Proficiencies: Intellectual

Intellectual proficiency slots may be used for either Cultural or Scholarly proficiencies.
Repertory knowledge: In some cases, knowledge within a proficiency may be expanded without the expenditure of additional slots. Specific cooking recipes, songs, or manufacturing processes may be accumulated within the culture or field of proficiency. A cook or performer or weaponsmith will learn a new recipe, etc. that uses the same methods as what they already know, and they can list this in their repertory. How many recipes, songs, or formulae may be remembered without writing down is 10xInt for Performers, Divines, and Philosophers, 5xInt for others. If illiterate, the limit is 15xInt.
Language: Spoken natural languages (ethnic, racial) use Language slots (see Languages). Artificial languages (class, magical) use Scholarly slots. Scripts use either type of Intellectual (Cultural or Scholarly) slots. Planar languages are both natural and magical and may use either Language slots or Intellectual slots.
Cultural Proficiencies
Cultural proficiency slots are used for fine arts aptitude, social skills, and ceremonial knowledge

Proficiency	Slots	Proficiency Slot Type	Prerequisite	Available To	Effect
Religion	1/pantheon	Intellectual	none	any	knowledge of religious precepts, main myths, participation in rituals of one culture's religions
Ritual	1	Cultural	Religion	Holy Knight, Ranger/Sea Shepherd/Reef Ranger (level 6), Scop, Divine, Philosopher	able to lead religious rituals in own religion
Etiquette	1/region	Cultural	Noble or Common + level 9	any	allows passage among elite within a given culture
Tea Ceremony	2	Cultural	Noble	any	see Oriental Adventures, required for level-9 or Middle Aged nobles in NE region
Dance (Court)	1/culture (Perfomers: 1/region)	Cultural	Noble or Dex 12	any	knowledge of important dances among nobles within a given region/culture
Falconry	1	Cultural or Wilderness	Noble or Freefolk	any	see Oriental Adventures
Oratory	1	Cultural	Int 12	Noble or Freefolk	+1 Cha in verbal interactions, +1 Morale in command position
Poetry	1	Cultural	Oratory	any	see Oriental Adventures
Painting	1	Cultural	Dex 14	any	see Oriental Adventures
Origami	1	Cultural	Dex 16	any	see Oriental Adventures
Acting	1	Cultural	Cha 12	any	knowledge of stock characters in one's own cultural traditions; expand repertory as exposed
Advanced Acting	1	Cultural	Acting, Cha 14	Performer, Agent	skill in specialised dramatic forms such as Mime, Noh, or Slapstick
Flower Arranging	1	Cultural	Dex 12	any	see Oriental Adventures
Landscape Gardening	1	Cultural or Civil	Wis 10	any	see Oriental Adventures
Dance (Folk)	1/culture (Performers: 1/region)	Cultural	Common or Dex 12	any	knowledge of important dances among commoners within a given region/culture
Gaming	1/culture (Performers: 1/region)	Cultural	Int 9	Freelancer, Freelander, Agilist, Shaman, Philosopher	knowledge of common games within a given region/culture
Carnival Skills	1/skill	Cultural	Carnivalist	Carnivalist	physical entertainment skills such as Juggling, Baton Twirling, Stilting, Fire-eating and handling, Contortion, Object Balancing, or Object Swallowing
Musical Instruments	1/instrument (Performers: 1/instrument class)	Cultural	Dex 12	any	ability to play any known music on one instrument, or in the case of Performers, on any one of a class of instruments
Singing	1/tradition	Cultural	none	own tradition only unless Agilist	knowledge of standards of one's own station and culture; Agilists may learn additional sets of standards in known languages
Freefolk Instruments	1/instrument class	Cultural	Dex 12	Freefolk or Performer	ability to play any known music on any one of a class of freefolk instruments
Freefolk Chanting	1	Cultural	none	Freefolk or Performer	knowledge of standards of one's own people; Agilists may learn additional sets of standards
Dance (Freefolk)	1/culture (Performers: 1/region)	Cultural	Freefolk or Dex 12	Freefolk or Performer	knowledge of important dances among freefolk within a given region/culture

Scholarly proficiencies
Most scholarly proficiencies are covered under Sage Proficiencies or Languages.

Proficiency	Slots	Proficiency Slot Type	Prerequisite	Available To	Effect
Magic Memory	3	Scholarly	Int 16	Philosopher	can retain spells until replaced by another; only rest needed in between casting, not rememorization
Powdering	1	Scholarly or Wilderness	Dex 12	Shaman, Sage-Naturalist, Alchemist	isolate target substances through grinding solids (mortar and pestle required)
Distillation	1	Scholarly or Civil	Int 14	Brewing	extract target substances from liquids, make hard liquors (apparatus required)
Ether-Capture	1	Scholarly	Int 15	Alchemist	extract target substances from gasses (apparatus required)