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This is one of the eight Character [[Backgrounds]] in [[The Age of Decadence|''The Age of Decadence'']].
 
This is one of the eight Character [[Backgrounds]] in [[The Age of Decadence|''The Age of Decadence'']].
 
==Lore==
 
==Lore==
''Preserving and understanding pre-war knowledge and technology is a lucrative business. An increasing number of people see their salvation in the ashes of the past and thus the market is becoming saturated with icons and objects from the [[Old Empire]], most without any real value. Always on the lookout for something of real worth, cataloging and appraising items, loremasters remain at the front line of this trade.''
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''Preserving and understanding pre-war knowledge and technology is a lucrative business. An increasing number of people see their salvation in the ashes of the past and thus the market is becoming saturated with icons and objects from the old empire, most without any real value. Always on the lookout for something of real worth, cataloging and appraising items, loremasters remain at the front line of this trade.''
 
{{Spoilers
 
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===Intro Text===
 
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As a child, you loved listening to stories about the old days, filled with [[High Lords|gods]] fighting alongside men, power-wielding [[magi]] - more demigods than human, and monsters conjured by the cowardly [[Qantari]]. So when an opportunity presented itself, you signed up as an apprentice to a local loremaster named [[Feng]].
 
 
Loremasters have always been in demand. While the future offers little, the past is rich and ripe for the taking. You just need to know where to dig and what to do with it, and that's where loremasters came in. To master their craft, they dug through ruins, copied ancient manuscripts, often without understanding them, traded bits and pieces of [[Great War|pre-war]] knowledge, and appraised anything that looked old. While the magi are long-gone, the machines they built still remain and loremasters are the only ones who may have the knowledge to bring them back.
 
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==Character Creation==
 
==Character Creation==
Loremasters may seek employment with (and protection under) powerful patrons, or be itinerant investigators of whatever ruins or artifacts cross their path, or practically withdraw from society to experiment and study. As [[Act I]] begins, you are informally apprenticed to [[Feng]], a relatively independent scholar who settled in [[Teron]] some years back.
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Loremasters may seek employment with (and protection under) powerful patrons, or be itinerant investigators of whatever ruins or artifacts cross their path, or practically withdraw from society to experiment and study. As Act I begins, you are informally apprenticed to [[Feng]], a relatively independent scholar who settled in Teron some years back.
   
 
===Default Stats===
 
===Default Stats===
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===Initial Faction Rep===
 
===Initial Faction Rep===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
![[Charisma]] -->
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!Charisma -->
 
!4
 
!4
 
!5
 
!5
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!10
 
!10
 
|-
 
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|[[House Aurelian]]
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|House Aurelian
 
|2
 
|2
 
|2
 
|2
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|5
 
|5
 
|-
 
|-
|[[House Crassus]]
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|House Crassus
 
|2
 
|2
 
|2
 
|2
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|5
 
|5
 
|-
 
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|[[House Daratan]]
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|House Daratan
 
|2
 
|2
 
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|5
 
|5
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Boatmen of Styx]]
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|Boatmen of Styx
 
|1
 
|1
 
|1
 
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|2
 
|2
 
|-
 
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|[[Commercium]]
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|Commercium
 
|1
 
|1
 
|1
 
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|2
 
|2
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Imperial Guards]]
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|Imperial Guards
 
|1
 
|1
 
|1
 
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|2
 
|2
 
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|[[Forty Thieves]]
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|Forty Thieves
 
|1
 
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*2 lbs [[Bronze]]
 
*2 lbs [[Bronze]]
 
*1 lb [[Iron]]
 
*1 lb [[Iron]]
*[[Buckler]] (unless [[Dodge]] Skill is higher than [[Block]] Skill)
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*[[Buckler]] (unless Dodge Skill is higher than Block Skill)
 
*1 portion [[Cassava Root]]
 
*1 portion [[Cassava Root]]
 
*1 portion [[Sulfur]]
 
*1 portion [[Sulfur]]
*[[Loremaster's Garments]]
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*[[Loremaster's garments|Loremaster's Garments]]
   
 
== Starting Location ==
 
== Starting Location ==
 
The back room of [[Feng's House]]
 
The back room of [[Feng's House]]
 
== Loremaster Quests ==
 
=== [[Teron]] ===
 
# [[Guildless]]
 
# [[Vignette (Loremaster)]]
 
#* [[Prospector's Amulet (Quest)]] (if you agreed to talk to the [[prospector]] immediately after visiting [[Gracius]]. If you do not, the prospector cannot be found afterwards)
 
#* [[The Map]]
 
#* [[Loremasters' Rivalry]]
 
#** [[Galbo's Ring]]
 
#** [[Mysteries of the Abyss]]
 
   
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
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