Default Languages - UD vs Surface

Suggestions or Mechanical Requests for Classes, Feats, Races, Etc.

Moderators: Moderator, Quality Control, Developer, DM

Post Reply
Side
Posts: 238
Joined: Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:29 pm
Location: Michigan USA

Default Languages - UD vs Surface

Unread post by Side »

So back when I played NWN1 I ran across a couple servers that had different languages set as the "common" language for a race. This made it so Common was a legitimate language people might not know. Two players from different areas, in this case the surface with it's Common, and the UD with it's Undercommon, could speak to one another and not actually understand what the other is saying, even if they type without using a language tool. They could learn the language from the other side and one of them could use the language tool to translate, but by default they wouldn't know each other's languages.

Is this possible in NWN2, or more specifically with the language system we currently use? I personally like the idea of actually having to learn languages from the other side of the barrier, and while I'd love to judge interest in the idea I'd rather first hear if it's something we could physically do on the server.
Passiflora wrote: AS A DROW you will kill DUERGARS for like..... lvl 9 to 25. A DAMN LOT OF DUERGARS.
User avatar
Blackman D
Retired Staff
Posts: 4819
Joined: Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:43 am
Location: IL

Re: Default Languages - UD vs Surface

Unread post by Blackman D »

that was already tried and very much not liked by the vast majority of the UD and reverted back
everyone is evil till proven otherwise
User avatar
Flasmix
Posts: 2506
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:22 am
Location: Cult of Skebbeton HQ

Re: Default Languages - UD vs Surface

Unread post by Flasmix »

The issue is the translated language appears in combat, so during an actual fight.. Nobody can talk
Wirg to Pug: "Iz lat dun?"
Pugratix to a snarky militia man: "Mmmm. Not yet. I will live for hundreds of years and be heralded as one of the greatest forces of destruction on the face of the world. The only thing you can destroy is the outhouse."
Side
Posts: 238
Joined: Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:29 pm
Location: Michigan USA

Re: Default Languages - UD vs Surface

Unread post by Side »

That's a bit different, though I'd love to see that one fixed.

Thanks for the heads up Blackman!
Passiflora wrote: AS A DROW you will kill DUERGARS for like..... lvl 9 to 25. A DAMN LOT OF DUERGARS.
Post Reply

Return to “Mechanics”