| SNO_75 |
The knowledge Skill Unlock at 10 ranks states:
10 Ranks: When you successfully identify a creature, you gain a +1 competence bonus on attack rolls, opposed ability checks, skill checks, and caster level checks against creatures of that kind (e.g., glabrezu demons, but not other demons or evil outsiders) for 1 minute. This bonus increases by 1 for every 5 ranks beyond 10 you possess in that Knowledge skill.
In addition, the PRD states that knowledge checks are only made once:
Try Again: No. The check represents what you know, and thinking about a topic a second time doesn't let you know something that you never learned in the first place.
The question I have is:
As you can only make knowledge checks once per creature type, does that mean that the first time you see a creature in battle, if you succeed in identifying it, you get the one minute of bonuses and that's it for the rest of your existence?
If not, what is the limit? Can I 'identify' the same creature again in a fight (Yup, it's still a goblin) or would it be one creature type per battle limit? And if that's the limit, what if the creature were to escape and I ended up fighting it again the next day?