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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nameless" data-source="post: 629936" data-attributes="member: 1543">I disagree with most of the posters so far. Bardic Knowledge is the major Bardic ability, along with Bardic Music. It should be relatively powerful. I treat it as if he had ranks in every available Knowledge skill equal to his level. So if there is a Knowledge roll to know any particular piece of information, a Bard can always attempt the roll. It is a quasi-mystical tradition of knowledge being passed between bards. Of course, the phrasing is important when revealing the information. A wizard with Knowledge (Arcana) is going to have a different perspective on the same facts as a Bard. The wizard might actually know the specifics of a spell or magic item, but the Bard may know of the creator of that spell or magic item, and then infer how they used the magic in question.</blockquote>