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==Description==
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| width="250" style="font-weight:bold" | Ability Score Used: || Intelligence
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* '''Ability Score Used:''' Intelligence
You are educated in a field of study and can answer both simple and complex questions. Like the [[Perform]] and [[Profession]] skills, ''Knowledge'' actually encompasses a number of different specialties. You could have several ''Knowledge'' skills, each with its own ranks.
* '''Usable Untrained?''' No
* '''Armor Check Penalty Applies?''' No
 
You are educated in a field of study and can answer both simple and complex questions. Like the Perform and Profession skills, Knowledge actually encompasses a number of different specialties. You could have several Knowledge skills, each with its own ranks.


Some of the knowledge skills are linked to a particular bailiwick skill.  In these cases, ranks in the bailiwick skill grant an equal number of free ranks in the associated knowledge skill. Note that a character can never have more ranks in a skill than their character level.
Some of the knowledge skills are linked to a particular bailiwick skill.  In these cases, ranks in the bailiwick skill grant an equal number of free ranks in the associated knowledge skill. Note that a character can never have more ranks in a skill than their character level.
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===Table: Knowledge Skills===
===Table: Knowledge Skills===
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! Skill || Associated Bailiwick || Description
! width="17%" | Skill || width="10%" | Assoc. Bailiwick || width="28%" | Lore Checks || Description
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| [[Knowledge (Arcana)]] || [[Spellcraft]] || The study of ancient mysteries, magic traditions, arcane symbols, constructs, dragons and magical beasts
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| [[Knowledge (Deep History)]] || - || The study of pre-histories of the ancient world and civilizations long past.
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| [[Knowledge (Dungeoneering)]] || - || The study of spelunking, caves, dungeons, aberrations and oozes.
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| [[Knowledge (Engineering)]] || [[Warfare]] || The study of buildings, aqueducts, bridges, fortifications and sieges.
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| [[Knowledge (Geography)]] || - || The study of lands, terrain, climate, people and astronomy.
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| [[Knowledge (History)]] || - || The study of wars, colonies, migrations, founding of cities and cultural origins.
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| [[Knowledge (Local)]] || [[Spycraft]] || The study of legends, personalities, inhabitants, laws, customs, traditions and humanoids.
| [[Knowledge (Arcana)]] || [[Spellcraft]] || Monsters: Constructs, Dragons, Magical Beasts || The study of ancient mysteries, magic traditions, arcane symbols, constructs, dragons and magical beasts
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| [[Knowledge (Logic)]] || [[Reason]] || The study of deduction, induction, puzzles, riddles and conundrums.
| [[Knowledge (Deep History)]] || - ||  || The study of pre-histories of the ancient world and civilizations long past.
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| [[Knowledge (Nature)]] || [[Naturalism]] || The study of the natural world, animals, seasons and cycles, weather and the fey.
| [[Knowledge (Dungeoneering)]] || - || Monsters: Aberrations, Oozes || The study of spelunking, caves, dungeons, aberrations and oozes.
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| [[Knowledge (Nobility)]] || - || The study of lineages, heraldry, personalities, royalty and etiquette.
| [[Knowledge (Engineering)]] || [[Warfare]] || Bogeys: Subaquatic, Subterranean || The study of buildings, aqueducts, bridges, fortifications and sieges.
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| [[Knowledge (Planes)]] || - || The study of the Inner and Outer Planes, the Astral and Ethereal Planes, outsiders and planar magic.
| [[Knowledge (Geography)]] || - || Bogeys: Ground, Aerial || The study of lands, terrain, climate, people and astronomy.
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| [[Knowledge (Religion)]] || [[Divinity]] || The study of gods and goddesses, ecclesiastic tradition, holy symbols and the undead.
| [[Knowledge (History)]] || - ||  || The study of wars, colonies, migrations, founding of cities and cultural origins.
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==Monster Lore Checks==
Characters can use certain knowledge skills to identify monsters and recall details about their special powers or vulnerabilities. In general, the DC of such a check is double the monster's CR. A successful check allows them to remember a little bit of useful information about that monster. GM's should either read, or allow the character to read, the introductory text of the monster's bestiary entry.  If a player instead beats a DC of 15 + double the monster's CR, their character knows quite a lot about the monster in question, and GM's should allow that player to look over the monster's bestiary entry in its entirety.
 
