It doesn't need to help, but it still should. I'm assuming from the question that the character doesn't have enough experience to know it automatically, or the OP wouldn't have asked. Call it a roll against Naturalist+6. That works out to an easy IQ roll if you don't have the skill, and a near sure thing if you have even a point in it.
On 5/7/07, JL Hatlen Linnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 5/7/07, Patrick Malone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/7/07, Susan Koziel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If they've seen elephants regularly before then I'd say IQ. > > If they've not seen elephants regularly - naturalist or biology. > > -Sue > > I would still call it naturalist/biology, but at a plus to skill. If > it's just IQ, then having the skills doesn't help. And it doesn't need to. From my daily experience I can tell you the difference between collies and dobermans, and I've studied neither. If elephants were a daily part of my life, I'd be able to tell you which is which without any reference to naturalist skills. It almost falls under assumed area knowledge of one's home to be able to recognize whether a gigantic animal looks like the ones you usually see there.
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