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Lore Requests (Lores)

A Lore request is an opportunity to learn more about a plot taking place, or to have some element of the world given a bit more definition. It's an excellent way of giving Game Masters feedback on what plots interest you, by asking for follow-up information. If you encountered something you want to know more about, a Lore is how you find out. You can submit a request for a Lore using this link.

Lores are due the Sunday following each event, and you may only submit one if you attended the most recent event. You can only request Lore for the character you played that game — if you NPC for an entire event but have an active PC or Alt, you can still submit a Lore request for one of your characters.

How to Use Lores

Lores generally provide context for plots or set up ideas for what you might pursue next. They can also help you understand why something you encountered happened. It's rare to find a solution to a conflict through Lore — this game is intended to be entirely focused on how players handle things during game. It's easy to mistake a Lore for a "downtime action," but it's actually a way to gather information about the world; the best Lore responses give you new and interesting things to talk about at your next event. 

Lore sources stack. Every player who attends gets one Plot Lore and skills, items, and rituals each grant additional Lores on top of that. This means a single character can submit several Lores in a game if they have the skills or items for it.

Plot Lore

Each player who attended an event may submit one 'Plot Lore' afterwards for whatever character they played. These Lore requests can ONLY be about a Plot you encountered recently or current world events and should not be about anything of larger scope than that.

Maven Lores

The Maven roleplaying skill grants an additional Lore beyond your Plot Lore, and expands your scope beyond just plots you encountered recently. You can also spend a Maven Lore on a Plot Lore topic if you'd rather.

Items and Rituals

Items like the Library or special Feb Feast items grant further Lores still, each stacking on top of what you already have. There's even a rumor of rituals that can grant a Lore to commune with things you otherwise couldn't...

Receiving Lore Responses

Once submitted, the Game Masters determine who will answer each Lore. If they need clarifying information (for example, when no one recognizes the plot you're asking about), they'll reach out to you for it. Most Lore responses go back to players the week before the next event. Sometimes a Lore inspires a Game Master to respond in the form of a targeted plot, in which case you'll be told your Lore will be answered in-game. And rarely, you might even get a surprise Lore from a GM that you didn't ask for!

If you haven't heard back with a response by the day before game, reach out to the GM (if you know who it is) or the Plot Marshal or Second. Lores do occasionally slip through the cracks — it's rare, but real life gets in the way sometimes. When it happens, you can either carry the question over to the next event (on top of any new Lore requests) or ask something different instead.

Please keep in mind that while we do our best to answer every Lore submitted, some subjects are simply out of bounds for what we want to define in the game. When a player asks about one of those, the Game Masters will steer the response toward something similar that they can answer.

Guidelines for Lore Requests 

Sometimes it takes players time to understand what Lores are for and how their character will best use them. Some players will sell them to get information for other players, some parties will all submit the same request with different information sources, and some players will just write "tell me more about this thing". There is no "correct" way to lore something, but there are some general guidelines to follow.

What to Ask (Scope/ Topic)


  • Lore requests should be on a single topic.
    • Sometimes there might be sub questions to a Lore, but they should all have a very strongly related common theme.
    • If you submit a Lore with multiple unrelated questions, the GM will answer the first question asked and ignore anything unrelated in the request.
  • Do not confuse a Lore request with explaining "Downtime Action" (what your character is doing between games).
    • Saying "I use my contacts in the Vleanoan resistance to find the missing faekin" is more than enough to make a lore on, barring a couple details about who you are contacting or if there is any background the GM might not know. If you want to talk about what your PC did before or after the events of the Lore response, you can just say that you do that.
    • Saying "I contact my old resistance friend Harold, who leaves Vlean to meet me on the border. We get in his cart and go north to Gersh where I think the faekin is, we take a pit stop to eat at an inn, we find a snow goblin who tells us they recently saw them and brings us to them, and then I ask the faekin for information about the big bad evil guy and they tell me all about him before I go back to Maplewood" is an example of explaining a downtime action rather than asking for information, and is better suited for a blog post.
  • Inquire about details that can be defined in-game without causing issues down the road.
    • Asking "What does Kazvak meat taste like", while it may seem fun, is something that cannot be defined without needing EVERY GM to now know that Kazvak meat tastes like chicken for future lores. "What is the best way to prepare Kazvak meat" leaves more wiggle room for the GM to answer your question without a very random detail getting lost.
  • Don't ask about another character's backstory.
    • If you would like to know more about another PC, ask them in-game via roleplay or message the player outside of game.

How to Ask (Sources & Coordination)

  • Two or more characters can each coordinate investigating the same topic from different sources at the same time. If characters are coordinating it should be mentioned in the request, that way they are less likely to get the exact same answer (assuming there is enough information available to get different answers).
    • For example, your PC wants to gather information about a strange cabin in the woods and then have your party member follow up on it. You should submit a Lore request stating that you gather information on the strange cabin. Then your party member can submit a request stating that they would like to follow up on any information gleaned from your Lore, or that they are seeking similar information on the cabin from a different source.
  • Use sources that you think will be useful for what you are looking for. Your response will be entirely based on your source.
    • Asking your childhood tutor from Civen about something that they specialized in teaching you will net you more information than searching a random library in the Freelands for the same information.
    • It is completely okay to make up a source that isn't established in game, ie "a crazy druid that lives on the town outskirts" or "my contact at the Evenandran Library".

After You Get it Back (Follow-up)

  • If the Lore doesn't mesh with some other established facts, reaching out to the GM who sent it to you to let them know is helpful.
    • This might be on purpose because different sources don't always agree on information. It could also be an honest mistake because GMs aren't aware of every detail, especially in the case of personal backstories. In the latter case they might rewrite the response to make it more in line with this new (to them) information.
  • Talk with the GM and give feedback on your lore, if needed.
    • If you aren't understanding what the Lore is explaining, it is okay to ask the GM for clarification. If you are following up the Lore response with a PIP, giving the GM a heads-up on what you want to do will give them time to plan something.
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