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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 1946457" data-attributes="member: 1331">Your points 1 & 2 go together, and I agree with you there. Use lots of circumstance modifiers for complexity; I call it DC 15 for a very simple printed document, DC 20 for anything with handwriting, DC 25 if there are simple images or unkown language, and DC 30+ for anything that has complex images, mathematical formulas, or magical diagrams of any kind.Memorizing a spellbook page might be possible, but won't let anyone prepare spells without the book. IMC, the reason writing in a spellbook is so slow and costly is because the diagrams are an integral part of spell preparation. The wizard must perform specific mental exercises while gazing at the mathematically precise diagrams. Without the diagrams in front of his eyes, he can't prepare anything (except via the Spell Mastery feat).On point 3, I don't think that means what you think it means.If the character spends a few months and flips through every page in a library, he can memorize them all. Fine. That doesn't mean he has any comprehension or recall of the facts in those books. All he gets is the ability to call up an image of a particular page, if he knows which page he wants.It's like scanning pages of an encyclopedia into your computer. You get a bunch of image files that show you exactly what each page looks like, and if you ask to see page 219 of volume R, you can read the Raccoon entry. But without comprehension of the pages, you'll have no idea which page or volume you need to look in, so having that image database doesn't help when some unfamiliar fuzzy animal has run off with your car keys.A character who memorized a library might get a bonus on Research checks away from the library, but he could not be helped by anybody using "Aid Another," and it would take at least as long as researching in the library itself. (It might even take longer, depending on whether he remembered to memorize the card catalog. <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=":)" />)House rules coming:I've split the skill into two parts. My Autohypnosis skill covers only the mental aspects, like memorization and lessening pain. The other skill has the working title "Biohypnosis" and covers the physical aspects, like ignoring poison and becoming stable. Biohypnosis is a class skill only for psychic warriors and a couple of PrCs, and your ranks in the skill may never exceed your maximum power points. (Obviously this means it can't be taken by nonpsionic characters.)</blockquote>

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