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<blockquote data-quote="Arravis" data-source="post: 2542750" data-attributes="member: 327">The point I was attempting to make is that Bardic Knowledge is a hodge-podge skill, not a scholarly one. Bardic Knowledge gives you random tidbits of lot's of specific things, thus the &quot;local notable people, legendary items, or noteworthy places.&quot; Knowledge skills are more comprehensive, allowing you to know both the general and the specific (depending on the knowledge skills you have). There is a reason why Bardic Knowledge is limited.There are 8 Knowledge skills, plus who knows how many Knowledge Local skills (dozens in a setting like Forgotten realms). By your thinking, it would take a minimum of 90 skill points or 180 cross classed skill points (taking into account merely 1 Knowledge Local) for a 10th level character to get the knowledge of a 10th level character with Bardic Knowledge. Is that what you're saying? It doesn't quite seem fair to all the people who've put points into knowledge skills that one ability should supercede them all. Such a thing is not in either the letter of the rules nor in it's spirit.They are different for a reason. The rules very clearly state the differences and support my position. What rules support the counter-arguement?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arravis, post: 2542750, member: 327"] The point I was attempting to make is that Bardic Knowledge is a hodge-podge skill, not a scholarly one. Bardic Knowledge gives you random tidbits of lot's of specific things, thus the [I]"local notable people, legendary items, or noteworthy places."[/I] Knowledge skills are more comprehensive, allowing you to know both the general and the specific (depending on the knowledge skills you have). There is a reason why Bardic Knowledge is limited. There are 8 Knowledge skills, plus who knows how many Knowledge Local skills (dozens in a setting like Forgotten realms). By your thinking, it would take a [B]minimum of 90 skill points or 180 cross classed skill points[/B] (taking into account merely 1 Knowledge Local) for a 10th level character to get the knowledge of a 10th level character with Bardic Knowledge. Is that what you're saying? It doesn't quite seem fair to all the people who've put points into knowledge skills that one ability should supercede them all. Such a thing is not in either the letter of the rules nor in it's spirit. They are different for a reason. The rules very clearly state the differences and support my position. What rules support the counter-arguement? [/QUOTE]

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