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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crosshair" data-source="post: 1872163" data-attributes="member: 22325">I was thinking of some type of point system, as to not overly specify knowledge skills, because they are knowledge[general topic] not knowledge[demons->high level demons->orcus].[This section doesn't matter--->]We're assuming all stats set to 10, which if a commoner took and (well not untrained, can't do that)(but we'll use the term untrained) knowledge check, he would get d20+0. We generally judge someones knowledge by there intelligence, as well as ranks. Such that a trained person in say history would have maybe 3-4 ranks and an intelligence bonus.A higher level character would invaritably have a lot higher bonus from in-depth experience, yada yada(Making this up as I go.)If you read a textbook on history, it would probably give you 2-4 ranks, signifying that you would probably haphazardly teach a history class(also depending on intelligence.)We're basing this on a 5 point system. This is determined by a large course textbook being 500 pages(depending on size really, one of mine has over 1000 but it's quite pequeno).Now to the point, that you haven't been waiting for. You read 300 pages of text on history, you get 3 points. Then you read a 50 page booklet by some joe-schmo, you get 1/2 pt. Then you read a 250 page book by a scholar gnome. you get 2 1/2 pts totaling 5. (More to go with that ^: maybe you read Undead:Vampires in your city[300 pages], Undead: How to stake a ghoul in the eye[200 pages], and Undead suck, not for you city.[50 pages], signifying that you got a variety of knowledge on the topic.)You've now read what is my opinion of 2-4 ranks or enough to teach a course... Or something like that... I feel like I'm missing something.Cross</blockquote>

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