History

Name

History

Skill Attribute & Difficulty

Int - Hard

Defaults

4+Int

Prerequisites

None

Description

This is the study of the recorded past (compare Archaeology skill). A successful skill roll lets you answer questions about history, and might (at the GM’s option) allow you to remember a useful parallel: “Ah, yes. Dain faced a situation like this once, and here’s what he did . . .” You must specialize. There are two general classes of specialty:

Specializations

- A limited geographical region no larger than a small nation over multiple eras. Examples: History (Revinian), History (Icarian), or History (Sophistic).

A single era (E.g. The Icarian Nisui Period) and one of a broad geographical region (e.g., Southern Gvaiim), a culture (e.g., Dromite), or an idea (e.g., economic, esoteric, or military).

Examples: History (Pre-Suns Dain), History (Mainland Icarian), or History (Jeidit Archivism).

The sheer variety of possible specialties makes it impossible to list all possible defaults. In general, if two specialties overlap at all, then GM should permit a default at -2 to -4.

Modifiers

None