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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rodrigo Istalindir" data-source="post: 1823433" data-attributes="member: 2810">I look at the Knowledge/Craft/Profession skills like this:If I want to make a living at selling arms and armor, I might have:Knowledge (Metallurgy) -- so I know about alloys, how to recognize good metal from bad, etc. (5 Ranks grants a +2 synergy bonus to Craft skills using metal)Craft (Armors, Weapons, Blacksmith) - representing my skill at forming the metal into the right shape and with the right propertiesCraft (Leatherworking or Tanning or somesuch) -- to make the ties and clasps and things that hold it all togetherProfession (Smith) -- representing my professional contacts, my business acumen (synergy bonuses to appraise, bluff and sense motive when haggling to sell my stuff or buying the rare metals I need to make that masterwork sword)Similarly, if I wanted to be a captain in the city guard, I might take:Knowledge (Waterdeep) -- so I know who the important people are, whose toes I can and can't step on, etcKnowledge (Streetwise) -- making contacts, knowing which stores are fronts for the Thieves Guild, etc.Profession (City Guard) -- 5+ ranks giving synergy bonuses to Gather Information, Sense Motive, and Intimidate when using those skills in the course of my job.</blockquote>