Points of Knowledge

Points of Knowledge are used to increase the amount of skill ranks a character possesses in a Skill. When a character has earned 5 points of knowledge in a skill, the amount of skill ranks in that skill increases by 1.

Earning Points of Knowledge
A character can earn a point of knowledge by spending weeks of training or by making difficult skill checks. If a character attempts a skill check with a DC equal to or greater to their total skill bonus plus 10 they earn a point of knowledge, regardless of whether they succeeded or failed the skill check.

For example, a character with a skill bonus in Climb of +6 would earn a point of knowledge whenever she attempts a Climb skill check with a DC of 16 or higher, but would not earn a point of knowledge on skill checks of DC 15 or lower.