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<blockquote data-quote="Steven McRownt" data-source="post: 37050" data-attributes="member: 2316">&quot;- What kind of &quot;immunities&quot; do you cancel with a successful check ? &quot;Well, that's the problem of my poor english. With this new skill you could overcome the undead immunities to crits (and for the same idea, sneak attack and ranger damage bonus)&quot;- Why coupling DC with HD ? why not CR, which could be more relevant for the &quot;power&quot; of a creature. In fact, perhaps the HD part of the CR is the less relevant information about how &quot;special&quot; a monster is. &quot;Yes, using HD is something that in 3e had lost his meaning. The CR is more relevant for the new core rules. So, for now just use the word CR instead od HD, then i will see to change a little bit the table!!!!&quot;Maybe you could add some malus to the check if the creature is an outsider ( counter-balanced with a synergy bonus from knowledge(the planes)) &quot;The idea of a fluctuating malus (the -3 to -10) is a way to give to a Dm a good discrection without hearing any of his players complaining!!!!! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />&quot;I like the idea of using knowledge monster to get some edge over some encounters, though. But It shouldn't beat the &quot;favored enemy&quot; ability, just complement it. &quot;Chacal, the idea comes from that. I was studyin' a way to let the favored enemy bonuses of a ranger works even against this special kind of creature and then i realized that could work as a general rule. In fact i should add to the house rule that a ranger's favored enemy bonuses on skills is also useful for that one (and perhaps make it a class skill for him: what u think?)Steven McRownt(p.s. why i don't see anymore my signature?)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steven McRownt, post: 37050, member: 2316"] "- What kind of "immunities" do you cancel with a successful check ? " Well, that's the problem of my poor english. With this new skill you could overcome the undead immunities to crits (and for the same idea, sneak attack and ranger damage bonus) "- Why coupling DC with HD ? why not CR, which could be more relevant for the "power" of a creature. In fact, perhaps the HD part of the CR is the less relevant information about how "special" a monster is. " Yes, using HD is something that in 3e had lost his meaning. The CR is more relevant for the new core rules. So, for now just use the word CR instead od HD, then i will see to change a little bit the table!!!! "Maybe you could add some malus to the check if the creature is an outsider ( counter-balanced with a synergy bonus from knowledge(the planes)) " The idea of a fluctuating malus (the -3 to -10) is a way to give to a Dm a good discrection without hearing any of his players complaining!!!!! :-) "I like the idea of using knowledge monster to get some edge over some encounters, though. But It shouldn't beat the "favored enemy" ability, just complement it. " Chacal, the idea comes from that. I was studyin' a way to let the favored enemy bonuses of a ranger works even against this special kind of creature and then i realized that could work as a general rule. In fact i should add to the house rule that a ranger's favored enemy bonuses on skills is also useful for that one (and perhaps make it a class skill for him: what u think?) Steven McRownt (p.s. why i don't see anymore my signature?) [/QUOTE]

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