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Is it intended that an Archivist bard cannot "take 10" on a knowledge check until level 17?
Normal bards get Lore Master at level 5. It allows them to take 10 on trained knowledge checks, and take 20 once per day.
The Archivist gets Lore Master earlier (at level 2) it allows him to take 20 on a knowledge check 1/day, but no mention of taking 10.
The Archivist doesn't get normal Lore Master at 5 because it's replaced by Jack of All Trades (the old version of which is replaced later by Probable Path).
This seems out of place. The bookish boring knowledge bard has to risk rolling low to identify creatures (Which he needs to do in order for his Bardic Performance to work) and has fewer skill points to put in those knowledge skills due to the lack of Versatile Performance.
Maybe I'm complaining too much. Magic Lore is really nice.