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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LazerPointer" data-source="post: 1865498" data-attributes="member: 16131">In campaigns where I play, I get 2 or 3 skill points per level.  To know a lot about something I'd have to forgo ranks in Walk, and Dress Yourself.  For my DM-manship, though, I have a new idea to reflect wizards', bards', and clerics' book smarts.For every library, I'll decide how much of their books are informative books written by the masters, and how much is just derivitive crap.  There'll be a simple list, kinda like:Woodlatem, Library of the Estherian OrderKnowledge (arcana)                              2 ranksKnowledge (geography, [specific region])  1 rankKnowledge (the planes)                         4 ranksA search check would determine how much info they find on each subject, though time taken, helpful/spiteful librarians, and specific subjects sought would help or hinder the result.This idea also works better, imo, with a splintering of the knowledge skills; in-depth works on conjuration may only give a bonus on Knowledge: (arcana) checks when it has to do with conjuration, for example, and reading about the great forest to the north won't give you insight into the geography of mountains.I realize this part could turn into an annoying bookeeping task in itself, so one would have to be careful not to overdo it.  Whaddya think?</blockquote>