Lore Keeper and Focused Trance

[Jadeite]

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Lore Keeper (Ex): Instead of encyclopedic knowledge, you learn most of your information through tales, songs, and poems. You may use your Charisma modifier instead of your Intelligence modifier on all Knowledge checks.

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Focused Trance (Ex): You can enter a deep meditation, blocking out visual and auditory stimuli and allowing you to concentrate on a single problem, philosophical issue, or memory. This trance lasts 1d6 rounds, during which time you can only take move actions. During this period, you gain a bonus equal to your level on all saves against sonic effects and gaze attacks. When you come out of your trance, you may make a single Intelligence-based skill check with a +20 circumstance bonus. You may enter your focused trance a number of times per day equal to your Charisma modifier.

Am I correct in assuming that an oracle with Lore Keeper would no longer be able to use Focused Trance on knowledge skills, making it only applicable on appraise, craft, linguistic and spellcraft?

[Morgen]

Lore Keeper says may use your Charisma modifier, not must use your Charisma modifier.

[gran rey de los mono]

Personally, I see no reason why they can't be combined. I would allow it, anyway.

[Jadeite]

Morgen wrote:

Lore Keeper says may use your Charisma modifier, not must use your Charisma modifier.

Thanks, that makes Lore Keeper a bit better.

[Jadeite]

gran rey de los mono wrote:

Personally, I see no reason why they can't be combined. I would allow it, anyway.

The reason is, that with Lore Keeper knowledge skills are no longer intelligence based.

[gran rey de los mono]

Jadeite wrote:

The reason is, that with Lore Keeper knowledge skills are no longer intelligence based.

I see why, by RAW, it wouldn't be allowed. I meant that I don't see any real reason not to allow it anyway.