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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 2057836" data-attributes="member: 2209">I don't have many skill rolls in my game. Characters with high skills will know more than characters with low skills versus no skill.But I don't roll, I just decide what seems appropriate for the character to know based on PC characterization, character history, and a glance at the numbers. Characterization, characte history and obscureness of information are more important than ranks to me though. And my PCs are not shy about asking knowledgeable NPCs for information on stuff they don't know or are unfamiliar with.For instance, one PC IMC plays a dwarven cleric of a knowledge and wisdom god who has the metal domain and grew up in a smithing clan. They came across an ancient metal blade in an old temple. I have no idea what knowledge skill is appropriate here to identify the metal (history? nature lore? weaponsmithing?) or what DC would be appropriate for IDing the metal. But I felt it was appropriate for his character to know about weapon metals so I gave him the information about arsenic bronze that I dredged up on google. None of the other party members would have had a clue, which is fine, it would have just been a minor mystery for them to possibly follow up on later.My group knows that this is pretty much how I run skills so they are fine with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 2057836, member: 2209"] I don't have many skill rolls in my game. Characters with high skills will know more than characters with low skills versus no skill. But I don't roll, I just decide what seems appropriate for the character to know based on PC characterization, character history, and a glance at the numbers. Characterization, characte history and obscureness of information are more important than ranks to me though. And my PCs are not shy about asking knowledgeable NPCs for information on stuff they don't know or are unfamiliar with. For instance, one PC IMC plays a dwarven cleric of a knowledge and wisdom god who has the metal domain and grew up in a smithing clan. They came across an ancient metal blade in an old temple. I have no idea what knowledge skill is appropriate here to identify the metal (history? nature lore? weaponsmithing?) or what DC would be appropriate for IDing the metal. But I felt it was appropriate for his character to know about weapon metals so I gave him the information about arsenic bronze that I dredged up on google. None of the other party members would have had a clue, which is fine, it would have just been a minor mystery for them to possibly follow up on later. My group knows that this is pretty much how I run skills so they are fine with it. [/QUOTE]

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