
I think it depends a lot on how relevant it really is for your character. So, more or less a matter of having a specialty or two and a variety of other fields of study that just aren't as important in the grand scheme of things. One of those enforced bits of gameplay and story segregation, like how your character doesn't suddenly become dumber when he switches from Thaumaturge to Marauder.
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