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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2680986" data-attributes="member: 707">This is how I'd rule it.Try1: This is a regular knowledge check.Try2: I'd allow this check, but using the same die roll as Try1.  So basically you would be using the results of Try1 + Aid Another bonuses.  You only get one chance to know something, whether you decide to make a check in the middle of battle, or wait until after and Take 10.  You don't get a chance to Take 10 after the fact, any more than a thief can choose to Take 10 after he flubs a Disable Device check.Try3: This isn't a Knowledge check at all.  It's a Gather Information check, or Profession (Librarian) if you happen to have it.We've always played it that way too.  I figure that the particular bit of info you want to know about may have been included in the knowledge represented by the new rank(s).  But I have no idea if it's anywhere in the RAW, or simply a House Rule our group has taken for granted...</blockquote>