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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patman21967" data-source="post: 1885198" data-attributes="member: 19260">Anyone ever hear of Knowledge skills?What I'm going to say may seem a bit weird, but here goes..To know things like, what is that monsters weakness, what does that undead drain, what spell that wizard just cast, a character needs the appropriate knowledge skill. We all know that a fireball has x range and x area of effect, but does Bob the dumb barbarain know that? Does he realize that all fireballs are the same size, and do not vary by power level of the Wizard? Only if he has Knowledge Arcane, or Spellcraft. Can he tell the parties Wizard or Priest which spells to cast prior to combat, In my opinion about as well as the Wizard could give him ideas about berserking. Does Billy the Priest of Pelor know that Wights drain levels? That's what Knowledge Religon is for.. Here is my point...Play in Character.....People do not want to "waste" their valuable skill points on knowledge skills, they want their characters to know what they as players know, and that is lame. I hate players who are fighters and tell the Clerics and Mages what spells to cast. etc....That is metagaming at its worst. If you want to use things that you as a player know, the only way to justify it is to take the appropriate knowledge skills, or experience it " in character "There...that felt good</blockquote>