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RoyalBatty: /* Lore Points */

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‎Lore Points

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RoyalBatty: /* Class Lore */

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‎Class Lore

RoyalBatty: /* Available Society Lores */

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‎Available Society Lores

RoyalBatty: /* Splat Lore */

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‎Splat Lore

RoyalBatty: /* Class Lore */

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‎Class Lore

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‎Class Lore

RoyalBatty: /* Overview */

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‎Overview

RoyalBatty: /* Class Lore */

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‎Class Lore

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‎Society Lore

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 There is Splat Lore (Vampire Lore, Mage Lore, Werewolf Lore, etc.) for each game line.
 There is Class Lore (Mage Traditions, Vampire Clans, Werewolf Tribes, Changeling Kiths, etc.)
-There is lastly Society Lore (Camarilla, Sabbat, Technocracy etc., the secret societies)
+There is lastly Society Lore (Camarilla, Sabbat, Technocracy etc., the secret societies).
 Your character automatically gets 1 dots of Splat Lore, 1 dot of Class Lore, and 1 dot of Society Lore for any groups that correspond to their character.  If, at character generation, your character has Necromancy, thus inherently interacts with wraiths, then you get a dot of Wraith Lore.  Dots of Spirit or Spirit Manipulation does not confer Spirit Lore.  Instead, please purchase the Cosmology ability.
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 = Splat Lore =
 Splat Lore may be used to identify NPCs belonging to that particular Splat (if there is some kind of IC basis for your character to know who is who, anyway), weaknesses and shortfalls universal among them (for all your Van Helsing needs), or evidence suggesting the presence/activity of its members.  This is to be understood as having somehow ICly learned identifying information, such as the fact that so-and-so is a Vampire, or that Mages really do use potions and this here sure looks like a potion to you, or these claw marks look like something a Werewolf would leave behind.

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 == Clans ==
 * '''Assamite Lore'''

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 * '''Nephandi Lore'''
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-Societies belonging to other splats ("Garou Nation", for example) can be purchased on specific request.
+Societies belonging to other splats ("Garou Nation" or "Unseelie", for example) can be purchased on specific request.
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 = Class Lore =
 Class Lore may be used to identify NPCs belonging to that particular Class (if there is some kind of IC basis for your character to know who is who, anyway), the political and social implications of things thereof, any cultural or religious beliefs and practices or signature behavior, historical notes, and evidence suggesting the presence/activity of its members.

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 = Splat Lore =
 Splat Lore may be used to identify NPCs belonging to that particular Splat (if there is some kind of IC basis for your character to know who is who, anyway), weaknesses and shortfalls universal among them (for all your Van Helsing needs), or evidence suggesting the presence/activity of its members.  This is to be understood as having somehow ICly learned identifying information, such as the fact that so-and-so is a Vampire, or that Mages really do use potions and this here sure looks like a potion to you, or these claw marks look like something a Werewolf would leave behind.
 Splat lore does not confer supernatural abilities to identify a member of said splat.  Due to its generalized/all-purpose nature, the difficulty for any and all Splat Lore rolls should be 8 or higher.  At the ST's discretion, a lore roll might require more than one success to confer appropriate information, or be narratively inappropriate.   Further, an ST might rule something to be sufficiently obscure as to not qualify for a lore roll.
 For example, you receive a series of cryptic letters from someone who keeps signing 'Nico Conti'.  You have Vampire Lore, so you ask the ST, "Do I recognize the name Nico Conti as a vampire?"  Behind the scenes, Nico Conti is in fact a vampire, but he's some neonate jackass from Toledo, Ohio.  Hardly a man of import.  It doesn't make narrative sense to confirm the identity of some random neonate who is from a place your character has never been.

