Life as an adventurer offers unique perils and challenges. Adventurers tend to run toward the sorts of danger from which common folk flee. Experienced adventurers see a side of the world that most people never do, and they learn a great deal during their journeys and quests. The Knowledge (Adventuring) skill represents this sort of practical experience, as well as discussions in taverns with fellow adventurers about monsters, ruins, and other threats—and how best to overcome them. For many adventurers, it represents a kind of learned instinct; they might not be able to explain exactly why it's a bad idea to touch the ancient statue, but they know it is.