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Heraldry, Signs & Sigils is a sage study relating to the implementation, creation, acquisition and origin of emblazoned signs and sigils upon tabards, shields, flags and so on. Signs are images that are blazoned onto armour and elsewhere according to complex rules in the formal language of heraldry. Identifying sigils includes seals, runes, glyphs or other emblems that can be recognized in relation to their state of origin, thaumaturgical school or magic form.

Assigning Points

Knowledge points must be assigned by choice to one of four earthly mega-cultures: European, Islamic, Oriental or Prehistoric. Additional rolls must be assigned in their entirety to a single mega-culture. Points needn't be assigned to the same mega-culture chosen for previous rolls.

For example, a character chooses to assign their points to the Islamic mega-culture. Upon achieving a new level, the character assigns additional points gained to the European mega-culture. At the next level, the character promotes Islamic again and finally, upon gaining a fourth level, decides to dedicate their additional points to the Prehistoric mega-culture.

A character has no knowledge whatsoever of mega-cultures outside their assigned knowledge points. The sage abilities below are those acquired by a character through the study, according to status.

Amateur Status

Authority Status

Expert Status

  • Carve Sigil: enables the character to inscribe a sigil of minor magical power.
  • Falsifying: provides detail for the falsification of existing heraldry or the false insertion of an individual into an existing family of status.
  • Heraldic Adoption: entitles the character to propose a new heraldic symbol and its meaning, and thus gain the right to an achievement.
  • Recognition of Signs III: permits recognition of heraldry, signs & sigils relating to secret societies, including thieves and assassins, as well as magical glyphs and runes.

Sage Status

  • Ruler of Arms: empowers the character with the responsibility of confirming the next successor of a kingdom or state, following the demise or deposition of the former ruler; provides a guard, a knight's fee and a court position.
  • Validating Heraldry: the privilege of ratifying and establishing heraldic legitimacy.


See Cleric Sage Abilities