One of the things that bothers me about the Druid class (aside from the fact that they are simultaniously BROKEN!!!! and have gotten the SHAFT!) is there Nature Sense Ability and the fact that knowledge nature is a class skill. Why would a druid ever put skill points in knowledge nature when they get to automatically take a 20 or even a 30. After all they can identify plants and animals including special traits with "perfect accuracy".
I don't find it particularly overpowered. Rather I find it totally obliterates the point of having knowledge nature beyond weather forecasting, and saving up for epic spell slots.
I was wonder if anyone house ruled this, and if so what were the rules. I was thinking about a free Skill Focus (Knowledge Nature) to keep somewhat with the pattern, just a basic 5 bonus ranks in knowledge nature that don't count towards the maximum ranks, or alteration that adds 1/2 the druid levels to the knowledge nature ranks. But if it's an issue that's come up for other people it seems likely that someone has come up with an elegant and clever solution.
I don't find it particularly overpowered. Rather I find it totally obliterates the point of having knowledge nature beyond weather forecasting, and saving up for epic spell slots.
I was wonder if anyone house ruled this, and if so what were the rules. I was thinking about a free Skill Focus (Knowledge Nature) to keep somewhat with the pattern, just a basic 5 bonus ranks in knowledge nature that don't count towards the maximum ranks, or alteration that adds 1/2 the druid levels to the knowledge nature ranks. But if it's an issue that's come up for other people it seems likely that someone has come up with an elegant and clever solution.