\chapter{Introduction}

LORE--the Lightweight Omnipotent Replaying Engine--was designed by Gregory Weir\footnote{ The
primary LORE book can be found on his website \newline {\url{http://ludusnovus.net/my-games/lore-and-belief/}}}
as a useful, but fundametally extendable system in which to gaming. While remaining simple at its core,
it nontheless allows for extreme degrees of customization and extension to new settings. Given that,
this book attempts to set forth some useful guidelines for GMs and players who wish to use
LORE in a Medieval European or Fantasy setting. As this book is merely a supplement to the main
LORE book, it is recommended to be at least somewhat familiar with it before diving in here.
Although much of the information here may be useful without it, fundamentally, this book seeks
to be used in conjunction with the main book and most fundamental game mechanics are not rehashed
here.

Readers should note that this book does not especially attempt to be historically accurate. Though
the authors have attempted to stay relatively true to history, nothing more than cursory research
was done. The thinking here is that player and GMs are mostly interested in emulataing the themes
seen in either other works of fiction--books, movies, etc--or are interested in having a simpler
version of another roleplaying systems. To that end, adherence to the clich\'{e}s and misunderstanings
of history has been prioritized rather than truth. GMs looking to emulate the truth of history
may be advised to search elsewhere or be prepared to adapt this work.

Throughout this book, there are references back to the original LORE publications. When making
reference to the main LORE rules, they will be referenced as LORE CORE or simply CORE. The
combat rules are similarly LORE COMBAT, the Modern Setting is LORE MODERN and the \textbf{Belief}
sourcebook is LORE BELIEF.

Finally, any comments, questions, concerns, flames, diatribes, adorations, spellin' corrections,
grammatical complaints, wishes for a brighter future, example suggestions, or creative criticism
about this book can be sent to {\url{lore@guyblade.com}}. Helpful criticism is the fastest
way to get improvements the book aside from updating it yourself.
