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Answering a question on a Historic topic has an [[Skills,_Saves_and_Ability_Checks#Skill_Check_Target_DC.27s_By_Player_Character_Level|Easy]] DC for the CR of the topic for really easy questions, an [[Skills,_Saves_and_Ability_Checks#Skill_Check_Target_DC.27s_By_Player_Character_Level|Average]] DC against the CR of the topic for basic questions, a [[Skills,_Saves_and_Ability_Checks#Skill_Check_Target_DC.27s_By_Player_Character_Level|Challenging]] DC against the CR of the topic for really tough questions, or a [[Skills,_Saves_and_Ability_Checks#Skill_Check_Target_DC.27s_By_Player_Character_Level|Hard]] DC against the CR of the topic for really tough questions on narrow or specific topics.
Answering a question on a Historic topic has an [[Skills,_Saves_and_Ability_Checks#Skill_Check_Target_DC.27s_By_Player_Character_Level|Easy]] DC for the CR of the topic for really easy questions, an [[Skills,_Saves_and_Ability_Checks#Skill_Check_Target_DC.27s_By_Player_Character_Level|Average]] DC against the CR of the topic for basic questions, a [[Skills,_Saves_and_Ability_Checks#Skill_Check_Target_DC.27s_By_Player_Character_Level|Challenging]] DC against the CR of the topic for really tough questions, or a [[Skills,_Saves_and_Ability_Checks#Skill_Check_Target_DC.27s_By_Player_Character_Level|Hard]] DC against the CR of the topic for really tough questions on narrow or specific topics.


Certain Historical questions are so simple and obvious they are even easier than an Easy check, and have a fixed DC as listed below.


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| Know obscure historical event || 20
| Know obscure historical event || 20
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{{Template:SkillUse
| Skill-Use = Know Historical Event
| Benefit = You can also use Knowledge (History) to recall information about a specific topic, event or individual. Success means you recall information about the historical person, topic or event.  Most uses of this skill do not gain detailed personal information about any person or event, and more of a big-picture summary of the individual, object or event.
| Action = Free Action
| DC = {{#!:
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! width="50%" | Historical Topic || width="50%" | Knowledge (History) DC
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| The historical topic is famous or infamous with the local populace || Easy skill check vs. the CR/level of the campaign, object, or individual, whichever is lower
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| The historical topic is reasonably well-known to the scholarly population || Average skill check vs. the CR/level of the campaign, object, or individual
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| The historical topic is reasonably well-known to a regional subset or sect of scholars || Challenging skill check vs. the CR/level of the campaign, object, or individual
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| A historical person that is unknown or anonymous || Hard skill check vs. the CR/level of the individual
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| A historical object or a event that is not well-known || Hard skill check vs. the CR/level of the individual who owned the object, precipitated the event, or otherwise was responsible for the topic's existence.
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| A historical person, object, or event that was a secret to the local populace, and has remained obscured || Impossible skill check vs. the CR/level of the campaign, object, or individual, whichever is higher
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| Modifiers = {{#!:
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! width="50%" | Topic Modifier || width="50%" | DC Modifier
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| The historical topic is dangerous to talk about openly (e.g. "Do you really think that that Giantish massacre ever happened?") || +5
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| Only a few select individuals know anything about the historical topic/person/item || +5 or more (depending on settlement size)
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| Failure = If you fail by less than 5, you recall only the most basic of information about the topic. If you fail by 5 or more, you fail to recall any reliable sources of information on the topic.
| Retry = Yes, but only if you go to a Library, school, monastery, or other center of learning, requiring at least 1d4 hours of study once you arrive and are allowed access.
| Provokes = No
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===Try Again===
===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.
Yes, but only if you go to a Library, school, monastery, or other center of learning, requiring at least 1d4 hours of study once you arrive and are allowed access.  




===Special===
===Special===
You cannot make an untrained Knowledge check with a DC higher than 10. If you have access to an extensive library that covers a specific skill, this limit is removed. The time to make checks using a library, however, increases to 1d4 hours. Particularly complete libraries might even grant a bonus on Knowledge checks in the fields that they cover.
You cannot make an untrained Knowledge check with a DC higher than 10. If you have access to an extensive library that covers a specific skill, this limit is removed. The time to make checks using a library, however, increases to 1d4 hours. Particularly complete libraries might even grant a bonus on Knowledge checks in the fields that they cover.

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