Race Rules (at long last)

Remember that there is no pre-defined list of trades, so Merchant is still allowed.  You can be a merchant of Luxuries, a merchant of Durables, a merchant of Clothing, etc.  (In other words, you re-sell it other than making it yourself.)

So here's a question.  I know in the past I've gotten told there is no such skill as bedouin lore, and we are not allowed to call that.  However right in the beginning of the race rules it says each race is the subject of a lore skill.  Are we now allowed to use our race as a lore?

Also as a rp thing, and sorry its again about bedouins but it says  that all women are revered and cherished and should be protected and then later it says that men are in charge and leadership is not a womans place.  Those statements seem kind of opposite, in one side women are great, which I've not heard before, and on the other women aren't to be in charge or hold responisibilty.  Is it meant to be like that, or is there one way its supposed to be?

So here's a question.  I know in the past I've gotten told there is no such skill as bedouin lore, and we are not allowed to call that.  However right in the beginning of the race rules it says each race is the subject of a lore skill.  Are we now allowed to use our race as a lore?

I think that is tied with what MattWhite posted on the Five Lore Catagories. From what it looked like, Culture Lore: Bedouin is what the original one equates to.

Also as a rp thing, and sorry its again about bedouins but it says  that all women are revered and cherished and should be protected and then later it says that men are in charge and leadership is not a womans place.  Those statements seem kind of opposite, in one side women are great, which I've not heard before, and on the other women aren't to be in charge or hold responisibilty.  Is it meant to be like that, or is there one way its supposed to be?

They're not mutually exclusive.  The angle should be viewed as "Politics and Leadership are too tough / dangerous for a woman.  If they get exposed to that kind of stuff, they could be hurt."  They're important, but the men think they should be protected from the harsher elements of life.

Geoff is right, the Bedouin standard on women pretty much involves a heavy dose of machismo and chauvenism. A Kormyrian might regard their reverence of women as being a convenient device by which to rationalize their suhjugation. A Bedouin - man or woman - would disagree, of course.

Regarding race lores, the section you read specifically puts all past precedents to bed. A Bedouin now, by default, knows the lore of his or her own people, and likewise for all races. And yes, this means you can invoke that knowledge in an official capacity by calling "Lore: Race". It just seemed like something long overdue, so we did it.

Remember that there is no pre-defined list of trades, so Merchant is still allowed.  You can be a merchant of Luxuries, a merchant of Durables, a merchant of Clothing, etc.  (In other words, you re-sell it other than making it yourself.)

I get that but from a logistical point:

On my card it said Trade: Merchant.  It was a given racial.
Now it isn't and Trade: Merchant isn't on the commoner list (from what I can gather you have to pick Luxury, Durable,etc).
So am I now going to pay 4 build for the Trade skill off the common list and have Trade: (insert commodity here) on my card?