Legacy:Exposure
Version 1
Date: 2010-03-09 23:43:34 GMT Author: AndrewGronosky Comment: Initial version
'''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]]: [[magus | magi]] gained experience points in [[Magic Theory]] every season they spent working in the [[Laboratory]]. = Related Topics * [[Training]] * [[Practice]] * [[Books]] * [[Teaching]] * [[Apprenticeship]] * Deprivation (exposure to the elements), [[ArM5]] page 180
Version 2
Date: 2010-03-09 23:45:10 GMT Author: AndrewGronosky Comment: Added reference
'''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]]: [[magus | magi]] gained experience points in [[Magic Theory]] every season they spent working in the [[Laboratory]]. = References * Exposure, [[ArM5]] page 165 = Related Topics * [[Training]] * [[Practice]] * [[Books]] * [[Teaching]] * [[Apprenticeship]] * Deprivation (exposure to the elements), [[ArM5]] page 180 * [[Long-Term Fatigue]] (exposure to the elements)