Academia, Library, Other Educational Lore |
Work at a school or library |
Compile information on a distant land for an expedition |
Serve as administrator for a school or library |
Acquire a rare book on dragons for a local noble |
Crafting |
Make tools for local farmers |
Brew a crate of healing potions for a local church or hospital |
Sew a dress for a noble’s debutante ball |
Supply magical weapons for the palace guard corps |
Engineering Lore |
Assess the fortifications built to protect a town |
Plan the mechanism for a drawbridge |
Create schematics for a new mill |
Food or Drink Lore |
Brew simple ale or cook an ordinary dish for the local inn |
Identify a dozen bottles of wine |
Create a showpiece dish for an upcoming festival |
Create a nine-course meal for a noble banquet |
Genealogy Lore |
Compile a family tree for a minor noble family |
Determine next of kin to settle an inheritance dispute |
Map the web of intermarriages of a sprawling royal family |
Determine the lineages of an ancient civilization |
Trace the lost heir of an ancient empire |
Guild Lore |
Recruit initiates for a guild |
Identify symbols of an ancient guild in a tome |
Consult on rearranging a guild’s hierarchy |
Oversee the merger of two guilds or one guild splitting into two |
Herbalism Lore |
Supply poultices to a physician |
Prepare herbs for a small restaurant |
Identify the poisonous plant eaten by a local lord |
Legal Lore |
Clear some minor red tape |
Defend someone charged with theft |
Bring a corrupt noble to justice through the legal system |
Find loopholes in a contract made with a devil |
Mercantile Lore |
Price a crate of imported textiles |
Find the best trade route for a pirate crew to raid |
Set exchange rates for a trade consortium |
Mining Lore |
Work a shift in a coal mine |
Determine where a raw ingot was mined |
Prospect to find a site for a new mine |
Performance |
Busk for townsfolk at a street fair |
Play in the orchestra at an opera |
Attend a society figure’s salon |
Perform for visiting nobles |
Impress a visiting maestro to bring glory to your hometown |
Put on a performance for a patron from another plane |
Politics Lore |
Lobby for a vote or decision to go a certain way |
Smear a noble to lower their station |
Sailing Lore |
Crew a ship on a short voyage |
Render a ship in dry-dock seaworthy |
Pilot a ship through monster-infested waters |
Underworld Lore |
Find out where a stolen item ended up |
Get someone an audience with the head of a thieves’ guild |
Smuggle a shipment of valuables out of the city |
Warfare Lore |
Teach a spear fighting class at a dojo |
Instruct an officer in various military stratagems |
Advise a general in planning a battlefield offensive |