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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hand of Evil" data-source="post: 6457782" data-attributes="member: 371">Over all the DM is right as this is an NPC BUT...Side bar and talk to the DM as it all comes down to knowledge and this JUST may be bad DMing and running the NPC.  IF the scholar does not have it the knowledge, he can't recognize it BUT the DM should be looking at a number of things; can the animal be found in other regions which the scholar does have knowledge on.  The next, the number of books and materials available to the scholar (there are a number of on-line generators that can be used for this).  The scholar, would say; "at 50 GP a day I can see what I can find out, come back tomorrow at this time for a status update, that will be 50 GP now."  Tomorrow the scholar would have an answer or ask for another 50 GP to continue, repeat as needed.</blockquote>