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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Isn't the secret trait on most skill checks for knowledge? I love that critical fails on those have the GM give plausible but wrong information.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It is! Though I've ignored that in my games because I feel like recall knowledge is a little limited. I allow one attempt out of combat to recall knowledge, allow repeated checks in combat to identify creatures, and don't don't give incorrect information on a crit fail. The last bit is why I don't bother making the rolls secret.