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You are educated in the pre-history of the world, delving into the mysteries of events that happened | You are educated in the pre-history of the world, delving into the mysteries of events that happened 5,000 years ago and earlier. The Knowledge (Deep History) skill allows you to answer both simple and complex questions on this topic. Specifically, Knowledge (Deep History) allows you to make checks to reveal information on ancient wars, ancient architecture or artwork, abandoned colonies, migrations of extinct peoples, and the culture of cities and empires long forgotten by most. | ||
===Check=== | ===Check=== | ||
Answering a question on a Deep History topic has an Easy DC for the CR of the topic for really easy questions, an Average DC against the CR of the topic for basic questions, a Challenging DC against the CR of the topic for really tough questions, or a Hard DC against the CR of the topic for really tough questions on narrow or specific topics. Some basic questions may be even easier than that, and some example DC's are included below. | Answering a question on a Deep History topic has an Easy DC for the CR of the topic for really easy questions, an Average DC against the CR of the topic for basic questions, a Challenging DC against the CR of the topic for really tough questions, or a Hard DC against the CR of the topic for really tough questions on narrow or specific topics. Some basic questions may be even easier than that, and some example DC's are included below. Checks on cultures, artifacts, and empires older than 10,000 years add +1 to the DC of the check for every thousand years older than 10,000. | ||
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===Modifiers=== | |||
* '''How Deep is Deep?''' For cultures older than 10,000 years, Deep History checks take a +1 modifier for every millennium that has passed. Thus, to check against a culture 52,000 years old would be a +42 modifier to the DC of the Deep History check. | |||
* '''Cultural Significance''' Making a roll against a very large or impactful society (such as the Romans) would get a modifier on the roll of between +5 and +15, depending upon the game world. Making a roll against a small or less impactful society (such as the Nabatea) would get a negative modifier on the roll of between -5 and -15, depending upon the game world. | |||
* '''Secret Society''' A very secretive society, one which deliberately left no mark on history, would add a +10 modifier to the DC of any checks made against it. This could be compounded or alleviated by the size of the society, above. | |||
===Try Again=== | ===Try Again=== | ||