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<blockquote data-quote="KnowTheToe" data-source="post: 2056436" data-attributes="member: 1961"><p>IMO, the current Knowledge skills are way too specific. On average you have to spend too many points to be even consistantly hitting DC 15 knowledge checks. With the skills covering such narrow facets, you could spend 20 skill points across 5 knowledge skills and still have low knowledge checks and be completely ignorant on many general topics. If you really consider it, they also have knowledge tied to crafts as well. While it may be realistic, for someone to know blacksmithing in order to know about metal strength as it relates to heat, in D&D you do not get enough skill points to cover every specific aspect of a well rounded education. If you try it, you are less than adequate at many different knowledge based skills/crafts. Knowledge is not that important skill in most games so it seems to me, outside of using them to access PrCs, and certain class based ones such as knowledge nature, that knowledge are worthless skills.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KnowTheToe, post: 2056436, member: 1961"] IMO, the current Knowledge skills are way too specific. On average you have to spend too many points to be even consistantly hitting DC 15 knowledge checks. With the skills covering such narrow facets, you could spend 20 skill points across 5 knowledge skills and still have low knowledge checks and be completely ignorant on many general topics. If you really consider it, they also have knowledge tied to crafts as well. While it may be realistic, for someone to know blacksmithing in order to know about metal strength as it relates to heat, in D&D you do not get enough skill points to cover every specific aspect of a well rounded education. If you try it, you are less than adequate at many different knowledge based skills/crafts. Knowledge is not that important skill in most games so it seems to me, outside of using them to access PrCs, and certain class based ones such as knowledge nature, that knowledge are worthless skills. [/QUOTE]
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