Sylvan
Those from this Background live in harmony with nature, often in villages found in deep forests.
Skill Ranks: Athletics (1), Crafting (2), Combat Skills (4), Lore: Local Region (2), Magecraft (2), Perception (2), Stealth (3), Survival (2), Tracking (2)

Can a player allocate or split up the (4) Combat Skill ranks given above, amongst any Combat Skills he may have? For example, 2 ranks into the Swords Skill and 2 ranks into the Bow Skill?

While creating a spell casting character the "Learning Spells" section caught my eye.

Imagine finding the dusty bones of a long- dead adventurer, deep in the bowels of a dungeon. You gingerly open the adventurer's pack, finding a spell book amongst other items! Quickly opening the book, you flip its pages and notice faded arcane scrawlings on one of the pages.

The player makes a Magecraft (Decipher) test to identify the spell- TN 15 + Spell Point Cost. The spell has a TN of 19. The player rolls well. It's a Flash spell!

Next the player decides she wants to learn the Flash spell. Can her character learn the spell right now? In the dungeon? How long will it take?

I didn't see it anywhere, but I am suggesting that a spell take 1 hour, per Spell Point Cost, to learn. Once a spell has been learned, and paid for, it may be written in the caster's spell book.

What do you guys think?