Whittling
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Enables Simple Crucifix and Sharpened Stick which makes it useful in the advancement of Perennial Philosophy for Settling.
In-Game Text
"Out of the cooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made"
-Immanuel Kant, Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose
Since wood is one of the most abundant natural resources in the New World it also becomes a natural choice for the presumptive settler when choosing a material from which to forge his first tools. Whittling allows you to fashion simple wooden objects.