Any ability in this game is a Perception skill.  In this case, it's Lore.  You're rolling to maybe get a little extra information than is immediately apparent.   :-)<br/><br/>Yes, good roleplaying can earn you bonus dice.  You can also use successes to build extra dice from roll to roll, if they're connected.<br/><br/>Also, I owe you both an apology.  I was just lurking amongst the Sorcerer forums over at the Forge and Ron Edwards himself is on record as saying that the Apprentice rules are Teh Suxx0r...I believe his exact words were 'the worst thing you could use to try and play this game'.  This may explain why they are no longer extant on the intertoobz.<br/><br/>Which, uhm, bums me out because if I hadn't found them, I wouldn't have gone after the game proper...  :-X