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! style="color:#7B68EE;" | Basic Monster Lore: DC = double the monster's CR
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! style="color:#7B68EE;" | Complete Monster Lore: DC = 15 + double the monster's CR
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[[Warfare]] can also be used to identify information about a monster's CR, in addition to its offensive, defensive and tactics sections. 
 
[[Reason]] may be used to determine the 'programming' of a mindless creature.
 
 
{| class="ep-default"
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! Knowledge Skill || Creature Type
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| [[Knowledge (Arcana)|Arcana]] || Constructs, dragons, magical beasts
| [[Knowledge (Local)]] || [[Spycraft]] || Monsters: Humanoids, Proteans || The study of legends, personalities, inhabitants, laws, customs, traditions and humanoids.
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| [[Knowledge (Dungeoneering)|Dungeoneering]] || Aberrations, oozes
| [[Knowledge (Logic)]] || [[Reason]] || Bogeys: Aether || The study of deduction, induction, puzzles, riddles and conundrums.
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| [[Knowledge (Local)|Local]] || Humanoids, proteans
| [[Knowledge (Nature)]] || [[Naturalism]] || Monsters: Animals, Fey, Giants, Monstrous Humanoids, Plants, Vermin || The study of the natural world, animals, seasons and cycles, weather and the fey.
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| [[Knowledge (Nature)|Nature]] || Animals, fey, giants, monstrous humanoids, plants, vermin
| [[Knowledge (Nobility)]] || - || Bogeys: Naval || The study of lineages, heraldry, personalities, royalty and etiquette.
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| [[Knowledge (Planes)|Planes]] || Outsiders
| [[Knowledge (Planes)]] || - || Monsters: Elementals, Demons, Devils, Outsiders || The study of the Inner and Outer Planes, the Astral and Ethereal Planes, outsiders and planar magic.
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| [[Knowledge (Religion)|Religion]] || Undead
| [[Knowledge (Religion)]] || [[Divinity]] || Monsters: Undead || The study of gods and goddesses, ecclesiastic tradition, holy symbols and the undead.
|}
|}


==Vehicle Lore Checks==
{{:Monster Lore Checks}}
If the optional [[Vehicle Combat]] rules are being used, player characters can use certain knowledge skills to identify enemy bogeys and recall details about their special powers or vulnerabilities.  As with monster lore checks, the DC of this check is double the bogey's CR. A successful check allows them to remember a little bit of useful information about that bogey. GM's should either read, or allow the character to read, the introductory text of the bogey's fleet entry.  If a player instead beats a DC of 15 + double the bogey's CR, their character knows quite a lot about the bogey in question, and GM's should allow that player to look over the bogey's fleet entry in its entirety.
 
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::{| style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0.5em 2em 0.5em 2em;"
! style="color:#7B68EE;" | Basic Info: DC = double the bogey's CR
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::{| style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0.5em 2em 0.5em 2em;"
! style="color:#7B68EE;" | Complete Info: DC = 15 + double the bogey's CR
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{| class="ep-default sortable"
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|- style="Background:#DEB887; Color:#000;"
! Knowledge Skill || Bogey Type
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| [[Knowledge (Engineering)|Engineering]] || Subaquatic, Subterranean
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| [[Knowledge (Geography)|Geography]] || Ground, Aerial
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| [[Knowledge (Logic)|Logic]] || Aether
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| [[Knowledge (Nobility)|Nobility]] || Naval
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Latest revision as of 22:17, 18 January 2020

Description

Ability Score Used: Intelligence
Armor Check Penalty Applies? No

You are educated in a field of study and can answer both simple and complex questions. Like the Perform and Profession skills, Knowledge actually encompasses a number of different specialties. You could have several Knowledge skills, each with its own ranks.

Some of the knowledge skills are linked to a particular bailiwick skill. In these cases, ranks in the bailiwick skill grant an equal number of free ranks in the associated knowledge skill. Note that a character can never have more ranks in a skill than their character level.

