Lore
Typically used with: Insight.
In short: know the answer. Knowledge is power to those who know. Those with ranks in Lore are learned scholars, poring over books to glean even the smallest scrap of information. Characters with many ranks are unquestionable fountainheads of knowledge, and the people you always want on your team for trivia night. Lore is used any time a character wants knowledge on a subject. Often heard around the game table is "do I know about that?"
It can also be used to remember details about past events or specific people. Note that you must have noticed whatever detail it is you try to recall. If your character didn't perceive it, she won't have a memory of it.
Buying ranks in this skill could mean your character learns memory improvement and concentration techniques, or maybe has an all-night cram session with intravenous caffeine and piles of books.
Difficulty
To recall knowledge, the higher the DL, the more obscure or ancient the information is.
| Example | DL |
|---|---|
| Something trite (fish don't have hair; deserts are dry) | 5 |
| Normal information (a king's length of reign; the stories of a common place of mystery) | 10 |
| Somewhat uncommon information (vampires cannot see their reflections; the traditions on a major holiday in a distant country) | 15 |
| Fairly uncommon or professional information (the family tree of a noble; the cure for a rare disease; the vulnerabilities of a giant slime; the names of all blood vessels in a reptile) | 20 |
| Extremely specific or forgotten information (the secret password to open a long abandoned fortress; an ancient queen's tea preferences; what you had for breakfast on a specific date twenty years ago) | 30 |
| "How do you know that?" (the names of all past owners of a particular non-magical walking stick; the exact distance from a planet to the star it orbits at any given moment; the birth date of every person you've ever met) | 40 |
If the check is to recall past details, the difficulty for the check depends on the length of time since the event and how noticeable the detail you wish to recall was. At the GM's discretion, your character may remember something important without a check.
| Example | DL |
|---|---|
| Recalling the name of the tavern where you ate three days ago | 0 |
| Recalling what you had for dinner | 5 |
| Recalling the name of the waitress | 10 |
| Recalling a verse from a song the minstrel in the corner was singing | 20 |
| Recalling what your friends ordered, how long before it was out, and the total on the check | 30 |
Time
Lore checks take no time at all; your character either instantaneously knows about a topic or not.
Retry
Lore checks cannot be retried without spending a Fate point.
