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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7019871" data-attributes="member: 20564">For me I do the exact opposite.&nbsp; This feels like &quot;I try to read the letter in elvish.&nbsp; Now I try to read the letter in goblin.&nbsp; Okay, how about in giant?&quot;A character knows everything their character knows all at the same time - they don't wall off most of their knowledge because how the game system separates skills mechanically.And these checks are often orthogonal to each other.&nbsp; History might tell you that the style was ancient Elven, religion might tell you that the symbols on it are associated with demons and demon hunters, arcana may tell you that the runes on it aren't arcane in nature, and investigation shows soot in the deep crevices as if it survived a fire but that was long ago.Skills shouldn't be used to penalize the players because while something should be obvious to the character with their knowledge, but the player didn't ask to use the right skill.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7019871, member: 20564"] For me I do the exact opposite. This feels like "I try to read the letter in elvish. Now I try to read the letter in goblin. Okay, how about in giant?" A character knows everything their character knows all at the same time - they don't wall off most of their knowledge because how the game system separates skills mechanically. And these checks are often orthogonal to each other. History might tell you that the style was ancient Elven, religion might tell you that the symbols on it are associated with demons and demon hunters, arcana may tell you that the runes on it aren't arcane in nature, and investigation shows soot in the deep crevices as if it survived a fire but that was long ago. Skills shouldn't be used to penalize the players because while something should be obvious to the character with their knowledge, but the player didn't ask to use the right skill. [/QUOTE]

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