User Tools

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Next revision		Previous revision
priority:skills:lore [2023/05/24 01:19] – created elfinlockspriority:skills:lore [2026/03/09 21:27] (current) – removed elfinlocks
Line 1: Line 1:
-====== Lore (INT) ====== 
  
-You possess a specialized area of knowledge, generally narrower than that of a full-fledged scholar. Lore acts as a catchall skill for information, similar to how Craft handles artisanal skills and Profession handles professional skills. 
- 
-The category of a Lore skill can vary widely from that of another Lore skill. It could be regional (such as a city or country), about a discipline (such as cryptography), or related to a narrow set of people (such as famous musicians). The scope of region-based Lore skills can also refer to specific subcategories, such as taverns in a particular region. 
- 
-A Lore skill must be narrow—far narrower than the most relevant Knowledge skill. The broader the scope of a given category of Lore, the shallower your knowledge is on that topic. If you know about taverns in a wide region, you know less about each of them than you would if you had Lore in taverns of a specific city. Lore skills normally can’t be used to identify monsters the way Knowledge skills can, unless they refer to a specific type of monster (such as owlbears or vampires). If Lore involves a common, broad category of race or monster, it needs to be more specific. Lore (elves) would be too broad, as would Lore (dragons). 
- 
-At GM discretion, a Lore check may have an easier DC than a Knowledge check, due to the narrower field of application. 
- 
-===== Table: Lore Skill Examples ===== 
-{{tablelayout?rowsHeaderSource=Auto}} 
-^ Appropriate Lore Skills                      ^ Inappropriate Choices                ^ 
-| A particular small city                      | Settlements (or smaller settlement)  | 
-| One district of a large city or metropolis   | An entire large city or metropolis   | 
-| A particular monastery                       | Monasteries                          | 
-| Taverns in a region                          | Taverns                              | 
-| Bandits in a region                          | Banditry                             | 
-| Famous battles in a region                   | Famous battles                       | 
-| The spice trade                              | Commerce                             | 
-| Cats                                         | Animals                              | 
-| Drow matriarchs                              | Drow                                 | 
-| Dwarven history                              | Dwarves                              | 
-| Frost giants                                 | Giants                               | 
-| A particular deity                           | Gods                                 | 
-| Dagon                                        | Demon lords                          | 
-| Phlegethon                                   | Hell                                 | 
-| Military commanders                          | Warfare                              | 
-| Famous singers                               | Music                                | 
-| Infernal contracts                           | Devils                               | 
-| Evocations                                   | Spells                               | 
-| Silver and mithral                           | Metals                               | 
-| Tea                                          | Beverages                            | 
-| Trees                                        | Plants                               | 
-| Tattoos                                      | Art                                  |