Hobby Skill

Default: DX-4 or IQ-4, depending on the controlling attribute
Hobby Skill (DX or IQ/Easy) is part of a field of study that has little to do with adventuring or making a living – but people study them nonetheless. Actual skills cannot be learned as hobby skills.
Examples: juggling, kite flying, needlepoint, and origami
On a practical level this is just a place holder for Easy skills that don't seem to have an adventuring application out of of very circumstances and serve as a way to flesh out a character
==Alternative Version]==
Hobby Skill is a nigh useless or extremely niche skill that covers some aspect of your background that isn't well covered by another actual skill, if a use does come up that could be served by another skill, you might be at either a -4 penalty or have some level of vagueness in your results (GM's call). Optionally, taking a very narrow, specialized Hobby Skill, say Hobby Skill (Poker), means they essentially have the skill Gambling (Poker), but cannot make rolls at skill -2 for gambling with other games as they simply don't know those games at all.
Example: Hobby (Comic Books) could be used to determine if a comic was worth a decent amount of money, but not any sort of exact amount, that would better be served by Connoisseur (Comic Books). However, Hobby (Comic Books) could be used to recognize that a specific set of circumstances were being acted out by a killer to mimic a comic book character, thus allowing the adventurers to either predict the next steps or give clues to the killer's identity.
==Classic Hobby Skills==
In Classic many skills labeled "Hobby" are actual skills in 4e.
Examples (taken from Classic: Who's Who 1, Classic: Who's Who 2, and GURPS Update)
Classic Hobby Skill 	
4e Skill
Billiards (Hobby) 	Games (Billiards)
Hobby (Bibliophilia) 	Literature or Connoisseur (Literature)
Hobby (Darts) 	Sports (Darts)
Hobby (Food and Drink)	Connoisseur (Food and Drink)
Hobby (Politics) 	Politics
Javanese Dance (Hobby)	Dancing (Javanese)
==Note==
This is not the same as having an adventuring skill as a hobby.
==See Also==
*Professional Skill
*Expert Skill
==Reference==
*Basic Set pg 200
Category:Skills
Category:Requires Specialization