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This one is simple. In a class when it says something about your "character level" such as this bit from loremaster...
At 2nd level, a loremaster adds half his level to all Knowledge skill checks and may make such checks untrained. The bonuses gained from this ability stack with those gained from Bardic Knowledge.
Does it mean add half your loremaster level, or half your total character level? Does it ever differentiate? Just something I've been wondering, thanks!
Class level = levels in one particular class (ranger 2, paladin 2, etc.)
Character level = all levels from all classes (ranger 2/paladin 2 is character level 4)
This Lore text suggests it is class levels, not character levels. The fact that it states it stacks with Bardic Knowledge is proof of that. So you only add 1/2 of your levels in Loremaster as your bonus. Not a very big bonus, but I guess that's why they let it stack with Bard Knowledge.
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sounds good. so that's just an example of bad wording, but "his level" means character level.Actually in class and prestige class ability descriptions, "his level" almost always means "his level in this class" rather than character level.
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It is assumed that any class ability that says "level" means "levels in this class" unless explicitly noted otherwise.