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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 6279028" data-attributes="member: 5038">In the PHB it was, simply, Knowledge (Local). However, in the 3e Forgotten Realms Campaign setting, one was required to specify the region (e.g., Knowledge (the Dalelands)).The following below is from the 2nd printing (and errata for the first printing) of the 3e FR campaign setting :"Region-Specific Skills A character’s region may also affect his or her list of skills. As a general rule, characters with the Knowledge skill often focus on the region in which they grew up, although characters may focus on regions in which they have lived as adults or which they have studied in books. Regional Focus: A character may choose to add a regional focus to the geography, history, nature, nobility and royalty, or religion areas of the Knowledge skill. The regional focus provides a +2 bonus to Knowledge skill checks that pertain to the region in question. For example, a character may choose Knowledge (Sembian history) instead of Knowledge (history) in order to be particularly adept at Knowledge (history) checks pertaining to the Sembia region.Local Knowledge: The Knowledge (local) skill per se does not exist in the Forgotten Realms campaign. Instead, a character who chooses the Knowledge (local) skill must specify the region his local knowledge applies to. For example, a character familiar with legends and personalities of Sembia would simply take the Knowledge (Sembia) skill."I also seem to recall some characters had specific cities  instead of region for Knowledge (Local).</blockquote>

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