<em>Vladimir realises why his strikes seem to do less than occup the creature. Lycans can only be harmed by silver weapons, or highly magical or blessed weapons. Otherwise it takes the most grieves wounds to affect the beasts. Though he can see it is heading toward the group in the roadway. Thought he orc appears quite mighty, and a worthy follower of Cayden Cailen, he does not appear to be wielding a silver double axe.</em><br/><br/><strong>Yes this was related to monster lore Vlad. When making such checks, and not posessign the ranks in the skill, you can still exceed the maximum  DC10 check. Though that is only for Id'ing monsters. Still id doesn't hurt to have ranks in the core monster related knowledges...arcana, dungeoneering, nature, planes, and religion. </strong>