Lore

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Basic Facts

Skill Definition: Lore is the knowledge of cultures, traditions, stories, songs and the like from long ago. While most characters may assume a very basic understanding of Titania's popular culture and lore currently in practice, only characters with the Lore skill may have a broad and deep understanding of the stories and songs of long ago.

Common Uses: Mostly Lore is a hobbyist's skill- it has little 'use' as Titania defines the word, except as a subset of historical knowledge. Many professional historians, relatively rare as such a career may be, also study cultural artifacts and use them to show the values of a civilization.

Rule Information

Rule Notes: It is important to note that Lore and History are not the same skill--while Lore is the knowledge of songs, culture, stories, and beliefs, History is that of more factual events and timelines. Those with the Lore skill, for instance, may know the Anansi the Spider tales, and perhaps something of how they were passed down, but unless they also have the History skill it is unlikely that that same character would know anything about the peoples of Africa where the stories originated, or what happened to them. Lore will probably not be rolled often day-to-day, but PCs with the skill may ask a staffer for a witnessed roll to see what they know about a certain topic, and staffers may ask PCs to roll when cultural knowledge is relevant to a plot or scene.
Common Modifiers: Lore is typically rolled at 0, but can be modified for the difficulty of the task. Knowing "Happy Birthday" could be assumed without a roll; knowing a song that was famously popular 20 years ago might be rolled at +2; knowing a song that was famously popular to a specific culture on old Earth might be -2.
Counterskills: None relevant.