How do Expert Skills compare to Hidden Lore?
. Hidden Lore is explicitly the skill of knowing stuff that no other skill covers. It’s the skill of knowing things in the interstices between skills. Expert Skill is explicitly the skill of knowing stuff that many other skills cover . . . a little bit. It’s the skill of knowing things in the intersections between skills. Expert Skills represent an alternative basis set, for the mathematically minded out there. Hidden Lore represents a totally different space . . . But lots of bearded experts will have both kinds of skills in some fantasy/horror settings.
A. Hidden Lore is explicitly the skill of knowing stuff that no other skill covers. It’s the skill of knowing things in the interstices between skills. Expert Skill is explicitly the skill of knowing stuff that many other skills cover . . . a little bit. It’s the skill of knowing things in the intersections between skills. Expert Skills represent an alternative basis set, for the mathematically minded out there. Hidden Lore represents a totally different space . . . But lots of bearded experts will have both kinds of skills in some fantasy/horror settings.
