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- | Creation-Date: 2013-07-27T07:31:22-04:00 | ||
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====== Knowledge (Current Events) (Skill) ====== | ====== Knowledge (Current Events) (Skill) ====== | ||
- | Created Saturday 27 July 2013 | + | Art, Current Events, Popular Culture, Politics |
+ | **Check:** You make a Knowledge check to see if your character knows something. | ||
- | === Current Events === | ||
- | Art, Current Events, Popular Culture, Politics | ||
- | **Check:** You make a Knowledge check to see if your character knows something. For instance, if you found a mummy with an amulet around its neck, you might make Knowledge check to see if you know of any significance to the symbols. This might be a Knowledge (arcane lore) check or a Knowledge (history) check, depending on what you're interested in knowing about the symbols. | ||
The DC for answering a question within your field of study is 10 for easy questions, 15 for basic questions, and 20 to 30 for tough questions. | The DC for answering a question within your field of study is 10 for easy questions, 15 for basic questions, and 20 to 30 for tough questions. | ||
- | **Try Again?:** No. The check represents what you know, and thinking about a topic a second time doesn't let you know some-thing you never knew in the first place. | + | |
- | **Special:** An untrained Knowledge check is simply an Intelligence check, Without actual training, a character only knows com-mon knowledge about a given subject. | + | **Try Again?:** No. The check represents what you know, and thinking about a topic a second time doesn't let you know something you never knew in the first place. |
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+ | **Special:** An untrained Knowledge check is simply an Intelligence check, Without actual training, a character only knows common knowledge about a given subject. | ||
You can take 10 when making a Knowledge check, but you can't take 20. | You can take 10 when making a Knowledge check, but you can't take 20. | ||
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A character with the [[Educated (Feat)|Educated]] feat gets a +2 bonus on any two types of Knowledge checks. | A character with the [[Educated (Feat)|Educated]] feat gets a +2 bonus on any two types of Knowledge checks. | ||
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The GM may decide that having 5 or more ranks in a specific Knowledge skill provides you with a +2 synergy bonus when making a related skill check, For example, a character with 5 or more ranks of Knowledge (Life sciences) could get a +2 synergy bonus when making a Treat Injury check in certain situations. | The GM may decide that having 5 or more ranks in a specific Knowledge skill provides you with a +2 synergy bonus when making a related skill check, For example, a character with 5 or more ranks of Knowledge (Life sciences) could get a +2 synergy bonus when making a Treat Injury check in certain situations. | ||
- | **Time:** A Knowledge check can be a reaction, but otherwise requires a full-round action. | ||
+ | **Time:** A Knowledge check can be a reaction, but otherwise requires a full-round action. | ||
+ | {{tag>skills intbased synergy}} |