Obscure Knowledge (Feat)

You know and remember unusual bits of knowledge on a wide variety of topics. Your command of trivia sometimes comes in handy when other sources of information fail.

Prerequisite: Gather Information 6 ranks.

Benefit: You can make a special Obscure Knowledge check with a bonus equal to your character level + your Intelligence modifier to determine whether or not you know relevant information about people, items, or places. This check won't reveal the identity of a killer, but it might give you a hint to his identity.

You can‘t take 10 or take 20 on this check. and the check can be made only once per subject. The GM determines the DC of the Obscure Knowledge check using this table.

• DC Type of Knowledge (Examples)
• 15 Common: known by at least a substantial minority of the locals. (The mayors reputation for drinking; folklore about a local haunted house.)
• 25 Uncommon but available; known to only a few locals. (A local priest‘s shady past; rumors about a powerful corporation.)
• 35 Obscure: known to only a few people anywhere. (An industrialists family history; rumors about an ordinary organization.)
• 50 Extremely obscure; known to very few or forgotten completely. (The history of an ordinary building; why the industrialist's last word was “Rosebud.“)

Normal: Depending on the information sought, a particular category of the Knowledge skill may also allow a check.