Languages - Info (Lore and Server)
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:46 pm
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On rolling a char, you are entitled to:
1) your racial languages ( eg common, Dwarf)
2) class languages ( eg Animal for druids, Cant for rogues)
3) any extra languages that points from high Int gives you
If for any reason a language is missing ( or goes missing later on, as has happened) ask a DM to give you any languages you are entitled to - and PLEASE have an RP rational.
Occasionally an uncommon language can be granted ( if you have the Int points) if your RP background means you would have acquired it.
If your int goes up, you are entitled to another language.
On rare occasions, you can be granted one more normal or class or racial language if you put three or more months committed RP in. You will need to find a teacher and to show strong commitment to rping this out, plus ensure the DMs realise you are rping it out.
This is not a lightly given extra language.
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with great thanks to WhenWizardsWar, what's below is based off his excellent post
http://bgtscc.fomwaa.com/forum/viewtopi ... 02&start=0
WW has listed the most common languages with three exclusive rateings.
C=Common, your average day person probably speaks a smattering of this language or knows someone who does.
Rare=The chances of someone speaking this language are very very slim, and generally the only people that speak this language are adventerors who frequently encounter these races, and the races themselves.
E=Extremely Secret, Simply put, the race goes to great lengths to protect this language and people outside of this race should not know this language, it is a private secret language the race likely goes to great and sometimes bloody or indepth lengths to protect.
Abyssal(R):Demons, chaotic evil outsiders, evil clerics, Abyssal is much different then infernal which is spoken by devils.
Aquan(R):Water-based creatures such as water genasi.
Auran(R):Air-based creatures such air genasi and certain Djinn.
Celestial(R): Celestial beings such as Aasimars, often used by good aligned clerics paladins in their spells and prayers.
Common(C):Is widely used in Faerun and its impossible to list all who use it and the vast dialects and alphabets used.
Draconic(R):Kobolds, troglodytes, lizardfolk, dragons. arcanists.
Druidic(E):Members of druidic circles, many druids often have their own special words and phrases and methods of communicaton outside of standard alphabets).
Dwarven(C):Many people know dwarven though many dialects exist.
Elven(C):Many people know elven though many dialects exist.
Giant(R):Ogres, giants, gnolls. Formians, trolls etc.
Gnomeish(C):Many people can speak the gnomish language though many dialects exist.
Goblin(R):Goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears.
Gnolls:Contrary to popular belief gnolls do not have their own language, they speak an off shoot of giant.
Halfling(C):Spoken by man, many dialects.
Ignan(R): Fire-based creatures, such as fire genasi.
Infernal(R):Devils, lawful evil outsiders Infernal, evil clerics of a lawful evil nature,or devil summoners. Devils speak Infernal not abyssal.
Orc(R):Orc Dialect sounds similiar to Dwarven
Sylvan(E):Dryads, brownies, leprechauns Elven Alphabet.
Terran(R):Xorns and other earth-based creatures such as Earth Genasi
Undercommon:Excerpt below about under common.
Drow(E):See below excerpt about drow.
There is undercommon and there is drow.
Undercommon is basically the commonly used trade language of the underdark, hence under common. Most UD races speak undercommon, not only Drow though a surfacer may not know that.
Drow is basically the surface version of elven it is used almost exclusively among drow houses and generally non drow attempting to speak the personal language of the drow often mean quick brutal ends. For the most part drow is a secret language used ONLY among other drow so the likely hood of duerger or other ud races knowing drow is EXTREMELY remote, and even then they probably wouldnt have a good grasp to speak if fluently unless it was given via a magic spell or other mystical means.
On rolling a char, you are entitled to:
1) your racial languages ( eg common, Dwarf)
2) class languages ( eg Animal for druids, Cant for rogues)
3) any extra languages that points from high Int gives you
If for any reason a language is missing ( or goes missing later on, as has happened) ask a DM to give you any languages you are entitled to - and PLEASE have an RP rational.
Occasionally an uncommon language can be granted ( if you have the Int points) if your RP background means you would have acquired it.
If your int goes up, you are entitled to another language.
On rare occasions, you can be granted one more normal or class or racial language if you put three or more months committed RP in. You will need to find a teacher and to show strong commitment to rping this out, plus ensure the DMs realise you are rping it out.
This is not a lightly given extra language.
----
with great thanks to WhenWizardsWar, what's below is based off his excellent post
http://bgtscc.fomwaa.com/forum/viewtopi ... 02&start=0
WW has listed the most common languages with three exclusive rateings.
C=Common, your average day person probably speaks a smattering of this language or knows someone who does.
Rare=The chances of someone speaking this language are very very slim, and generally the only people that speak this language are adventerors who frequently encounter these races, and the races themselves.
E=Extremely Secret, Simply put, the race goes to great lengths to protect this language and people outside of this race should not know this language, it is a private secret language the race likely goes to great and sometimes bloody or indepth lengths to protect.
Abyssal(R):Demons, chaotic evil outsiders, evil clerics, Abyssal is much different then infernal which is spoken by devils.
Aquan(R):Water-based creatures such as water genasi.
Auran(R):Air-based creatures such air genasi and certain Djinn.
Celestial(R): Celestial beings such as Aasimars, often used by good aligned clerics paladins in their spells and prayers.
Common(C):Is widely used in Faerun and its impossible to list all who use it and the vast dialects and alphabets used.
Draconic(R):Kobolds, troglodytes, lizardfolk, dragons. arcanists.
Druidic(E):Members of druidic circles, many druids often have their own special words and phrases and methods of communicaton outside of standard alphabets).
Dwarven(C):Many people know dwarven though many dialects exist.
Elven(C):Many people know elven though many dialects exist.
Giant(R):Ogres, giants, gnolls. Formians, trolls etc.
Gnomeish(C):Many people can speak the gnomish language though many dialects exist.
Goblin(R):Goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears.
Gnolls:Contrary to popular belief gnolls do not have their own language, they speak an off shoot of giant.
Halfling(C):Spoken by man, many dialects.
Ignan(R): Fire-based creatures, such as fire genasi.
Infernal(R):Devils, lawful evil outsiders Infernal, evil clerics of a lawful evil nature,or devil summoners. Devils speak Infernal not abyssal.
Orc(R):Orc Dialect sounds similiar to Dwarven
Sylvan(E):Dryads, brownies, leprechauns Elven Alphabet.
Terran(R):Xorns and other earth-based creatures such as Earth Genasi
Undercommon:Excerpt below about under common.
Drow(E):See below excerpt about drow.
There is undercommon and there is drow.
Undercommon is basically the commonly used trade language of the underdark, hence under common. Most UD races speak undercommon, not only Drow though a surfacer may not know that.
Drow is basically the surface version of elven it is used almost exclusively among drow houses and generally non drow attempting to speak the personal language of the drow often mean quick brutal ends. For the most part drow is a secret language used ONLY among other drow so the likely hood of duerger or other ud races knowing drow is EXTREMELY remote, and even then they probably wouldnt have a good grasp to speak if fluently unless it was given via a magic spell or other mystical means.