You search your mind for relevant facts regarding a creature, location, or historical event. Roll+EDU. The Director may grant a bonus or penalty based on how obscure or well-known the information is.
Complete Success: You recall the information with perfect clarity. You may ask the Director three questions from the list below.
Success: You remember the important details. You may ask the Director two questions from the list below.
Partial Success: You remember a glimmer of truth. You may ask the Director one question from the list below.
Failure: You cannot recall anything useful at this time.
Complete Failure: You recall something clearly, but it is incorrect. You may ask the Director one question from the list below, but the information that you recall is false. Your character believes that the incorrect information is true.
The following list of questions is not exhaustive, but serves as a set of examples. The player may ask any question they like. If the Director determines that a question is irrelevant, unknowable, or not applicable to the subject, the player may ask a different question instead.
What is the subject's purpose or function?
Is this subject considered dangerous to someone of my level?
What historical faction is most closely associated with this?
What are its origins and early history?
Who or what controls this creature, location or item?
Have there been any notable events or legends associated with it?
Are there any tools or skills required to interact with it safely?
The following questions can be asked more than once. Each repetition reveals the next most common answer, in descending order of prevalence.
What is this subject's most well-known weakness?
What is the most significant power that this subject possesses?
What is this creature's most well-known resistance or immunity?