermin creatures. Identifying a Vermin or Animal Creature is dependent on the Difficulty check found in each creature. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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[/b]
[li]When learning a skill, the skill states how many times a die roll may be applied to show how much they learned within that skill. Example, when a user learns "Botany" they gain 5 die rolls. This "trait" increases the amount of die rolls by 1.5 rounded to the highest number at 1 die roll per learning, however any number higher than 1 die roll is rounded down. For example: User learns Botany and gains 5 die rolls. With this Trait they will gain 7 die rolls. However if a user learns Lockpicking they normally get 1 die roll, however with this Trait they will gain 2 die rolls[/li]
Grasslands Creature Lore Textbook;
[li]A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. This is a massive volume of 16 books pertaining to the knowledge of Animals, Monsters, and Vermin and what all of these creatures do. Each Volume discusses the Creatures found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Entomology, Animal Lore, and Monster Lore skills for the Forest Region and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Entomology, Animal Lore, and Monster Lore skills for the Forest Region.[/li][/ul][/spoiler][/blockquote][/font]

0/5 TP, 0/125 SP

Harue found it was most fun to read outside under the sun, and that's exactly what she did. She tucked the Grasslands editions of her Animal Lore textbook collect that she'd recently received in the festival she'd spent with an old friend and two new ones. Once she's found a good place to sit, with her legs tucked under her bottom in a patch of grass, she settles down and flips open the book. There's a section for all the animals that roam the grasslands, but she thumbs through the book to the great cats section; she was, admittedly, most interested in lions. Ever since her encounter with the question which animal would you want as a companion? it hasn't left her mind; she wanted to tame a lion. Honestly, she wasn't sure she had the capabilities to; not yet, anyhow. And this godforsaken book didn't give her any tips on that one - it seemed it was a death sentence in the book's eyes. Maybe. Not deterred, she continues reading past the dangers of the big cats. Apparently, the lion, or Lion Panthera leo, is a mammal... ok, well she knew that, but it's also of a... Felidae? family and one of the four "big cats" in that genus. After the tiger, it's the largest cat; at least in the grasslands. Harue itches her shoulder, feeling slightly tense all of a sudden. Sitting in the grasslands, reading about grassland cats, had her a bit nervous.

Anyways, she drags her finger down with her reading material to keep her place. She reads about how long lions live (ten to fourteen years in the wild as opposed to around twenty years in captivity), and she reads about how much of their history there is to read. Not much, to be honest; a quick rundown on how they spawn (reproduce) and such forth. She reads something that makes her squirm, about how their lives are full of violence and sex and so much more. She shakes her head and continues reading, skipping a small blurb about their reproductive organs. She already knows pretty much the basic of how those work. She reads about how the male lions sleep almost the entire day, leaving nearly just four hours of productivity. She crinkles her nose; she'd always been told the males were the providers of the packs. According to the book, it is the females who do the hard work like killing majority of their feasts.

[neko bo beko]

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Lore, Animal/Vermin (Grasslands / Lion)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill enables a character to observe the actions or habitat of an animal or vermin and interpret what is going on as well as identifying said animal or vermin.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Actions can show how dangerous the creature is, whether it is hungry, protecting its young, or defending a nearby den. Furthermore, careful observation of signs and behaviors can even indicate the location of a water hole, animal herds, predators, or impending danger, such as a forest fire. A successful check means the character understands the basic actions of the creature, as well as the type of creature it is. A character may also imitate the calls and cries of animals that he is reasonably familiar with, based on the knowledge (user must learn per Region). This ability is limited by volume. A successful check means that only Chakra means can distinguish the character's call from that of a true animal. The cry is sufficient to fool animals, perhaps frightening them away or luring them closer. When learning the user must choose per Region and they may only have knowledge of Animals and Vermin creatures. Identifying a Vermin or Animal Creature is dependent on the Difficulty check found in each creature. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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[/b]
[li]When learning a skill, the skill states how many times a die roll may be applied to show how much they learned within that skill. Example, when a user learns "Botany" they gain 5 die rolls. This "trait" increases the amount of die rolls by 1.5 rounded to the highest number at 1 die roll per learning, however any number higher than 1 die roll is rounded down. For example: User learns Botany and gains 5 die rolls. With this Trait they will gain 7 die rolls. However if a user learns Lockpicking they normally get 1 die roll, however with this Trait they will gain 2 die rolls[/li]
Grasslands Creature Lore Textbook;
[li]A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. This is a massive volume of 16 books pertaining to the knowledge of Animals, Monsters, and Vermin and what all of these creatures do. Each Volume discusses the Creatures found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Entomology, Animal Lore, and Monster Lore skills for the Forest Region and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Entomology, Animal Lore, and Monster Lore skills for the Forest Region.[/li][/ul][/spoiler][/blockquote][/font]

