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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 4864051" data-attributes="member: 35909">Later books seemed to start printing tables like you mentioned 4E has saying exactly what each 5 point increment adds to your knowledge, you could use that as a guide.&nbsp; Making DC 10 + HD/CR should tell you more than just the name and creature type, IMHO.&nbsp; Without metagaming that's kinda pointless.&nbsp; &quot;That's a megaraptor.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;What do they do?&quot;&nbsp; &quot;...I don't know.&nbsp; I just remember that's what they're called...&quot;Also, I do it by HD, but for advanced creatures, like dragons of different age categories, elementals, etc... I use the lowest HD creature to measure what you know of the things all x creatures have in common.&nbsp; For a red dragon, you could learn about the fire immunity, fire breath, alignment, etc.. based on wyrmling HD.&nbsp; Rolling high enough against the actual creature you're facing's Hd would tell you his age category, an idea of how potent his breath weapon is, if he has SR, etc...&nbsp; The things his youngest relative just doesn't have.I also generally just let people look at the statblock if they beat the DC by 25+.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 4864051, member: 35909"] Later books seemed to start printing tables like you mentioned 4E has saying exactly what each 5 point increment adds to your knowledge, you could use that as a guide. Making DC 10 + HD/CR should tell you more than just the name and creature type, IMHO. Without metagaming that's kinda pointless. "That's a megaraptor." "What do they do?" "...I don't know. I just remember that's what they're called..." Also, I do it by HD, but for advanced creatures, like dragons of different age categories, elementals, etc... I use the lowest HD creature to measure what you know of the things all x creatures have in common. For a red dragon, you could learn about the fire immunity, fire breath, alignment, etc.. based on wyrmling HD. Rolling high enough against the actual creature you're facing's Hd would tell you his age category, an idea of how potent his breath weapon is, if he has SR, etc... The things his youngest relative just doesn't have. I also generally just let people look at the statblock if they beat the DC by 25+. [/QUOTE]

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