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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ferghis" data-source="post: 6036753" data-attributes="member: 40483">I agree that monster knowledge checks are poorly implemented. Better known monsters (such as orcs and dragons) should be simply better known, and even common peasants should know that dragons have breath weapons. Perhaps monsters should be divided up into three categories (well-known, known, unkown) referring to how much knowledge has been distributed about them. I also abhor the fact that skill check DCs change as characters go up in level. What do you think of something like the following DCs and the knowledge yielded, where better results include the lesser results, and "description" means that the DM doesn't have to give the details, just a vague description:10: type, role, temperament, and habitat of well-known monsters15: approximate level (relative to characters), description of basic attacks and aura or main trait (selected by DM) of well-known monsters20: trained skills (including perception), description of encounter and rechargeable powers of well-known monsters25: description of vulnerabilities and resistances, at-wills and secondary traits of well-known monsters20: type, role, temperament, and habitat of known monsters25: approximate level (relative to characters), description of basic attacks and aura or main trait (selected by DM) of known monsters30: trained skills (including perception), description of encounter and rechargeable powers of known monsters35: description of vulnerabilities and resistances, at-wills and secondary traits of known monsters35: type, role, temperament, and habitat of unknown monsters40: approximate level (relative to characters), description of basic attacks and aura or main trait (selected by DM) of unknown monsters45: trained skills (including perception), description of encounter and rechargeable powers of unknown monsters50: description of vulnerabilities and resistances, at-wills and secondary traits of unknown monsters</blockquote>

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