Hidden Lore

Once psi is involved, things get a lot more complicated. For instance, there are new sorts of Hidden Lore to worry about: Elder Things: You know enough about Elder Things to distinguish among them and to guess how crazy or dead everyone will be after meeting a given entity. This is mostly useful for Recognition (Dungeons, p. 9), Exploiting Weaknesses (Dungeons, p. 10), and realizing that you’ve stumbled upon an Elder Thing labyrinth (Dungeons, p. 17). Psis, dark ones, and elder-spawn may learn this at any time without instruction – they have freakish dreams about it. Scholars and spellcasters can pick it as one of their specialties. Psi: You know the outer limits of what psi can do. Roll whenever you’re unsure how a given psionic threat and defense will interact, to recognize psi abilities in action, etc. Think of it as “Thaumatology, but for Psionics,” easier owing to its narrower scope. Only psis may start with this skill, although other delvers can learn it in play.