Lore allows a character to identify unknown magic items and can represent general knowledge and trivia a character has learned.
Modifying ability: Intelligence
Classes:
Requires training: No
Check: A roll against an unidentified item’s value to determine magical properties that the item may possess. Occasionally it may be used in conversation to express knowledge and gain an advantage in the conversation.
Use: Automatic (every time the player inspects an item), Selected (conversation)
3.5e comparison
Lore replaces and combines the many knowledge skills in DnD 3.5
Lore skills on the server
Lore has been divided into different fields of expertise. The standard function of Lore has been absorbed into Lore: Arcana. There are also Lore: Architecture & Engineering, Lore: Dungeoneering, Lore: Geography, Lore: History, Lore: Local, Lore: Nature, Lore: Nobility and Royalty, Lore: Religion and Lore: The Planes.