Using Lore and Knowledge Skills or How to Use Lore That Doesn’t Dump (Season 2, Ep 11)

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James, Eric, and Carl discuss ways of providing the lore of your setting without the dreaded lore dump. They also discuss how knowledge skills play into discovering this information. The team walks through the good and bad ways to provide information to players during the game.

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Using Lore and Knowledge Skills or How to Use Lore That Doesn’t Dump (Season 2, Ep 11)

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