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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 2755140" data-attributes="member: 1231">Another IdeaI am not really sure what I would do if I were running a campaign, but here is a different idea I just thought of for books of knowledge:Each book has a topic to which it applies to, and a number of hours it takes to complete the text, and a Knowledge DC for which it is rated. After finishing it, the reader can automatically succeed on any knowledge check with a DC of the books rating or less. The catch is, the higher the rating of the book, the more limited its content is. So, a beginner's manual for knowledge (nobility) might only have a rating of DC 10, but a book on the Early Reign of Queen Doppelopolis (sp?) : 2000-2002 might have a rating of DC 25 or some such. At least that illustrates the mechanic, hehehe... A higher quality book on the same subject may have a higher DC rating, and would likely be more expensive, or take more time to read.Using the mechanic, you could even have single books divided up into sections, with each section having its own time and rating, and some that must be read in order. So Michael Morris' Complete Guide to Web Fiends: Typo'ri, Bootezu, Lagoloth may have 6 chapters, with a rating of 10 to 15 depending on how many of them you have read. The one thing I have trouble defining is the amount of time these benefits are given for. This may be where the Intelligence check comes in, with the result determining how much time you remember the material without having to reference it again. If you spend twice as much time studying (being careful), you could take 10 on this check. If you spend quintuple the time studying (attempting to memorize), you could take 20, which would provide the benefit for quite a while.Anyway, just a theory...</blockquote>

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