Zoology

Zoology was the field of study of animals and monsters.

Knowledge
Sages in this field specialized in certain general classes of animals. These included amorphous monsters (such as slimes and jellies), amphibians, aquatic monsters, birds, fish, hybrid monsters (such as griffons or perytons), mundane insects, insectoid monsters, mundane mammals, mammalian monsters, mundane reptiles, and reptilian monsters.

Some sages studied a class of monsters that was known as "aberrant zoology". These sages focused their efforts on capturing, documenting, and explaining aberrations.

A zoology sage could generally identify common species within the class of animals they specialized in, as well as predict the behavior and capabilities of said creatures.

Education
In the city of Huzuz, the university Al-Bidir Sallah's "College of the Sciences" offered courses in zoology.

The third through fifth floors of the Vault of the Sages contained study rooms for topics of learning, including zoology.

In any decent-sized city, a sage specialized in zoology could be found with a 20% chance, or 30% in Sembia, around 1358 DR.

Notable Zoologists

 * Elmdaerle
 * Raash
 * Ramazith Flamesinger