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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ranes" data-source="post: 6691726" data-attributes="member: 4826">Seems to me like you could treat the skill similarly to knowledge (local) or knowledge (nobility). In other words, warfare is such a broad subject that it's reasonable that the skill doesn't confer a tangible benefit in every martial situation, especially if the PC's adventures take him to far flung and unfamiliar locales. On the other hand, the skill might grant him insight into the tactics of local or regional forces (especially if there has recently been or is currently a war going on).So, the skill might provide circumstance bonuses to avoiding military patrols (those involved in scouting or guarding), fighting certain types of soldiers (based on knowledge of the enemy's weapons training), and so on.I like the idea you suggest, that the PC with this skill can impart situational tactical advice to his companions. That in itself seems like a great use of the skill, so long as the PC's player doesn't have to quantify it with the kind of explicit detail that only a real veteran of combat would be able to provide!</blockquote>