How does Amella get +7 Knowledge (Geography)? Should be +3 by my calculations. Does she get a +4 from Lavinia's charts or something?
Amella is a 4th level rogue so:
4 ranks for Knowledge(Geography) for 1st level +
1 rank for each level after 1st.
Therefore, 4 + 3 = 7
Amella is a 4th level rogue so:
4 ranks for Knowledge(Geography) for 1st level +
1 rank for each level after 1st.Therefore, 4 + 3 = 7
And then, cut the Bonus in half for knowledge(geo) not being a class skill for rogues. I don´t have her stats at hand, but I doubt that she´s got a 18 int...
If she has a Skill Focus feat on it, thats +3, and perhaps +1 from her int. Or perhaps a +2 synergy bonus from profession(sailor), if she has got that skill, although that would not be covered by the RAW, and +2 from Int. (Again, I don´t have her stats at hand, so I don´t know exactly).Stefan
I just looked up her stats while at home in my break (yes I do live that close to my workplace), and I can´t find an explanation in her stats for her having +7 on Knowlegde(Geography) - she has skill focus profession sailor, and an average INT, so it should not be higher than +3. Even accurate maps should not give more than a +2 circumstance bonus IMHO, and a synergy effect with profession (sailor), apart from being not covered by the RAW, would not grant more than +2.
So, for the time being, I´d say that this is an error. No biggie, for sure, but a victory for us nitpickers ;-))
Stefan
Well if she had a +3 then +2 for maps and +2 for synergy then that would be a +7.
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Amella's Knowledge (geography) skill originally included two +2 circumstance bonuses, one from a masterwork sextant and one from high-quality sea charts. Alas, we ended up cutting those two items from her stats in order to make her stat block fit the half-page format, and forgot to correct her skill.
As presented, she should have Knowledge (geography) +3.
Note also that the adventure doesn't expect her to be making these checks; they're either going to be made by a PC or by Urol Forol. So yeah, it's an error, but not one that should have any reall observable impact on the adventure.
Thanks James, and everyone else who replied. I just wanted to know if there was something I was missing. If one of my PC's takes ranks in Knowledge (Geography) then I wanted to be prepared for any hidden synergy or other mod I might have been unaware of.
A masterwork sextant sounds like a great idea though. I might have Amella lend it to the PC's, if they spy her using it on the deck!
P.S. Yes, I am a pendant but for anyone keeping tabs on the NPC stats, Amella's swim mod should be +6 (not +7 as listed) due to her -1 STR mod.