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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 7788914" data-attributes="member: 6906155">Speaking as a clueless (and unobservant) professor, I would say you are quite wrong.No knowledge is tied to Wisdom in D&D, never has bean. The "knowledge" component of Medicine, Survival, etc comes from the skill itself. You know it if you are proficient in it. You know it better if you have expertise in it. It no different to dex skills - you can learn the technique for picking pockets (skill proficiency) but if you are clumsy (dexterity mod) you will never be very good at it.And charisma has nothing to do with willpower. Having a strong will and having a forceful personality are completely different. A person with a strong will can stand up under torture. A person with a forceful personality might be able to browbeat a confession from an innocent person, but torture them and they will break in seconds.And an inner stillness (wisdom) makes you open to the universe around you, whether that be noticing things (perception), having a feel for the natural world (survival), or observing other people (Insight). But note that understanding people does not automatically give you the ability to manipulate them.</blockquote>