0/5 TP, ?/125 SP

Harue looks up from her reading, off-put by all this. For some reason, she feels like a large cat is going to come out of nowhere and sink his massive claws and dangerous teeth into her. She glances at the picture of a male lion, large and buff and intimidating in is puffed-out chest stance. She can't imagine, though, that it would sleep all day and rouse only for a few hours of the day. Were they up for a few minutes at a time, or did they sleep and wake in consecutive hours? She ponders lamely as she slides her eyes over the area. According to the book, they prefer to roam the grasslands with wide open spaces so they can hunt their prey in long strides; they also like watering holes, clean and particularly running as most cats prefer. Harue feels a bit better, looking around and finding that her area of choice is a rather secluded one. Not to mention the nearest watering hole is not for miles.

Harue readjusts in the grass, the small of her back aching. She lies down in the grass, feeling much like one of lions in the textbook stalking their prey, and lays the book flat in front of her. Continuing to read about lions, she still keeps her eyes peeled. Not that anything would actually come and attack her; she knew this to be true alone. The textbook told her this was not the place they would roam towards; and if they did, she read how to at least survive. Well, the book says you'll survive, but all it says is Don't Panic, Don't Run, Retreat Slowly. Yeah, real helpful, text book.

[neko bo beko]

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Lore, Animal/Vermin (Grasslands / Lion)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill enables a character to observe the actions or habitat of an animal or vermin and interpret what is going on as well as identifying said animal or vermin.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Actions can show how dangerous the creature is, whether it is hungry, protecting its young, or defending a nearby den. Furthermore, careful observation of signs and behaviors can even indicate the location of a water hole, animal herds, predators, or impending danger, such as a forest fire. A successful check means the character understands the basic actions of the creature, as well as the type of creature it is. A character may also imitate the calls and cries of animals that he is reasonably familiar with, based on the knowledge (user must learn per Region). This ability is limited by volume. A successful check means that only Chakra means can distinguish the character's call from that of a true animal. The cry is sufficient to fool animals, perhaps frightening them away or luring them closer. When learning the user must choose per Region and they may only have knowledge of Animals and Vermin creatures. Identifying a Vermin or Animal Creature is dependent on the Difficulty check found in each creature. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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[/b]
[li]When learning a skill, the skill states how many times a die roll may be applied to show how much they learned within that skill. Example, when a user learns "Botany" they gain 5 die rolls. This "trait" increases the amount of die rolls by 1.5 rounded to the highest number at 1 die roll per learning, however any number higher than 1 die roll is rounded down. For example: User learns Botany and gains 5 die rolls. With this Trait they will gain 7 die rolls. However if a user learns Lockpicking they normally get 1 die roll, however with this Trait they will gain 2 die rolls[/li]
Grasslands Creature Lore Textbook;
[li]A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. This is a massive volume of 16 books pertaining to the knowledge of Animals, Monsters, and Vermin and what all of these creatures do. Each Volume discusses the Creatures found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Entomology, Animal Lore, and Monster Lore skills for the Forest Region and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Entomology, Animal Lore, and Monster Lore skills for the Forest Region.[/li][/ul][/spoiler][/blockquote][/font]

