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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Surgoshan" data-source="post: 4117598" data-attributes="member: 61205">Do you really not see the difference between those examples?  Being well-versed in history can plausibly allow you to remember a mostly forgotten and unused system of tunnels under a city.  Being well-versed in history won't let you remember that Tom the Adventuresome Baker left a crossbow in a barrel while being seduced by Rachel the Slutty Apple-Seller last week.One allows for narrative excitement and expands on the world in a way you hadn't already thought of.  The second is just the players attempting to break the game in a way the DM obviously shouldn't allow.  In a similar fashion, a player shouldn't be able to leap over a 40 foot wall just because he rolled a 20 on an untrained skill check.</blockquote>