Exposure

Exposure in ArM5 refers to a method for gaining Experience Points. For other meanings of the term, see Related Topics below.

Gaining Experience Through Exposure

Exposure is a kind of learning by doing. Unlike other methods of gaining experience points, a character can get exposure while spending the Season doing something else. For example, if a companion spends a season working as a blacksmith, she makes a lot of horseshoes (and some money) and simultaneously gains experience points due to exposure.

Compared to other learning methods in ArM5, exposure tends to have a poor Source Quality -- with the exception of exposure to a Language Ability by immersion, which has a rather high Source Quality.

Past Editions

Exposure as a learning method did not formally exist prior to ArM5, but a related concept does appear in Fourth Edition: magi gained experience points in Magic Theory every season they spent working in the Laboratory.

References

Exposure, ArM5 page 165

Legacy Page

The history of this page before August 6, 2010 is archived at Legacy:exposure