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# Lore

Lore represents your deep knowledge of specialized subjects, ranging from the supernatural to the scholarly. You understand the workings of ancient magic, dark creatures, secretive organizations, and the arts. This skill encompasses everything from occult knowledge to academic understanding, allowing you to call upon centuries of wisdom in any situation.

This skill requires specialization. You need to indicate your specialization in parentheses next to your skill. Your rolls for any skill checks that are not your specialization have a -2 penalty.

Specializations:

- Occult — Knowledge of dark magic, curses, demonic pacts, and supernatural beings.

- History — Understanding of historical events, ancient civilizations, and key figures.

- Medicine — Proficiency in healing techniques, surgery, and understanding ailments.

- Academics — Mastery of literature, science, and scholarly pursuits.

- Religion — Knowledge of faiths, rituals, divine beings, and sacred texts.

## Stunts

Forbidden Scholar
  You may use your Lore (Occult) skill to identify magical effects, ancient curses, or abyssal markings that are normally undetectable. Once per session, you may declare you’ve read a forbidden text containing insight into the current supernatural threat and gain +2 on one roll to exploit its weakness.
Tomewalker
  When you spend time studying a written source (library, scroll, tablet, etc.), you may ask one additional question from the GM for every successful Lore roll. If you succeed with +3 or more, you uncover a secret the author did not intend to reveal.
Ritual Codex
  You may create a temporary ritual circle in 10 minutes that grants +2 to your next Lore-based magical research, decoding, or sealing attempt.
Arcanum Vault
  Once per session, you may declare that you’ve previously studied and copied the magical structure of a spell you’ve recently seen. You may now cast that spell one time using your Lore skill in place of Magic.
Scholar’s Focus
  When you use Lore to overcome a magical obstacle or create an advantage related to runes, wards, curses, or constructs, gain +2 to the roll. If you succeed, any allies interacting with the created aspect gain Advantage on their first related roll.