Adapted from Lore- Archives of Nethys,
You have specialized information on a narrow topic. Lore features many subcategories. You might have Corporate Lore, Piracy Lore, Necrovite Lore, or any similar subcategory of the skill. Each subcategory counts as its own skill, so applying a skill increase to Apostae Lore wouldn't increase your proficiency with Corporate Lore, for example.
Most backgrounds make you trained in a specific subcategory of the Lore skill. The GM determines what other subcategories they'll allow as Lore skills, though these categories are always less broad than any of the other skills that allow you to Recall Knowledge, and they should never be able to take the place of another skill's Recall Knowledge action. For instance, you couldn't choose Magic Lore to recall the breadth of knowledge about magic covered by Arcana, Nature, Occultism, and Religion, or choose Adventuring Lore to give you all the information an adventurer needs, or choose Planar Lore to gain all the information spread across various skills and subcategories such as Heaven Lore.
If you're making a check and multiple subcategories of Lore could apply, or a non-Lore skill could apply, you can use whichever skill you prefer. If there's any doubt whether a Lore skill applies to a specific topic or action, the GM decides whether it can be used or not.
Lore Intelligence
Even if you’re untrained in Lore, you can use it for the following general skill actions.
Recall Knowledge about the subject of the Lore skill's subcategory.
Trained Actions
You must be trained in Society to use these following actions.
Earn Income by using your knowledge to practice a trade.
Lore Feats
Additional Lore- Your knowledge has expanded to encompass a new field.
Common Starfinder Lore Subcategories
You can learn any Lore skill your GM gives you permission to take. The following list covers a wide variety of common Lore topics appropriate for most campaigns. Backgrounds often grant you a Lore skill from this list.
Alcohol Lore
Art Lore
Augmentation Lore
Chemistry Lore
Cooking Lore
Corporate Lore
Fashion Lore
Gambling Lore
Gap Lore
Infosphere Lore
Junker Lore
Labor Lore
Laboratory Lore
Legal Lore
Life Science Lore
Market Lore
Media Lore
Mining Lore
Music Lore
Paranormal Lore
Physical Science Lore
Piracy Lore
Psychology Lore
Sports Lore
Underworld Lore
Vidgame Lore
Technology Lore
Travel Lore
Warfare Lore
Lore about a specific deity (Abadar Lore, Zon-Shelyn Lore, etc.)
Lore about a specific creature or narrow category of creatures (Giant Lore, Robot Lore, Vampire Lore, etc.)
Lore about a specific planet (Akiton Lore, Triaxus Lore, etc.)
Lore about a specific plane other than the Universe, or the plane in which the game is set if not the Universe (Akashic Lore, Astral Plane Lore, Heaven Lore, Outer Rifts Lore, etc.)
Lore about a specific public organization (Hellknights Lore, Starfinder Society Lore)
Lore about a specific settlement (Absalom Station Lore, Ghost Levels Lore, Cuvacara Lore, etc.)
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