Magepoint Scholor: With newfound ruins and artifacts, Magepoint attracted many intellectuals and arcanists. You made your way over as well, but quickly found yourself short of funding. Not able to fund your studies in Magepoint, you’ve moved on to Diamond Lakes in hopes of studying the local cairns. You gain a +1 trait bonus to Knowledge (Arcana) or Knowledge (History) and that skill is always a class skill for you.
Improvisational Equipment: When using an item for anything other than its intended purpose—such as using a crowbar as a grappling hook or an old shirt to bandage a deadly wound—reduce the improvisation penalty by 2. This does not apply to improvised weapon penalties. Your GM may rule that some things are just not suitable for use in certain ways; for example, gluing a dead orc’s face to your own face won’t help you disguise yourself as an orc.