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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zander" data-source="post: 958286" data-attributes="member: 1364">I just got a reply from Mongoose by e-mail. In case anyone is curious, here's the missing page:"LorekeepingRueful Knowing: Fools are often privy to things they should not know,information that can be very harmful if told to the wrong person or revealedin public. What a fool with Rueful Knowing can learn is even more dangerous,possibly getting the subject of the fool's knowledge into severe physical orlegal trouble. No secret is safe from a fool with this power, even those hecould not normally learn, but getting the secret requires a GatherInformation check with a DC equal to the severity of the desiredinformation. Unlike Gossip, Rueful Knowing has no limits to its subjectmatter, so long as one person the fool knows has the information he seeks.Fools are cautioned to be very careful with this power. Knowing the king ishaving a go at his chambermaids is one thing but announcing it at hiswedding is quite another.Prerequisites: Fool Level 5+, Gossip, Gather Information 8 ranks.Triviality: Knowledge skills are second nature to a fool with Triviality asa power. By making a Trivia skill check against a DC of 20 using the averageof his Knowledge skill ranks as his Trivia rank bonus, a fool can come upwith some useful, random fact about any topic at hand. There is not a limitto the use of this ability, but once it fails, it cannot be used for thesame topic for 24 hours and there is no control over what fact isremembered.Prerequisite: 8 ranks total in any Knowledge skills, Intelligence 14+.Gossip: The fool with the power of Gossip hears all the latest court andlocal news, even the stuff that is frivolous, outright fabrications and theoccasional juicy bit of slander. By making a Gather Information checkconcerning a place, person or thing of interest, the fool can learn detailsconcerning it simply by listening and asking the right questions. Thisability can only work if the intended subject is something known by at leastthree people within the social circles the fool associates. The DC for thischeck ranges from 10 for common information such as notable merchants for agiven trade item to upwards of 40 and 45 for truly obscure, private secretssuch as the true identity of an infamous assassin.Prerequisites: Wisdom 12+, Gather Information 4 ranks, Knowledge (local) 4ranks.Network of Eyes: A fool with the Network of Eyes sits at the centre of avast web of information in the form of people who may or may not even knowthey serve him. By periodically checking with these contacts and/or waitingfor them to come to him, the fool knows many more secrets than he couldpossibly learn on his own. Having a Network of Eyes lowers the DC of anyGather Information check the fool makes within a familiar culture by 5 andallows him to use his Gossip power once a week even if he does not have theopportunity to do so actively."</blockquote>

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