Questions tagged [knowledge-check]
For questions about knowledge checks. A knowledge check is typically a skill check to determine whether a character knows something, or how much they know.
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What are all the ways to combine Recall Knowledge with another action?
Consider the hypothetical: A prospective GM told us the campaign will feature many, many strange monsters that will absolutely murder us if we don't play into their puzzle-like nature. However, we ...
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How to limit sequential knowledge skill checks?
I had this issue with a knowledge check in our last session. Such checks do not require proficiency, everyone can try them. The paladin wanted to know if he could recall anything about a god the group ...
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What sort of questions can I ask/answer with an Underworld Lore roll?
been a while since I've been here last, but this question is a tad important.
I started playing in a Pathfinder 2e campaign a couple months ago with my character having the Criminal background. As ...
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Are you able to apply your tool proficiency bonus when there is an overlap with a skill but you are not proficient in that skill?
So for DnD 5e, XGtE expanded/clarified the use of Tool Proficiencies and very specifically talks about when skill and tool proficiencies overlap and what to do in those situations (advantage or added ...
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Should players know the name of monsters when they are encountered? [duplicate]
This is a question that I frequently ask myself as a DM. I usually play a (home made) rule that you must first succeed on an intelligence check with a DC that varies depending on the knowledge of the ...
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How much information is conveyed when a spell is identified?
Xanathar's Guide to Everything "expands on the spellcasting rules presented in the Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master's Guide, providing...new options", including the ability to identify ...
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How can a creature's maximum hp be determined?
Is it possible to determine a creature's maximum hit points through a Knowledge skill check or another means?
Related: What check to use for finding out current hit points?
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DC of Knowledge arcana/religion for information about spell mechanics
What's the DC on knowledge arcana/religion checks to know the mechanics of a higher level spell?
In my current campaign, the players try to find a scroll of true resurrection to revive a dead party ...
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Who decides which check to make on a recall knowledge action?
In Pathfinder 2, a character can attempt a Recall Knowledge check to get some information about a monster. There are several skills that can be used for such checks, but only some of them work for any ...
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Was there a published adventure that dooms the party if they fail a knowledge check?
I've recently seen a very strong claim made about knowledge skills:
If someone didn't take Knowledge: Nobility and Royalty and they can't identify heraldry, then you can wind up getting ****ed. This ...
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How can I specialize in only Monster Lore?
I am playing a Transmuter Specialist wizard. For many of my shapechanging shenanigans my DM has asked me to roll skill checks to determine if I know enough about a monster to be able to change into ...
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What skills in 5e give trap knowledge (i.e. the equivalent of Dungeoneering in 4e)?
4e had a skill called Dungeoneering which was used for recognizing hazards and knowledge of some monsters. This skill doesn't exist in 5e. Clearly Perception and Investigation can be used to find ...
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Can you put ranks into knowledge skills that aren't class skills?
Can you put ranks into knowledge skills that aren't class skills?
As a sorcerer, Knowledge Engineering isn't a class skill, can I still put ranks into it so I can do Engineering checks after I level?
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How do I best decide who knows what at the beginning of a game? [closed]
Adventure Paths (APs) come with a freely downloadable player's guide that details a lot of things about the setting of the AP, including mechanical suggestions such as which prestige classes or class ...
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Does the spell Know the Enemy allow knowledge rechecks?
There is a low level spell called Know the Enemy which grants +10 bonus to knowledge checks against a creature you encountered in the last day. Does casting this allow you to make a new knowledge ...
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