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Polymath

(Severe Favorable Trait)

A polymath is a person who excels in multiple fields, particularly in both arts and sciences. The other most common term for this phenomenon is Renaissance man, but also in use are Homo universalis and Uomo universale, which in Latin and Italian, respectively, translate as "universal person" or "universal man".

Informally used in contemporary discussion, a polymath is someone known to be skillful or excel in a broad range of intellectual fields.

A character with this trait should have both Creativity and Logic Attributes at 7 or greater. They should have the trait Exceptional Curiosity. They get +50 Skill Points added to their base skill points to invest in skills (these may be combined with other traits that benefit skill points, and of course add to points from Education).

They must invest in at least 3 Science Skills and at least 3 Creativity Skills, and have at least one of these skills in each category at rank 10.

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