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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 1933988" data-attributes="member: 13098">OK, a couple of things.  For those that have never seen it, I am linking Mark's <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47525" target="_blank">DMing Advice</a> thread.  Talk about a great resource for some of the more interesting DM threads on EN World, this one has a lot to read.  It is a thread that cross-links other threads.Galeros, I wouldn't allow a Knowledge check to tell the PC everything about it.  But with time to study (be it personal observation, experience, or just studying reports of what the fungus can do), then the PC might be able to extrapolate some things.  Especially if coupled with the Heal skill!Remember, the PC has devoted a portion of her development to being knowledgable.  This isn't a golden key to bypass challenges, but it is an aspect of the character that you should be including in the game.  Allow a sufficiently high Knowledge check to help with the situation and point toward possible causes or solutions.Maybe the PC remember reading about a similar fungus back in the deep past?  Perhaps the PC is able to extrapolate that this fungus has never existed before and the only way it could exist is if it were recently created.  With a really good check, perhaps the PC extrapolates it further and guesses that some sort of divine guidance was granted.  Perhaps the check is good enough to provide a 3 or 4 different possibilities for origin and that gives the party a starting point.  Or maybe the DC is so high that the PC still knows nothing aside from not recognizing the fungus.  My point is to avoid being closed minded about it.  If the PC has devoted skill points into being good at something, allow them to be good at it.  Being good isn't an automatic solution, but the PC does need to derive some benefit from the skills.  Give the PC a bone to chew on, even if you don't want to give her the whole steak.RE: DMF Council.  Wow, thanks for the compliment LilMissKitten.  I think I would want to hear more what's involved so I can be sure I could participate sufficiently before I would agree.</blockquote>

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