Class and Level Geekery IX: the thread levels up again!

[zimmerwald1915]

Would Roy need Knowledge (Geography) (or whichever other type would be most appropriate. Such as if Knowledge [Navigation] or Knowledge [Sailing] is a thing) to know how to use the sextant? Or would this be covered under common knowledge in a-based D&D world?

No. The sextant was probably a masterwork tool that applied a +2 bonus to whatever checks Roy made to find Shojo's coordinates for Girard's Gate. I think he made, with the aid of the sextant, a series of DC 15 Survival checks to navigate to the coordinates, but since Survival can be used untrained, that doesn't really say anything about Roy's stats.