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Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 2:18 pm
by NegInfinity
Shotgunbunny wrote:Is there a way for a wild elf ranger to learn the sylvan language? I was led to believe, on an old nwn1 server, that wild elves get sylvan as a racial language, or that it's quite common to them, at least.
You can ask DM to grant you language if it doesn't show up in language selector. You need to have free language slot, though.
Wild elves do not automatically know sylvan.
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:25 pm
by Shotgunbunny
NegInfinity wrote:Shotgunbunny wrote:Is there a way for a wild elf ranger to learn the sylvan language? I was led to believe, on an old nwn1 server, that wild elves get sylvan as a racial language, or that it's quite common to them, at least.
You can ask DM to grant you language if it doesn't show up in language selector. You need to have free language slot, though.
Wild elves do not automatically know sylvan.
Hm, bummer. Sadly the character only has 10 int.
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:45 am
by Unka_Oogie
Zkenic wrote:Technically all common speach in the UD is "undercommon." A PC with the undercommon is being redundent, unless they use it as an rp reason to have common when dealing with surfacers. Drow is a dialect of elvish that surface elves do not understand, due to slang, accent, and mixing with undercommon, though drow speak elven, so they can communicate with their surface kin if they want to.
If it is non-intelligible, it is not just a dialect, it's a distinct language.
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:26 pm
by Unka_Oogie
Isn't it amazing how a fighter can learn to better figure out what enchantments are on an item by merely gaining some skill but not even the greatest of scholars can learn the merest smattering of a language without undergoing a fundamental and significant improvement in basic cognitive ability?
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:25 am
by Unka_Oogie
I love the Murphy's Rules.
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:19 pm
by stevebarracuda
Recently came upon this useful repository of Forgotten Realms languages, with regions spoken.
Forgotten Realms Languages
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:40 am
by seawied
Anyone know any info on the language of Cant?
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:57 am
by Considerate_
There's a section about it in the Player's Handbook from 2nd edition.
This hidden language consists more of slangs and innuendos than an actual language. The main use of thieves' cant was to communicate rogue activities, such as banditry, burglary, finding marks, and discussing loot.
(I couldn't remember the phrasing in my head, so this was pulled from the
Forgotten Realms Wikia, but I checked that it was quoted from a sourcebook before 4th edition)
I hope that helps to answer your question

Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:23 am
by thids
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thieves'_cant
also, in this module, the thieves speak actual cant from what I remember
http://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn2/module/crimmor
(The Crimmor module is probably the best depiction of a living, breathing city in nwn2 in terms of atmosphere)
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:29 am
by Lockonnow
stil wish that the divine class have a Divine language
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:46 am
by Cel'Daren
They do. They've got 3. Celestial, Infernal, and Abyssal. Those are the languages of "divine" creatures.
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:54 am
by Lockonnow
they race languages all of them
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 11:18 am
by Cel'Daren
And? How does that negate it being the language of Divinity?
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 4:29 pm
by Lockonnow
and how do you think they are Divine languages anyway dose it say in the lore?
Re: Languages - Info ( lore and server )
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:40 am
by Cel'Daren
Celestial is the language of the Angels, Archons, and other Good Outsiders, who are the servants of gods!
Infernal is a corrupted form of Celestial spoken by Devils and other lawful evil outsiders, which are servants of gods!
Abyssal is the language of Demons, Daemons, and other evil outsiders, which are servants of gods!
Thus, if you are a servant of a god, such as a Cleric, Paladin, Blackguard, etc etc. You can use one of those 3 languages to speak your prayers.