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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9125046" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Unless they are doing something truly different, I just don't allow it.&nbsp; If they ask for a skill (which is fine by me) they gave it their best shot, especially for knowledge checks.&nbsp; It's not like they were trying to remember what they know from history but ignoring what they might know from religion.&nbsp; If they state that they're looking at something and searching their memory I'll tell them something along the lines of &quot;Give me a history or religion check&quot;.&nbsp; As far as I'm concerned knowledge type checks (history, religion, arcana, etc.) are basically the same things. There are exceptions to every rule of course for example they might first just try to physically move something and then when it doesn't work try to see if they remember something.&nbsp; They might look around and get a perception check and then decide to examine something in particularly closely meaning an investigation check.&nbsp; There are also potentially multiple ways around an obstacle or different ways of solving a puzzle.How they declare their actions really makes a difference to me and I can't remember a time when the &quot;describe what they do&quot; would make much of a difference anyway.EDIT: I like [USER=7016699]@prabe[/USER]'s idea of advantage if they have proficiency in multiple knowledge skills, I may have to try that out.&nbsp; It also makes sense - it's not like I think about what I learned from source A and completely ignore source B, I'm just trying to remember what I know on a given topic.&nbsp; But interdisciplinary knowledge can add up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9125046, member: 6801845"] Unless they are doing something truly different, I just don't allow it. If they ask for a skill (which is fine by me) they gave it their best shot, especially for knowledge checks. It's not like they were trying to remember what they know from history but ignoring what they might know from religion. If they state that they're looking at something and searching their memory I'll tell them something along the lines of "Give me a history or religion check". As far as I'm concerned knowledge type checks (history, religion, arcana, etc.) are basically the same things. There are exceptions to every rule of course for example they might first just try to physically move something and then when it doesn't work try to see if they remember something. They might look around and get a perception check and then decide to examine something in particularly closely meaning an investigation check. There are also potentially multiple ways around an obstacle or different ways of solving a puzzle. How they declare their actions really makes a difference to me and I can't remember a time when the "describe what they do" would make much of a difference anyway. EDIT: I like [USER=7016699]@prabe[/USER]'s idea of advantage if they have proficiency in multiple knowledge skills, I may have to try that out. It also makes sense - it's not like I think about what I learned from source A and completely ignore source B, I'm just trying to remember what I know on a given topic. But interdisciplinary knowledge can add up. [/QUOTE]

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