Happy New Year everyone! Took a bit of a longer break than I expected to, but we are so back.
Recall Knowledge is arguably the most underrated Skill Action in this game. Today I will talk about reasons why people think it's bad, discuss where I disagree, give advice to avoid pitfalls in places where I agree, and present a few guidelines on how best to use Recall Knowledge.
Timestamps:
- 0:00 Mathfinder Intro
- 0:12 Recall Knowledge Intro
- 1:00 Why people say Recall Knowledge is bad
- 4:05 #1 Recall Knowledge is "Tempo Negative"
- 12:08 #2 The Crit Fail Risk
- 16:26 #3 Recall Knowledge and Skill Investment
- 20:07 Skill Investment Math
- 31:58 #4 But the Thaumaturge is better anyways!
- 38:22 Tome Thaumaturge vs Outwit Ranger Math
- 42:31 Optimizing OTHER Recall Knowledge Users!
- 46:21 #5 Recall Knowledge is GM Dependent... and some advice!
- 52:34 Optimizing Recall Knowledge at the Table
- 59:18 Outro