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===Ghost Lore, Basic=== | ===Ghost Lore, Basic=== | ||
'''Obscurity:''' Occult 0 (General Knowledge Test applies)<br> | '''Obscurity:''' Occult 0 (General Knowledge Test applies)<br> | ||
| − | '''Progress:''' | + | '''Progress:''' 9 successes • 2 rolls |
* '''1 success:''' Simple awareness of the concept - generally lingering spirits of the dead. | * '''1 success:''' Simple awareness of the concept - generally lingering spirits of the dead. | ||
* '''2 successes:''' Pop culture knowledge of ghosts, from folkloric examples and mass media depictions of an afterlife and those that dwell there. | * '''2 successes:''' Pop culture knowledge of ghosts, from folkloric examples and mass media depictions of an afterlife and those that dwell there. | ||
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'''Obscurity:''' Occult 1<br> | '''Obscurity:''' Occult 1<br> | ||
Lore concerning the attachments that prevents the spirits of the dead from moving onto their eternal rest or reward.<br> | Lore concerning the attachments that prevents the spirits of the dead from moving onto their eternal rest or reward.<br> | ||
| − | '''Progress:''' ''Rose:'' | + | '''Progress:''' ''Rose:'' 5 successes • 2 rolls |
* '''2 successes:''' An anchor is a thing of emotional significance to which a ghost is connected, acting like a fetter preventing the ghost from shaking off the mortal coil. | * '''2 successes:''' An anchor is a thing of emotional significance to which a ghost is connected, acting like a fetter preventing the ghost from shaking off the mortal coil. | ||
* '''4 successes:''' Anchors are most often locations and objects, although in rare cases they can also be people of tremendous significance. | * '''4 successes:''' Anchors are most often locations and objects, although in rare cases they can also be people of tremendous significance. | ||
** (This now enables the researcher to perform research actions to identify the Anchors of individual ghosts, with some Investigation.) | ** (This now enables the researcher to perform research actions to identify the Anchors of individual ghosts, with some Investigation.) | ||
Revision as of 22:19, 5 July 2018
Ghost Lore (Main Topic)
Skill: Occult
Lore concerning very basic information about ghosts and similar entities.
Ghost Lore, Basic
Obscurity: Occult 0 (General Knowledge Test applies)
Progress: 9 successes • 2 rolls
- 1 success: Simple awareness of the concept - generally lingering spirits of the dead.
- 2 successes: Pop culture knowledge of ghosts, from folkloric examples and mass media depictions of an afterlife and those that dwell there.
- Local Hauntings, by Location (0)
- 4 successes: Reference-level information, including some cultural variations on lingering spirits of the dead.
- Atropopaic Lore (0)
- Anchors (•)
- Spirit Lore: Banes (•, Spirit Lore)
- Spirit Lore: Twilight (•, Spirit Lore)
- 8 successes: Anthropological studies of death cults, ancestor worship, and spirit remnant folklore.
- Spirit Lore: Bans (•, Spirit Lore)
- Spirit Lore: Influence (••, Spirit Lore)
Portland Hauntings
Obscurity: Occult 0
Information regarding ghost sightings and hauntings in the Portland area, with an emphasis on those that are recurring and consistent.
Progress: –
- xx
Obscurity •
Anchors
Obscurity: Occult 1
Lore concerning the attachments that prevents the spirits of the dead from moving onto their eternal rest or reward.
Progress: Rose: 5 successes • 2 rolls
- 2 successes: An anchor is a thing of emotional significance to which a ghost is connected, acting like a fetter preventing the ghost from shaking off the mortal coil.
- 4 successes: Anchors are most often locations and objects, although in rare cases they can also be people of tremendous significance.
- (This now enables the researcher to perform research actions to identify the Anchors of individual ghosts, with some Investigation.)
