GEOLOGY (Intelligence):

The character has learned about rocks, mining, gems, and metals. She can find valuable or rare minerals and sometimes can predict earthquakes or volcano eruptions.

Novice: The character knows the basics of strip mining and panning, and can find common metals such as copper and semi-precious stones such as aquamarines.

Proficient: The character has gained knowledge such that she can dig and support mine shafts, find rarer or more useful ores such as silver or iron, has learned to smelt her ores, and can find more precious stones such as topaz or amber.

Advanced: The character's knowledge has improved such that she has found several deep veins of semi-precious ore, and smaller veins of metal such as gold. She can find stones such as sapphires and rubies. She has begun to understand the processes of the earth that shapes metals and gems.

Expert: The character is now very rich if she wishes to be, with advanced mining techniques and having found veins of some of the rarest items, even dwarven mithril. Her knowledge of the processes of the earth now includes the stresses of volcanoes and earthquakes and she can sometimes predict eruptions or quakes.