OoC thread

[GM Marvel]

I can now see your sheets.  In fact, they are on my list of characters.  Must be because you both gave me edit rights.  Also, the idea for untrained DC<=10 seems like it might work too.

D&D = planes. You are correct of course and silly me forgetting this .
Humanoids. Not sure about monstrous humanoids but IIRC you used local for kobolds as well so it's consistent.

I looked it up.  Knowledge: Nature, is for Monstrous Humanoids; Knowledge: Local, is for just Humanoids.  Kobolds happen to be just Humanoids (reptilian) not Monstrous Humanoids.  [see below]

Below are listed typical fields of study.

• Arcana (ancient mysteries, magic traditions, arcane symbols, cryptic phrases, constructs, dragons, magical beasts)
  
• Architecture and engineering (buildings, aqueducts, bridges, fortifications)
  
• Dungeoneering (aberrations, caverns, oozes, spelunking)
  
• Geography (lands, terrain, climate, people)
  
• History (royalty, wars, colonies, migrations, founding of cities)
  
• Local (legends, personalities, inhabitants, laws, customs, traditions, humanoids)
  
• Nature (animals, fey, giants, monstrous humanoids, plants, seasons and cycles, weather, vermin)
  
• Nobility and royalty (lineages, heraldry, family trees, mottoes, personalities)
  
• Religion (gods and goddesses, mythic history, ecclesiastic tradition, holy symbols, undead)
  
• The planes (the Inner Planes, the Outer Planes, the Astral Plane, the Ethereal Plane, outsiders, elementals, magic related to the planes)

Some Further Ramblings...

In the Forgotten Realms, they split up the map into regions that you must pick for Knowledge: Local.  And any other skill that has to do with that region would give you +2 synergy.  So if you had Local 5 (Sword Coast) you would get +2 for geography, Nobility, Religion, etc. dealing with the Sword Coast.  Which is a cool idea except it would require a huge expenditure of Skill points to become knowledgeable in just a few regions.  When the game sometimes only gives you 2 skill points per level it doesn't seem realistic.  Also, why should a Rogue be potentially more knowledgeable (8 skill points per level) than a Wizard (2 skill points)?  

If anyone has a suggestion that seems more fair then the one suggested for the FR, I'd be happy to listen.  Just off the top of my head I was thinking that Knowledge (and maybe craft and profession) should get their own allotment of skill points based only upon the character's intelligence mod per level (or Int mod+1).