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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1658319" data-attributes="member: 158">+18 on Knowledge (Physical Sci), because Skill Focus is +3, not +2, even in d20 modern.I think Mallus made an excellent point, in assigning - if you want to get down to it, that's the easiest way, rather than asserting that Einstein was high-level or some such. But I still assert that Einstein did not need 20 ranks to be a good Physicist. And thanks for pulling those other bonuses out of Modern; I forgot all about them.Wouldn't say that at all: He probably has the same or close level of Knowledge and Skill as Einstein; but the problems that Einstein faced were DC 30 Tasks; to your friend, with 50 years' knowledge and textbooks supporting him, these same tasks may be only DC 20. It's the same as a Climb check up a knotted rope being DC 5, and a climb up a wet wall is DC 20; different times and circumstances make a whole different picture...Now, Ask Ted to come up with a Nobel Prize-winning theory that would make him famous within the community, and that WOULD be a DC 30 task...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 1658319, member: 158"] +18 on Knowledge (Physical Sci), because Skill Focus is +3, not +2, even in d20 modern. I think Mallus made an excellent point, in assigning - if you want to get down to it, that's the easiest way, rather than asserting that Einstein was high-level or some such. But I still assert that Einstein did not need 20 ranks to be a good Physicist. And thanks for pulling those other bonuses out of Modern; I forgot all about them. Wouldn't say that at all: He probably has the [B]same[/B] or close level of Knowledge and Skill as Einstein; but the problems that Einstein faced were DC 30 Tasks; to your friend, with 50 years' knowledge and textbooks supporting him, these same tasks may be only DC 20. It's the same as a Climb check up a knotted rope being DC 5, and a climb up a wet wall is DC 20; different times and circumstances make a whole different picture... Now, Ask Ted to come up with a Nobel Prize-winning theory that would make him famous within the community, and that WOULD be a DC 30 task... [/QUOTE]

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