Rules Update: Common Knowledge

All Professions and Races are common knowledge.  A PC may choose to know less if they wish, but everyone may choose to understand what each of these things are.  This does not allow someone to observe a skill from any of these lists and point out what it was, but rather the general traits of that race or list - everyone knows Ogres are strong, and High Elves are resistant to Negative Energy, Swashbucklers are finesse fighters, and Chaos Warriors are crazy.

Higher Lists, while posted on the website, are secret and well guarded organizations that must be learned about In-Game.  Very little is known about them, but rumors are spread about all of them, all characters know they exist but nothing about their capabilities.

A character with a Lore skill appropriate to a race, list, or skill (such as Lore: Gypsy, Lore: True Warlock, or Lore: Magic) may identify a skill as it is being used and the source that used it, rather than just the general traits of that race or class.

Example: Farmer Fred sees a High Elf throw a fireball at a Troll.  Fred would know that High Elves in general are inclined to use magic, but would not know the specifics of the exact spell that was cast.  With Lore: High Elf, he would know that High Elves have a bond with the Weave that allows them to cast more spells, but still not know what spell was cast.  Lore: Magic would allow him to know that the specific spell that was cast was Inferno, from the Fire sphere, and that it was cast by a Mage (as opposed to from a scroll or an item).

Good to know. thanks for the update.

This has been added to the Core Rules in the Online Rulebook.

A character with a Lore skill appropriate to a race, list, or skill (such as Lore: Gypsy, Lore: True Warlock, or Lore: Magic) may identify a skill as it is being used and the source that used it, rather than just the general traits of that race or class.

Does this mean you identify the specific source, as in Joe Warlock just used Bestow Nightmare on me; or do you simply know that a True Warlock used Bestow Nightmare?

If Guy Scholar had Lore: True Warlock and witnessed Joe Warlock use Bestow Nightmare on Tobar he would know Joe Warlock used the True Warlock ability Bestow Nightmare, and thus Joe Warlock would likely be turned into some kind of gooey substance pretty quickly.

If Guy Scholar witnessed only the effect, such as if Joe Warlock was around the corner, then Guy Scholar would only know that Bestow Nightmare was used on Tobar by a True Warlock.  Joe Warlock lives to see another day.

How does this interact with things like Truth of the Gypsy?

If I use Truth to tell a lie, can someone with Lore: Gypsy immediately identify that I used a skill to obfuscate the truth?

Adversely, does this stop everyone and their sister from saying "We know Gypsies can lie and not be detected" every single damned time someone truth checks us?