Social Science

This skill represents your understanding of the humanities, the classics, and other "soft sciences" of the ivory tower, including archaeology, anthropology, current events, foreign affairs, film, fine art,  genealogy, history, linguistics, performing arts, politics, popular culture, sociology, sports and theology. 

ANALYZE  ARTIFACTS (1 Hour)

You can draw conclusions based on newly found relics of the past, including human remains. You may conduct proper fieldwork and make valuable deductions from any maps, materials, potsherds, and other artifacts found on site. 

RECALL KNOWLEDGE (1 Action)

You attempt a skill check to try to remember a bit of knowledge regarding human culture and history. The GM determines the DCs for such checks.

RESEARCH (1 Hour)

You can use Research to learn information from books, the Internet, or other standard sources. Research allows you to navigate a library, an office filing system, a newspaper morgue, or the the Internet. It doesn't include talking to people and asking questions; that's handled by Interaction or roleplaying encounters.

Researching a topic takes time, skill, and some luck. The GM determines how obscure a particular topic is (the more obscure, the higher the DC) and what kind of information might be available depending on where you are conducting your research. Different locations will adjust the DCs, and allow you reroll a failed Research check.

Information ranges from general to protected. Given enough time (usually 1 hour) and a successful skill check, you can gain a general idea about a given topic. This assumes that no obvious reasons exist why such information would be unavailable, and that you have a way to acquire restricted or protected information.