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{{OGL Top}} ===Knowledge ([[SRD:Intelligence|Int]]; Trained Only)=== Like the [[SRD:Craft Skill|Craft]] and [[SRD:Profession Skill|Profession]] skills, Knowledge actually encompasses a number of unrelated skills. Knowledge represents a study of some body of lore, possibly an academic or even scientific discipline. Below are listed typical fields of study. * Arcana (ancient mysteries, magic traditions, arcane symbols, cryptic phrases, [[SRD:Construct Type|constructs]], [[SRD:Dragon Type|dragons]], magical beasts) * Architecture and engineering (buildings, aqueducts, bridges, fortifications) * Dungeoneering ([[SRD:Aberration Type|aberrations]], caverns, [[SRD:Ooze Type|oozes]], spelunking) * Geography (lands, terrain, climate, people) * History (royalty, wars, colonies, migrations, founding of cities) * Local (legends, personalities, inhabitants, laws, customs, traditions, [[SRD:Humanoid Type|humanoids]]) * Nature ([[SRD:Animal Type|animals]], [[SRD:Fey Type|fey]], [[SRD:Giant Type|giants]], [[SRD:Monstrous Humanoid Type|monstrous humanoids]], [[SRD:Plant Type|plants]], seasons and cycles, weather, [[SRD:Vermin Type|vermin]]) * Nobility and royalty (lineages, heraldry, family trees, mottoes, personalities) * Psionics (ancient mysteries, psionic traditions, psychic symbols, cryptic phrases, astral [[SRD:Construct Type|constructs]], psionic races, and psionic monsters) * Religion (gods and goddesses, mythic history, ecclesiastic tradition, holy symbols, [[SRD:Undead Type|undead]]) * The planes (the Inner Planes, the Outer Planes, the [[SRD:Astral Plane|Astral Plane]], the Ethereal Plane, [[SRD:Outsider Type|outsiders]], [[SRD:Elemental Type|elementals]], magic related to the planes) =====Check===== Answering a question within your field of study has a [[SRD:DC|DC]] of 10 (for really easy questions), 15 (for basic questions), or 20 to 30 (for really tough questions). In many cases, you can use this skill to identify monsters and their special [[SRD:Powers|powers]] or vulnerabilities. In general, the [[SRD:DC|DC]] of such a check equals 10 + the monster’s [[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]]. A successful check allows you to remember a bit of useful information about that monster. For every 5 points by which your check result exceeds the [[SRD:DC|DC]], you recall another piece of useful information. =====Action===== Usually none. In most cases, making a Knowledge check doesn’t take an action—you simply know the answer or you don’t. =====Try Again===== No. The check represents what you know, and thinking about a topic a second time doesn’t let you know something that you never learned in the first place. =====Synergy===== If you have 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (arcana), you get a +2 bonus on [[SRD:Spellcraft Skill|Spellcraft]] checks. If you have 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (architecture and engineering), you get a +2 bonus on [[SRD:Search Skill|Search]] checks made to find secret doors or hidden compartments. If you have 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (geography), you get a +2 bonus on [[SRD:Survival Skill|Survival]] checks made to keep from getting lost or to avoid natural hazards. If you have 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (history), you get a +2 bonus on [[SRD:Bard|bardic knowledge]] checks. If you have 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (local), you get a +2 bonus on [[SRD:Gather Information Skill|Gather Information]] checks. If you have 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (nature), you get a +2 bonus on [[SRD:Survival Skill|Survival]] checks made in aboveground natural environments (aquatic, desert, forest, hill, marsh, mountains, or plains). If you have 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (nobility and royalty), you get a +2 bonus on [[SRD:Diplomacy Skill|Diplomacy]] checks. If you have 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (psionics), you get a +2 bonus on [[SRD:Psicraft Skill|Psicraft]] checks. If you have 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (religion), you get a +2 bonus on [[SRD:Turn or Rebuke Undead|turning checks against undead]]. If you have 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (the planes), you get a +2 bonus on [[SRD:Survival Skill|Survival]] checks made while on other planes. If you have 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (dungeoneering), you get a +2 bonus on [[SRD:Survival Skill|Survival]] checks made while underground. If you have 5 or more ranks in [[SRD:Autohypnosis Skill|Autohypnosis]], you get a +2 bonus on Knowledge (psionics) checks. If you have 5 or more ranks in [[SRD:Survival Skill|Survival]], you get a +2 bonus on Knowledge (nature) checks. =====Untrained===== An untrained Knowledge check is simply an [[SRD:Using Skills#Ability Checks|Intelligence check]]. Without actual training, you know only common knowledge ([[SRD:DC|DC]] 10 or lower). {{SRD Skill Footer}} [[Category:Intelligence|{{BASEPAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Trained Only|{{BASEPAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Psionic|{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]
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