A fee of 100 gold is charged when study is first issued for a skill. The payment is used to acquire various materials needed for the study and eventual practice of the skill.
Some skills also require one or more noble points to learn.
These skills are clearly marked in Appendix - Skill Dictionary . These noble points are paid when study is completed. It is possible to begin study before the noble points are available to complete the study. In addition to these fixed costs, there is a charge of one additional NP for the category skills a noble learns in excess of three skills, i.e., for the fourth, fifth, etc.