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<blockquote data-quote="Khayman" data-source="post: 1957329" data-attributes="member: 17051">Yes, and no. The description in the SRD is vague. My enquiries to Sage Advice were ignored --- snf!&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> NPCs with the skill listed in Dragon and on the WotC website specify locations. For example, from a <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rp/20040901a" target="_blank">Realms Personalities</a> article on the website, they list Knowledge (Thay local). However, in a <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ebds/20040830a" target="_blank">Dragonshards</a> article, Rich Baker stated that: &quot;At the broadest, most generous end of the spectrum, Knowledge (local) can be used in any location. [...]&nbsp; If the DM wants to sacrifice utility in the name of realism, he can make a character choose a country to associate with the skill -- Knowledge (local/Breland).&quot;I believe that the Greyhawk regional feats from Dragon #315 and #319 require the feat-holder to have been raised in the region *or* have bought 2 slots of Knowledge (local) to reflect a time of residence. (I don't have those issues handy so I can't say for certain.) Sounds like if you want a background feat specific to the Wild Coast (for example), you should have spent some time there (or at least read up on it).My gut feeling? Restrict it to a region. How small an area depends on the campaign. And yes, it does overlap with Knowledge (geography, history, monster lore) and Gather Information --- if anyone has a problem with it, house rule them into clarity or do away with one of the skills.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Khayman, post: 1957329, member: 17051"] Yes, and no. The description in the SRD is vague. My enquiries to Sage Advice were ignored --- snf! :( NPCs with the skill listed in [I]Dragon[/I] and on the WotC website specify locations. For example, from a [URL=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rp/20040901a]Realms Personalities[/URL] article on the website, they list Knowledge (Thay local). However, in a [URL=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ebds/20040830a]Dragonshards[/URL] article, Rich Baker stated that: "At the broadest, most generous end of the spectrum, Knowledge (local) can be used in any location. [...] If the DM wants to sacrifice utility in the name of realism, he can make a character choose a country to associate with the skill -- Knowledge (local/Breland)." I believe that the Greyhawk regional feats from Dragon #315 and #319 require the feat-holder to have been raised in the region *or* have bought 2 slots of Knowledge (local) to reflect a time of residence. (I don't have those issues handy so I can't say for certain.) Sounds like if you want a background feat specific to the Wild Coast (for example), you should have spent some time there (or at least read up on it). My gut feeling? Restrict it to a region. How small an area depends on the campaign. And yes, it does overlap with Knowledge (geography, history, monster lore) and Gather Information --- if anyone has a problem with it, house rule them into clarity or do away with one of the skills. [/QUOTE]

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