College of Lore

Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads in taverns or elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning everything they held to be true, from their faith in the priesthood of the local temple to their loyalty to the king.

The loyalty of these bards lies in the pursuit of knowledge. As such, many bards of the College find themselves as devotees of Oghma, the Wizened Crone, to represent all known lore, or in the case of those with a pursuit for the hidden arcane secrets of the world, the Hooded Wayfarer. A noble who keeps such a bard as a herald or advisor knows that the bard would rather be honest than politic.

The college’s members gather in libraries and sometimes in universities to share their lore with one another. The College of Lore is the primary college that stewards the Bard's traditional role in society, one of the officiant of truth and oral tradition. They also meet at festivals or affairs of state, where they can expose corruption, unravel lies, and poke fun at self-important figures of authority.