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Is it really worth it? As a bard you get plenty skillpoints, and the bonus for activating a class skill is much better than the benefits of such a "you can do this untrained and suck slightly less than normal" ability.
By level 3 any bard can have a point in all knowledges without compromising other skills.
Just remember (unless I'm forgetting a special ability) that you can't make a knowledge check over DC10 if you don't have a rank in it.
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Claxon: True, unless your a bard :)
Bardic Knowledge (Ex)
A bard adds half his class level (minimum 1) to all Knowledge skill checks and may make all Knowledge skill checks untrained.
That depends on who you're asking what the rule means. Anyone can already make knowledge checks untrained. The rule is that you just can't beat a DC 10 unless you have a rank in it. Now if you ask me I believe the RAI is that this ability means that you can bypass DC10 and that's how I'd rule it. But I'm not going to argue someone else's interpretation that says "you still can't do this because it doesn't say you can" because they're also technically right.
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That depends on who you're asking what the rule means. Anyone can already make knowledge checks untrained. The rule is that you just can't beat a DC 10 unless you have a rank in it. Now if you ask me I believe the RAI is that this ability means that you can bypass DC10 and that's how I'd rule it. But I'm not going to argue someone else's interpretation that says "you still can't do this because it doesn't say you can" because they're also technically right.Claxon: True, unless your a bard :)
Bardic Knowledge (Ex)
A bard adds half his class level (minimum 1) to all Knowledge skill checks and may make all Knowledge skill checks untrained.
Specific beats general, according to the rules. The bard's specific class ability overrules the general rules about knowledge skill checks.
The feat Breadth of experience gives a +2 on all knowledge and profession checks. You do have to be an elf, dwarf, or gnome who's at least 100 years old, though.
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You should look at the Knowledge skill again, claudekennilol.
Untrained: You cannot make an untrained Knowledge check with a DC higher than 10.
If you compare the actual text to the Bard ability rather than what you remember the text to be, the meaning is clear. Bards are allowed to make untrained Knowledge checks higher than DC 10 where most classes are not.
The human-only feats Improvisation and Improved Improvisation are probably what you are looking for.
But if you are trying to buff knowledge checks, nothing beats worshiping Irori and taking the Deific Obedience feat (+4 to all Knowledge checks, regardless of whether you have ranks in them). Okay, maybe doing the same with Magdh is a slight improvement if you are not playing PFS.
Balancer: Yeah, Improvisation was the feat I remembered. Ouch.... 2 feat for a +2 bonus.
It is not quite that bad -- each feat gives you a +2 bonus, for a total of +4 if you have both. But there are definitely better choices available.
OP, here's a trait if you want one:
Once per day, you can attempt a Knowledge check of your choice even if you are not trained in that skill and it is not usually possible to use that skill untrained. If you can normally use that skill untrained, you gain a +2 trait bonus on the check.
It's only once per day, but it is pretty much what you wanted.
That depends on who you're asking what the rule means. Anyone can already make knowledge checks untrained. The rule is that you just can't beat a DC 10 unless you have a rank in it. Now if you ask me I believe the RAI is that this ability means that you can bypass DC10 and that's how I'd rule it. But I'm not going to argue someone else's interpretation that says "you still can't do this because it doesn't say you can" because they're also technically right.Claxon: True, unless your a bard :)
Bardic Knowledge (Ex)
A bard adds half his class level (minimum 1) to all Knowledge skill checks and may make all Knowledge skill checks untrained.
That would flat out be ignoring what the ability says you can do. Which is make knowledge checks untrained where you otherwise wouldn't be able to due to it normally being a trained-only skill. Why on earth would an ability give you a redundant feature unless it meant something to say that.
Genuinely, what on earth are you talking about?