I'm planning a character with the Loremaster archetype, meaning I can pick a Lore to temporarily become trained in if I experienced something related to it the previous day or have selected it in this way before. My question is, how specific does a lore have to be for it to be better than just using Loremaster Lore? Like, as an example, would Absalom Lore be useful, or would I be better off taking lore about a specific part of Absalom like Ivy District Lore and just using Loremaster Lore for general info about the city?
Side note, lore no longer looks like a word to me.
EDIT: I should clarify, this is under the assumption that Bardic and Loremaster Lore reduce DCs by 2. I know this isn't 100% agreed upon, but it's how myself and the other GMs in my group run it.
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I think city specific Lore is probably gonna get you better than -2, though like everything involving Lore DC reduction that's very GM dependent.
Specific creature sub-types are also definitely on the list, like Vampire or Demon, since creature types in general like Undead and Fiend exist...meaning they pretty much have to provide the -5. So studying up on the enemies you're gonna be facing is handy.
Terrain specific Lores like Jungle or Desert also seem to me like they'd be useful under the same circumstances as City Lores.
Professional Lores like Mercantile and Legal are also very solid, because Loremaster Lore allows only Recall Knowledge while your temporary Lores allow Earn an Income and other non-knowledge uses of the Lore.