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<blockquote data-quote="harperscout" data-source="post: 2751210" data-attributes="member: 33371">I like the idea that wuyanei hit on here. Instead of trying to say that a book gives a bonus point to any skill, why not say that if you have a book on hand... i.e. actually in your bag of holding, which you can draw out and reference, give a circumstance bonus of +2 to the knowledge check... maybe allow the circumstance bonus to actually linger for 8 hours.Using Kaplen's arguement about the cleric taking out his bible, it isn't that the cleric doesn't remember certain phrases and whole verses, it is that with the bible in hand, he has more resources at his disposal. This would be great for something like a book on heraldry... a Bard knows he is traveling to a far away kingdom, so he buys a book to take with him... its almost like a trip-ticket <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. I agree with others that ultimately, the skill points you earn as you level up represent this &quot;behind the scenes&quot; learning that your character does during down time. I don't think we should let this get out of hand... I don't think your players can just whip out a book before leaping off a cliff to gain a +2 to a jump check. I do think that a player who has a book on knot tying could spend a few hours studying a book that it is assumed he has already read during down time and then be able to gain a +2 circumstance bonus on securing a rope for his fellows to use while repellng a 200' cliff.I think this would be a great treasure item for a DM to provide to players.Think of how many aged wizards return to their libraries to verify one piece of info or another. I think this could be a great tool for encouraging players to not only spend their money, but interact with more NPC's in search of the books.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="harperscout, post: 2751210, member: 33371"] I like the idea that wuyanei hit on here. Instead of trying to say that a book gives a bonus point to any skill, why not say that if you have a book on hand... i.e. actually in your bag of holding, which you can draw out and reference, give a circumstance bonus of +2 to the knowledge check... maybe allow the circumstance bonus to actually linger for 8 hours. Using Kaplen's arguement about the cleric taking out his bible, it isn't that the cleric doesn't remember certain phrases and whole verses, it is that with the bible in hand, he has more resources at his disposal. This would be great for something like a book on heraldry... a Bard knows he is traveling to a far away kingdom, so he buys a book to take with him... its almost like a trip-ticket :). I agree with others that ultimately, the skill points you earn as you level up represent this "behind the scenes" learning that your character does during down time. I don't think we should let this get out of hand... I don't think your players can just whip out a book before leaping off a cliff to gain a +2 to a jump check. I do think that a player who has a book on knot tying could spend a few hours studying a book that it is assumed he has already read during down time and then be able to gain a +2 circumstance bonus on securing a rope for his fellows to use while repellng a 200' cliff. I think this would be a great treasure item for a DM to provide to players. Think of how many aged wizards return to their libraries to verify one piece of info or another. I think this could be a great tool for encouraging players to not only spend their money, but interact with more NPC's in search of the books. [/QUOTE]

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