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	'''Example:''' You come across a disturbing tome full of esoteric writings which devolve, in their final pages, into babbling paranoia of the clearly unwell. The ST has you roll Lasombra lore. You roll well! The storyteller tells you, "You recognize this as a collection of theories and experiments by Constanza Cervantez, an Abyss Mystic who ultimately succumbed to the madness of her revelations. Rumor has it she had a library somewhere in Hidalgo... This peek might just be the first breadcrumb towards a trove of grim knowledge."		'''Example:''' You come across a disturbing tome full of esoteric writings which devolve, in their final pages, into babbling paranoia of the clearly unwell. The ST has you roll Lasombra lore. You roll well! The storyteller tells you, "You recognize this as a collection of theories and experiments by Constanza Cervantez, an Abyss Mystic who ultimately succumbed to the madness of her revelations. Rumor has it she had a library somewhere in Hidalgo... This peek might just be the first breadcrumb towards a trove of grim knowledge."
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	'''Example:''' The ST tells you, "you find a little, red marble that feels strangely slick." You try to figure out what it is. The ST has you roll Tremere Lore, which you do successfully. You recognize this as a small, enchanted supply of vitae created by the Principle Focus of Vitae Infusion ritual.		'''Example:''' The ST tells you, "you find a little, red marble that feels strangely slick." You try to figure out what it is. The ST has you roll Tremere Lore, which you do successfully. You recognize this as a small, enchanted supply of vitae created by the Principle Focus of Vitae Infusion ritual.

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 Lores determine what your character knows about the greater World of Darkness, and thus works like an Occult rating when it comes specifically to that subject.  Thus, Lore is rolled to interpret clues and recognize objects and people where narratively relevant/appropriate.  When a storyteller is dropping a clue related to a Lore you have, they may prompt you to roll the appropriate Lore to properly interpret that clue. You can also proactively ask to roll lores to confirm your educated guess(es) instead of waiting for a ST to prompt you.
 Lore is '''not''' attached to certain levels of knowledge, like "for 2 dots of vampire lore, you know that the book of Nod is a thing!" -- we don't do that.
 = Book Content And Appropriate Use =

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 Class lore does not confer supernatural abilities to identify a member of said society.  The difficulty for any and all Class Lore rolls should be 6 or higher.  At the ST's discretion, a lore roll might require more than one success to confer appropriate information, or be narratively inappropriate.
-Here's an example of using Class Lore: You come across a disturbing tome full of esoteric writings which devolve, in their final pages, into babbling paranoia of the clearly unwell.  The ST has you roll Lasombra lore. You roll well! The storyteller tells you, "You recognize this as a collection of theories and experiments by Constanza Cervantez, an Abyss Mystic who ultimately succumbed to the madness of her revelations. Rumor has it she had a library somewhere in Hidalgo... This peek might just be the first breadcrumb towards a trove of grim knowledge."
+'''Example:''' You come across a disturbing tome full of esoteric writings which devolve, in their final pages, into babbling paranoia of the clearly unwell.  The ST has you roll Lasombra lore. You roll well! The storyteller tells you, "You recognize this as a collection of theories and experiments by Constanza Cervantez, an Abyss Mystic who ultimately succumbed to the madness of her revelations. Rumor has it she had a library somewhere in Hidalgo... This peek might just be the first breadcrumb towards a trove of grim knowledge."
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 Society lore does not confer supernatural abilities to identify a member of said society.  The difficulty for any and all Society Lore rolls should be 6 or higher.  At the ST's discretion, a lore roll might require more than one success to confer appropriate information, or be narratively inappropriate.
-Here's an example of using Society Lore: Jimmy reads in the news about a series of murders taking place as Spring approaches, along with a surge in missing persons cases.  He has a lot of Sabbat Lore.  The Storyteller prompts Jimmy to roll it. He gets some successes and the Storyteller says, 'You can't help but remember that the Sabbat have a festival upcoming called Festivo Dello Estinto.'
+'''Example:''' You read in the news about a series of murders taking place as Spring approaches, along with a surge in missing persons cases.  The Storyteller prompts you to roll Sabbat Lore. You roll high, and the St reveals, "You can't help but remember that the Sabbat have a festival upcoming called Festivo Dello Estinto... Could this string of missing people be ill-fated entrees at the blood feast?"
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 = Available Society Lores =
 * '''Anarch Lore'''