Gather Information

Gather Information (Cha)
Plea Bargain: The character can offer a plea bargainin order to gain information from a captured subject,in lieu of the normal bribe. The character could offer to free the subject in return for information, or offer areduced sentence to a captured criminal, and so forth.Characters using the Gather Information skill to PleaBargain take a –4 penalty if the character does not havethe Interrogation feat. Check An evening’s time, a few gold pieces for buying drinks and making friends, and a DC 10 Gather Information check get you a general idea of a city’s major news items, assuming there are no obvious reasons why the information would be withheld. The higher your check result, the better the information.

If you want to find out about a specific rumor, or a specific item, or obtain a map, or do something else along those lines, the DC for the check is 15 to 25, or even higher.

See also: epic usages of Gather Information.

Action
A typical Gather Information check takes 1d4+1 hours.

Try Again
Yes, but it takes time for each check. Furthermore, you may draw attention to yourself if you repeatedly pursue a certain type of information.

Special
A half-elf has a +2 racial bonus on Gather Information checks.

If you have the Investigator feat, you get a +2 bonus on Gather Information checks.

Synergy
If you have 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (local), you get a +2 bonus on Gather Information checks.