0/5 TP, ?/125 SP

She reads about how and why lions roar, and the different sounds they make. Apparently they purr, though she'd never imagined they could. It made sense to her now though, considering they were apart of the feline family. They have, apparently, a bunch of different roars for a bunch of different reasons - some to tell others where they are, to exemplify how big they are to threats and also to make other packs wander away from their own territory. While lions habitually roar and often do not make small noises, other large cats are apt to snarling and yowling, hissing spitting, grunting or even coughing. Lions are capable, or maybe not; Harue's not sure what to believe. She is inclined to believe the book, she supposes. There's actually a lot on the how of lions' roars, and it goes in depth about the vocal folds and their innate shape for big cats. Easily, they produce loud roars without exerting too much pressure on their lungs; their roars are powerful. Harue blinks when she reads that a lion's roar can be as loud as 114 decibels. She cannot, for the life of her, imagine being rumbled by the roar of a large cat.

There are a few other things in the book; harvesting, cultivation, luring.. hunting, it sounds like. Harue twists up her mouth, crinkles her nose; she can't imagine wanting to harm such a beautiful beast. She touches the picture of one of the lions. Wonderfully, she flips back through the few pages it had on lions and reads them back to back, picking up anything she could have skimmed before hand. She reads and reads until the sound of a bird's call overhead jostles her, and she has to sit up and change positions once again. She sits with her legs folded, pulling the large leather-bound book into her lap. Still reading the few pages on lions, or the..panthera leos? she rests her elbow on the corner of the book, holding the pages between her fingers. She hums softly as she reads, plastering all this information about lions upon her brain.

[neko bo beko]

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Lore, Animal/Vermin (Grasslands / Lion)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill enables a character to observe the actions or habitat of an animal or vermin and interpret what is going on as well as identifying said animal or vermin.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Actions can show how dangerous the creature is, whether it is hungry, protecting its young, or defending a nearby den. Furthermore, careful observation of signs and behaviors can even indicate the location of a water hole, animal herds, predators, or impending danger, such as a forest fire. A successful check means the character understands the basic actions of the creature, as well as the type of creature it is. A character may also imitate the calls and cries of animals that he is reasonably familiar with, based on the knowledge (user must learn per Region). This ability is limited by volume. A successful check means that only Chakra means can distinguish the character's call from that of a true animal. The cry is sufficient to fool animals, perhaps frightening them away or luring them closer. When learning the user must choose per Region and they may only have knowledge of Animals and Vermin creatures. Identifying a Vermin or Animal Creature is dependent on the Difficulty check found in each creature. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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[/b]
[li]When learning a skill, the skill states how many times a die roll may be applied to show how much they learned within that skill. Example, when a user learns "Botany" they gain 5 die rolls. This "trait" increases the amount of die rolls by 1.5 rounded to the highest number at 1 die roll per learning, however any number higher than 1 die roll is rounded down. For example: User learns Botany and gains 5 die rolls. With this Trait they will gain 7 die rolls. However if a user learns Lockpicking they normally get 1 die roll, however with this Trait they will gain 2 die rolls[/li]
Grasslands Creature Lore Textbook;
[li]A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. This is a massive volume of 16 books pertaining to the knowledge of Animals, Monsters, and Vermin and what all of these creatures do. Each Volume discusses the Creatures found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Entomology, Animal Lore, and Monster Lore skills for the Forest Region and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Entomology, Animal Lore, and Monster Lore skills for the Forest Region.[/li][/ul][/spoiler][/blockquote][/font]

0/5 TP, ?/125 SP

There's a small diagram of a lion, both male and female. She notes the differences between the lion sexes; there's differences everywhere. A female lion's roar is load, but a male lion's roar can be heard as far as five miles away. Why had she not noted before, by the way, that their packs were called prides? Strange. Perhaps it is because they are a prideful bunch of mammals, though admittedly it is rightfully so. There's a lot of small information that she missed, she realizes, because apparently there's a hierarchy to the eating system amongst them. The males eat first, and then the females, and finally cubs. Seems...strange. Mammals will be mammals, Harue decides. Harue can't help but giggle when the book tells her that all the females give birth to their 6-9 cub litters at the same time. The timing of it all must be precise, and it makes her laugh somehow. Continuing to skim back and forth between the text on lions, Harue continues to learn more and more than she thought she could have known. She drums her fingers on her chin thoughtfully as she rereads the first passage, and then the last.

