Lore is essentially a scope or familiarity with the specific subject that affects skills, traits, features, and powers that are related to it. It is pure knowledge and contextual (Lore: Nanotechnology will span its use in Physics, Biology, and Chemistry – though give little in the way of direct applied science knowledge of those [skills]), it does not benefit from being clever or smart. It does not expand or improve significantly over time with life experience – more focused study can improve it. Lores are specific and additive to other capabilities, typically gained through formal education or focused study. The information gained is Vertical Knowledge – Lores themselves get no bonuses of any kind. The Obsessive Student feature grants a deep uptake on Lores. The Lore Knowledge Levels follow the standard Learning levels.

Scope: Knowledge represented by Lores has a scope of what a particular context (setting and experience) has the potential of exposing the possessor to. A character may not be able to apply their full lore once they are taken to a different world, with different species and cultures (or even physics).

Common Requirements

• Significant time to acquire/achieve outside of Character Inception.
• Advanced concepts that leverage this knowledge require progressively more advanced communication skills; This Requires Study + A Measure of Understanding = Lore level.

Gaining Lores from Game Immersion

SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE: Reference works and basic exposure alone may only provide the foundation for gaining a [mechanics based] advantage. To reflect the practice and experience to gain that benefit consistently, typically requires a cost in Character Points.

Rudimentary Apprehension: They reflect a very small bit of knowledge of a particular subject detail, person, a particular time and/or a particular place. These are often acquired through casual in-game experience as Rewards. The Game Master, Setting, and/or story elements will determine what is relevant and/or appropriate.

= LEVEL 1