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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5639774" data-attributes="member: 35909">The best way to maximize knowledge is to not be a wizard.Be a dwarf cloistered cleric (for skill points and free knowledge domain, oh, and Bardic Knowledge!).&nbsp; Take the Ancestral Knowledge feat (Races of Stone) to use Wis instead of Int for knowledge checks (and the ability to use knowledge checks untrained).&nbsp; Make sure to worship a god with the knowledge domain.&nbsp; Cast Lore of the Gods (2nd level spell, C.Champion), which lasts 10 min/CL and gives +TEN to all knowledge checks.&nbsp; Profit.Some reasources useful for any pokedex (or &quot;knowledge whore,&quot; I'm partial to both terms):Absent-Minded trait (UA): +1 all knowledges for a -1 on spot and listen.Lore of the Gods skill trick (C.Scoundrel): +5 to identify creatures / their characteristics.&nbsp; Useable once/encounter, or every 5 minutes if out of combat.Knowledge Devotion feat (C.Champion): Not a boon to knowledge checks themselves, but adds combat viability to your ranks spent in them in the form of a +1 to +5 bonus on all attack and damage rolls.If you insist on being a wizard, make it a gnome wizard.&nbsp; They have some awesome Illusionist substitution levels and the excellent Shadowcraft Mage prestige class as options.&nbsp; More importantly, the Trivial Knowledge feat (also in Races of Stone).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5639774, member: 35909"] The best way to maximize knowledge is to not be a wizard. Be a dwarf cloistered cleric (for skill points and free knowledge domain, oh, and Bardic Knowledge!). Take the Ancestral Knowledge feat (Races of Stone) to use Wis instead of Int for knowledge checks (and the ability to use knowledge checks untrained). Make sure to worship a god with the knowledge domain. Cast Lore of the Gods (2nd level spell, C.Champion), which lasts 10 min/CL and gives +TEN to all knowledge checks. Profit. Some reasources useful for any pokedex (or "knowledge whore," I'm partial to both terms): Absent-Minded trait (UA): +1 all knowledges for a -1 on spot and listen. Lore of the Gods skill trick (C.Scoundrel): +5 to identify creatures / their characteristics. Useable once/encounter, or every 5 minutes if out of combat. Knowledge Devotion feat (C.Champion): Not a boon to knowledge checks themselves, but adds combat viability to your ranks spent in them in the form of a +1 to +5 bonus on all attack and damage rolls. If you insist on being a wizard, make it a gnome wizard. They have some awesome Illusionist substitution levels and the excellent Shadowcraft Mage prestige class as options. More importantly, the Trivial Knowledge feat (also in Races of Stone). [/QUOTE]

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