The table below describes all knowledge skills in Epic Path. Some GM's may elect to invent additional knowledge skills specific to their campaign world. While this is fine and can add some interesting color to a campaign, GM's are advised to limit it to one or two new skills only, since increasing the total number of available skills can create issues with certain classes (particularly bards).

Table: Knowledge Skills

Skill Assoc. Bailiwick Lore Checks Description
Knowledge (Arcana) Spellcraft Monsters: Constructs, Dragons, Magical Beasts The study of ancient mysteries, magic traditions, arcane symbols, constructs, dragons and magical beasts
Knowledge (Deep History) - The study of pre-histories of the ancient world and civilizations long past.
Knowledge (Dungeoneering) - Monsters: Aberrations, Oozes The study of spelunking, caves, dungeons, aberrations and oozes.
Knowledge (Engineering) Warfare Bogeys: Subaquatic, Subterranean The study of buildings, aqueducts, bridges, fortifications and sieges.
Knowledge (Geography) - Bogeys: Ground, Aerial The study of lands, terrain, climate, people and astronomy.
Knowledge (History) - The study of wars, colonies, migrations, founding of cities and cultural origins.
Knowledge (Local) Spycraft Monsters: Humanoids, Proteans The study of legends, personalities, inhabitants, laws, customs, traditions and humanoids.
Knowledge (Logic) Reason Bogeys: Aether The study of deduction, induction, puzzles, riddles and conundrums.
Knowledge (Nature) Naturalism Monsters: Animals, Fey, Giants, Monstrous Humanoids, Plants, Vermin The study of the natural world, animals, seasons and cycles, weather and the fey.
Knowledge (Nobility) - Bogeys: Naval The study of lineages, heraldry, personalities, royalty and etiquette.
Knowledge (Planes) - Monsters: Elementals, Demons, Devils, Outsiders The study of the Inner and Outer Planes, the Astral and Ethereal Planes, outsiders and planar magic.
Knowledge (Religion) Divinity Monsters: Undead The study of gods and goddesses, ecclesiastic tradition, holy symbols and the undead.

Monster Lore Checks

Characters can use certain knowledge skills to identify monsters and recall details about their special powers or vulnerabilities. Lore checks require a full minute of studying the creature and its habitat, when performed outside of combat. In combat, they are a free action, but that action can only be performed during your turn. In general, the DC of such a check is double the monster's CR. A successful check allows them to remember a little bit of useful information about that monster. GM's should either read, or allow the character to read, the introductory text of the monster's bestiary entry. If a player instead beats a DC of 15 + double the monster's CR, their character knows quite a lot about the monster in question, and GMs should allow that player to look over the monster's bestiary entry in its entirety.

Basic Monster Lore: DC = double the monster's CR
Complete Monster Lore: DC = 15 + double the monster's CR

Warfare can also be used to identify information about a monster's CR, in addition to its offensive, defensive and tactics sections.

Reason may be used to determine the 'programming' of a mindless creature.

Knowledge Skill Creature Type
Arcana Constructs, dragons, magical beasts
Dungeoneering Aberrations, oozes
Local Humanoids, proteans
Nature Animals, fey, giants, monstrous humanoids, plants, vermin
Planes Elementals, Demons, Devils, Outsiders
Religion Undead

Bogey Lore Checks

If the optional Vehicle Combat rules are being used, player characters can use certain knowledge skills to identify enemy bogeys (NPC-controlled vehicles) and recall details about their special powers or vulnerabilities. As with monster lore checks, the DC of this check is double the bogey's CR. A successful check allows them to remember a little bit of useful information about that bogey. GM's should either read, or allow the character to read, the introductory text of the bogey's fleet entry. If a player instead beats a DC of 15 + double the bogey's CR, their character knows quite a lot about the bogey in question, and GM's should allow that player to look over the bogey's fleet entry in its entirety.

Basic Bogey Lore: DC = double the bogey's CR
Complete Bogey Lore: DC = 15 + double the bogey's CR
Knowledge Skill Bogey Type
Engineering Subaquatic, Subterranean
Geography Ground, Aerial
Logic Aether
Nobility Naval