Harue reads about the life of a male lion; they don't stick with their pride, and instead leave them at a young age. For a while the males from within the same litter will stick together, but eventually, at full maturity, will tend to stray off to make their own pride. Harue crinkles up her nose at the vulgarity of how a male lion takes upon the leadership of his own pride; they first run off the male, and then quickly kill all of the male cubs. If he is successful, he makes his own cubs. Harue wants sighs harshly, rolling her eyes at her sour heart. Why must animals be so cruel?

[neko bo beko]

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Lore, Animal/Vermin (Grasslands / Lion)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill enables a character to observe the actions or habitat of an animal or vermin and interpret what is going on as well as identifying said animal or vermin.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Actions can show how dangerous the creature is, whether it is hungry, protecting its young, or defending a nearby den. Furthermore, careful observation of signs and behaviors can even indicate the location of a water hole, animal herds, predators, or impending danger, such as a forest fire. A successful check means the character understands the basic actions of the creature, as well as the type of creature it is. A character may also imitate the calls and cries of animals that he is reasonably familiar with, based on the knowledge (user must learn per Region). This ability is limited by volume. A successful check means that only Chakra means can distinguish the character's call from that of a true animal. The cry is sufficient to fool animals, perhaps frightening them away or luring them closer. When learning the user must choose per Region and they may only have knowledge of Animals and Vermin creatures. Identifying a Vermin or Animal Creature is dependent on the Difficulty check found in each creature. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

SPOILER: Click to show

[/b]
[li]When learning a skill, the skill states how many times a die roll may be applied to show how much they learned within that skill. Example, when a user learns "Botany" they gain 5 die rolls. This "trait" increases the amount of die rolls by 1.5 rounded to the highest number at 1 die roll per learning, however any number higher than 1 die roll is rounded down. For example: User learns Botany and gains 5 die rolls. With this Trait they will gain 7 die rolls. However if a user learns Lockpicking they normally get 1 die roll, however with this Trait they will gain 2 die rolls[/li]
Grasslands Creature Lore Textbook;
[li]A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. This is a massive volume of 16 books pertaining to the knowledge of Animals, Monsters, and Vermin and what all of these creatures do. Each Volume discusses the Creatures found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Entomology, Animal Lore, and Monster Lore skills for the Forest Region and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Entomology, Animal Lore, and Monster Lore skills for the Forest Region.[/li][/ul][/spoiler][/blockquote][/font]

0/5 TP, ?/125 SP

Harue readjusts, stretching her arms over her head. She looks to the sky and realizes she's been reading through the few pages on lions for a little over an hour and a half. She inhales deeply, scratching the back of her head as she skims back through it one last time. She reads about the pride and what it consists of, and where the pride usually likes to maintain its 100 mile radius territory. She reads about how a male lion takes over its own pride, and about how the females do majority of the work for the males and then feed the men first. She reads about the different sounds a lion makes, from purr to roar. She reads about how familial the prides are and she reads about how vulgar and violent they all are. With a loud yawn, tired from the constant back-and-forth motion of her eyes, she continues reading the same passage over and over. "Hmm.." She grows impatient and itchy, bored of all this reading it would seem. She looks around her small area, the bed of grass flat from her constant shuffling and readjusting. Her eyes move over the page, over the pictures, and she finds herself drawn to the pictures more.

She examines the lions closely, and she knows for certain she could tell the difference between an adult and a juvenile lion, female or male. The subtle differences between female and male cubs seem deafly apparent to her now. She reads about special and rare lions, as well at mutations and different evolutions of lions. She takes a deep breath, looking at the picture of a lion with a blood-soaked muzzle, teeth stained and littered with the gore of its meal. Harue twists up her nose at the violent display, and turns the page to look at the adorable picture of a lion. All animals are just as capricious, she reminds herself; a lion ravishes a zebra, but a cat tears apart a mouse.

[Kinzoku]

+25 TP || Maxed SP

[neko bo beko]

Satisfied with her reading, Harue picks herself up and dusts herself off. Craning over she loads her few belongings into her patrol pack and tosses it over her shoulder, slipping her other arm in as she takes off.

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