Your Psi Lore check measures your ability to recall lore about psionics, manifesting powers, and psionic symbols.
Recall Information
You can use the Psi Lore skill to recall information about ancient mysteries, psionic traditions, psychic symbols, cryptic phrases, astral constructs, and naturally psionic creatures. This functions as the Recall Information ability of the Academics skill but only covers this specialized field of study.
Identify Creatures
This functions as the Identify Creatures ability of the Academics skill but only covers this specialized field of study. Psi Lore can identify any naturally psionic creature. You can also identify psionic abilities in creatures that are not normally psionic, even if you don’t recognize the creature itself.
Identify Psionic Effects
A successful Psi Lore check can allow you to identify a psionic power or effect. The base difficulty class to identify any power or effect is 20 + the power’s level. Apply the modifiers as given on the Identify Spell Effects table of the Arcane Lore skill to determine the final DC.
Psi Lore can also identify arcane and divine spells and other esoterica, but attempting to do so increases the DC by +10.
Identify Psionic Item
Psi Lore allows you to identify psionic items. This functions like the Identify Magic Item ability of the Arcane Lore skill but applies only to psionic items.
Use Psionic Item
This functions as the Use Magic Item ability of the Arcane Lore skill except that it applies to psionic items. Psi Lore cannot be used to activate items from other esoteric systems.