Ogre:CharacterCodex:Skills:Lore

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Lore[edit]

Lore represents a study of some body of lore, possibly an academic or even scientific discipline. Every Lore skill works the same way, they only apply to a different field of study.

Answering a question within your field of study has a DC of 10 (for really easy questions), 15 (for basic questions), or 20 to 30 (for really tough questions).

For every 5 points by which your check result exceeds the DC, you recall another piece of useful information.

General[edit]

Ability Intelligence
Action Instantaneous
Armor Penalty None
Untrained Yes
Concentration No

Proficiency: Other Lore skill

Description: Your general knowledge allows you to know a lot of things on many different topics but with very limited specific information.

Check: You are limited to knowing information that ask for a DC of 10 or less in any other lore skill.

Total Failure: You are wrong with the information you remember.

Try Again: No. The check represents what you know, and thinking about a topic a second time doesn't let you know something that you never learned in the first place.

Local[edit]

Ability Intelligence
Action Instantaneous
Armor Penalty None
Untrained Yes; see below
Concentration No

Synergy: Gather Information, Scrounging

Proficiency: Cities

Description: You know your way around in a city. You know the good and the bad places to hang out. You know who the important people in the city are and where they can generally be found. You also know specific laws, customs and traditions of the people of the city.

Total Failure: You are wrong with the information you remember.

Untrained: Yes; but you are limited to general knowledge.

Try Again: No. The check represents what you know, and thinking about a topic a second time doesn't let you know something that you never learned in the first place.

Politics[edit]

Ability Intelligence
Action Instantaneous
Armor Penalty None
Untrained Yes; see below
Concentration No

Synergy: Diplomacy

Proficiency: Each country

Description: Knowledge about the major groups in society and their relationships with other groups. This include knowledge relative to lineages, heraldry, family trees, mottoes, personalities, factions.

Total Failure: You are wrong with the information you remember.

Untrained: Yes; but you are limited to general knowledge.

Try Again: No. The check represents what you know, and thinking about a topic a second time doesn't let you know something that you never learned in the first place.