Re: [DF] Difference between Hidden Lore and Occultisme?
Hidden Lore specifically covers subjects you cannot study in school or other places where skills can be acquired.
Hidden Lore (Conspiracies), for example is a skill that tells you things that really happened that the world at large does not know or could readily be convinced of. Conspiracy Trivia covers debumked or debunkable conspiracies known publicly.
Occultism covers things that have reached public access of an exotic/mystical nature. If exotic and/or mystical things exist, some/much/most of what Occultism teaches is fairly true. Where no such thing exists, Occultims is a study of pure BS subject matter.
Hidden Lore (Magic Item Construction) would be secret turths about those who make magic items, places where lost items acquire magical abilities after being hiddenf or centuries and so on.
Thaumatology would cover the actual science behind magic, or at least it's rules if magic is something so different 'science' isn't an apt descriptor for it.
A difference akin to the difference between Connosieur (Wines) and Wine Making.
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