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<blockquote data-quote="Felix" data-source="post: 495398" data-attributes="member: 3929">I think Gather Info usually would start in a pub, or market-type place, but part of the skill is to find out who in that city would know about the kind of good info you really want to know about. Once you get to the specialist, you can then proceed to pump that guy for more information with another G-I check.This is a DM's call kind of skill, as are most of the social skills. But, if you have a party without a slick talker, the info the DM deals out could be flawed, incomplete, misleading, etc. For instance, a bard with a good Gather Info skill might be told that there is a switch in the front hall closet that turns all of the evil Baron's traps off. The uncharismatic party would have to disarm all of those traps one by one.Movie examples: In Unbreakable, Elijah Price finds out that a fire on the 3rd floor would toast an entire office building. A good Gather Info skill is needed to find that old geezer in the bar in the first place.As for Charon with a good G-I? Well, since it takes a little time to ferry people accross the Styx, you can be sure that he is pumping you for all he's worth. He knows just who can play the meanest fiddle in all of Hell. And that sort of thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felix, post: 495398, member: 3929"] I think Gather Info usually would start in a pub, or market-type place, but part of the skill is to find out who in that city would know about the kind of good info you really want to know about. Once you get to the specialist, you can then proceed to pump that guy for more information with another G-I check. This is a DM's call kind of skill, as are most of the social skills. But, if you have a party without a slick talker, the info the DM deals out could be flawed, incomplete, misleading, etc. For instance, a bard with a good Gather Info skill might be told that there is a switch in the front hall closet that turns all of the evil Baron's traps off. The uncharismatic party would have to disarm all of those traps one by one. Movie examples: In Unbreakable, Elijah Price finds out that a fire on the 3rd floor would toast an entire office building. A good Gather Info skill is needed to find that old geezer in the bar in the first place. As for Charon with a good G-I? Well, since it takes a little time to ferry people accross the Styx, you can be sure that he is pumping you for all he's worth. He knows just who can play the meanest fiddle in all of Hell. And that sort of thing. [/QUOTE]

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