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Hi, I am about to make my first house rule on recall knowledge and would like your input.
I would like to remove the need for players to suggest a skill. It is a secret roll, and I keep it as such, and I can see which skill/lore would fit best for the creature and would be their best chance to get their questions answered.
In encounter mode they start wondering about a creature and discussing it between themselves "What was that?", and I find it at natural place for me to make a recall knowledge check for the characters and prompting them for questions or giving them an answer for the question they ask.
In combat mode the players say they take the Recall Knowledge action, I roll the dice based on what I think would be fitting for the character to think, and they get their answers.
I think there could be some problems with it, but perhaps there is more than I have thought of.
Problems with item bonuses and temporary bonuses like guidance, could be problems. But they haven't tried that yet.
Is there something I am missing with them suggesting a skill, perhaps?