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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felnar" data-source="post: 2301473" data-attributes="member: 30971">magic ruins a DM's best laid plans... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />  I wouldve handled the situation differenty.The Intellegence stat is not how smart your character is. Intellegent characters are "smarter" because they get more skill points (which could go into knowledge skills). If your character didnt train in mathematics, he doesnt know it (maybe you could argue that your intellegent character could reason it though <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ). Also, remember that a raise in Intellegence is not retroactive.It shouldve required some sort of knowledge check. Does your DM let you make untrained knowledge checks normally? ("what your character knows" isnt handled all that well in the core rules. For example, you have to buy Knowledge(local). My group house ruled getting some free knowledge type skills at character creation.)The Souljourner brings up a good point too, how did you measure the angles? I would say its fairly easy with improvised tools tho (using a weighted string). I'd have you make a check for each angle measured (fail and your measurement is off), then if your character did know trigonometry i'd do a Knowledge(math) check DC 15 (basic question) to calculate where you think the Big Bad is, then let you attempt the DDoor. Reading the Locate Creature spell, it seems like it was only designed for 2-D top-down use, because it's blocked by "running water". To me this feels similar to the vampire weakness "unable to cross running water".  Now that i've shat all over everything... I would like to applaud your clever thinking (even if it was a tad meta-game) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> . After you beat the Big Bad, did you remember to proceed backward through his lair and ambush all his guardians from behind?- Felnar Funny, the Geometer PrC (CArcane) doesnt even require Knowledge(mathematics).</blockquote>

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