Chapter 1 - Non-weapon Proficiencies
Anatomy Non-weapon Proficiency
GENERAL This proficiency involves the knowledge of the secret mysteries and intricacies of the human body, including the structure, function, and location of bones, muscles, organs, and other soft tissues. This skill provides the scholarly foundation for the Anatomist's special abilities. This proficiency also comes in handy with certain necromantic spells (such as corpse link, spectral voice, and graft flesh), which require fresh body parts that have been carefully harvested from cadavers.
This proficiency also has some less gruesome benefits. A detailed knowledge of anatomy can help with both the treatment of disease and the accurate artistic representation of the human body. Characters with the anatomy non-weapon proficiency automatically increase their skill with healing and artistic ability proficiencies (+2 bonus to both ability checks).
Mage This proficiency reflects a character’s detailed knowledge of the structure and arrangement of the human body, including the location and function of bones, muscles, organs, and other soft tissues. This skill has two distinct uses for a wizard; first of all, knowledge of anatomy provides the character with a +2 bonus on any healing proficiency checks he attempts. Secondly, the wizard can use this skill to repair corpses that have been badly damaged. With a successful proficiency check, the wizard can strengthen and reinforce a body, making it more suitable for animation as a mindless undead. This provides a hit point bonus of +1 per die for skeletal remains, or a bonus of +2 hp per die for a creature to be animated as a zombie.
