Loremaster's Lore Class Feature

[Cloudyshine]

This has boggled my mind for a bit about Prestige Classes, and I think I need some clarification. The Lore class feature looks like this:

Quote:

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 that mean I add half my total level to Knowledge Checks, or half my Loremaster level?

EDIT:

Secondary question: Would these bonuses stack with the bonus you get to Knowledge skills from the Scroll Scholar Wizard archetype? I know it says it stacks with Bardic Knowledge, but I need to know if it does or does not stack with the Scroll Scholar.

[Loengrin]

Cloudyshine wrote:

This has boggled my mind for a bit about Prestige Classes, and I think I need some clarification. The Lore class feature looks like this:

Quote:

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 that mean I add half my total level to Knowledge Checks, or half my Loremaster level?

EDIT:

Secondary question: Would these bonuses stack with the bonus you get to Knowledge skills from the Scroll Scholar Wizard archetype? I know it says it stacks with Bardic Knowledge, but I need to know if it does or does not stack with the Scroll Scholar.

1 - A loremaster add half his level usually mean half level of loremaster... when "his level" is used in a class it usually refer to the class level... It is implied that you need to use the Loremaster level...

2 - I don't see what would refrain you from stacking those bonus they are not typed, you gain Half level bonus from Loremaster and Half level bonus from Scroll Scholar Wizard (min+1 for the Scholar)