Secret History Cults and RNG

[Charade]

Two separate things here, not one. First, I started a cult using the Secret History lore. Which seemed fine, I should be able to use any lore to advance my minions...except for actual secret histories, apparently, the absolute only thing I can turn up in any quantity. Is this true? Can I not use the Cult's founding lore to promote my believers? Because that's a real problem, due to the second issue.

Did they tweak the RNG to give you MORE collections of poetry and essays? Because those things are friggin' useless after the early sections. I used to be able to throw together enough lore for SOMETHING to get to lore 8, so I can promote my believers early on. And frankly, I don't really know how to gain most types of lore beyond studying books from Morlands.

[Avian Overlord]

You can't use SH to promote followers, for precisely the reason that it's the most common lore. Hence why the Order of St. Hydra has its "promote with everything" gimmick. The reason SH is the most common is because you can spend it to get other lore.

As you've noticed, Morland's collection has been reduced a bit (in fact, you can't even get Heart from it any more). What you can do is to Explore with SH lore, which will get you locations to explore. If you successfully send your cultists/summons (I recommend the latter) you'll a bunch of items, which will usually include some books.

[Breadsmith]

You don't even need Morland for all of your lore-centric needs. I've dreamt up better lore than that old shop has.

[Charade]

I've never dreamed anything beyond peculiar rumors, vitality and MORE secret history. But that's good to know, even though I don't trust those believer ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to accomplish much. I guess I should have just kept digging...