Madadh Posted September 9, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 9, 2023 3 hours ago, foltor said: For the purposes of this game, Ancestries get their racial languages as written. Figuring out why all Elves speak Elvish despite all geographic and historical sense is an exercise left to the reader. On the geographic scale of most fantasy realms it actually isn't that implausible. A perfect real world example would be Spanish. The dialects are expansive but ultimately 90% of the Spanish speaking world can communicate with each other despite being geographically removed from the Spanish empire that originally spread their influence to the countries they became and this is after centuries. Apply the same logic to a literal different species and it seems logical that even if they're around the world as long as an ethnic population is dominant in a region they'd likely retain the 'mother tongue'. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegoku Posted September 11, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 11, 2023 Eireann is being a bit pushy here, trying to show his skills and also try to get a measure of the others. Feel free to ignore him if it makes sense for your character! Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foltor Posted September 11, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted September 11, 2023 As a reminder, actions that significantly affect how your character sends or receives information are "Secret" - they are always rolled by the GM and you don't get to see the result. Notable Secret actions include: Gather Information, Hide, Identify Magic, Lie, Recall Knowledge, Seek, Sense Motive, Sneak Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor D Posted September 11, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 11, 2023 ... oh come on... Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foltor Posted September 12, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted September 12, 2023 @Ryfte, any input? Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madadh Posted September 13, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 13, 2023 We can settle it IC, but OOC we probably should settle on an 'operating language'. We all obviously have Common, but is there another language we ALL share? Tethyr speaks Common, Elven, Granarctian, Taskan, Draconic, & Celestial Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted September 13, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 13, 2023 Circe speaks Common, Granartican, Elven, Taskan, Draconic, Retulian, Fey Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eyeball Kid Posted September 13, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 13, 2023 Crastug has Common, Dwarven, Elven, Goblin, Granarctian, Taskan, Retulian Probably shouldn't choose Taskan, at least not here and, since it was indicated the Dragoons deploy to the same general area, probably not at all. Elven is shaping up so far. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegoku Posted September 13, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 13, 2023 Eireann has Common, Elven and Draconic Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor D Posted September 13, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 13, 2023 Nova has Common, Aralean, Draconic (which means Abyssal and Infernal), Dwarfen, Taskan, Granarctian and 'Diamate'? I left a spot for a local language for her home, but wasn't sure if they'd just use an Aralean variant. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakle Posted September 13, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 13, 2023 Vega has Taskan, Granarctian, & Common. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madadh Posted September 13, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 13, 2023 Guess Common it is lol Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor D Posted September 13, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 13, 2023 (edited) We're really close on Granarctian and Taskan. Only Eireann lacks those. Elven is next, with only Nova and Vega not speaking it. Edit: forgot Ash. She kinda scuppers this plan regardless, since she's just got Ixrui and Common (Worth noting with the more limited languages, only Nova has Aralean, Crastug is our only Goblin speaker, and Circe our only Fey speaker. And none of us have Harazi . *hums* They border Aralei. I need to check if my general outline for Nova's home region is okay; might make sense for her to pick it up if they don't have their own language) Edited September 13, 2023 by Inquisitor D (see edit history) Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foltor Posted September 13, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted September 13, 2023 Don't get too hung up on trying to cover all the regional human languages. Or, well, all the languages generally. I don't have any adventures planned in Retulia or Elme 'Haraz at this time (mostly because nobody is really from there) - we'll be working mostly in Granarctia, and occasionally Taskan and Aralei, for the time being. @Inquisitor D it will make more sense for Nova's people to speak a regional variant of Aralean rather than adding another language to the mix. Your dialect will be part of what marks you as an outsider bumpkin noble when we do work in Aralei proper. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryfte Posted September 14, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 14, 2023 (edited) My apologies for the brief vanishing act. I made the grave mistake of volunteering to help a friend out and it kept me more than too busy the past handful of days! ;) Edit: Oh, and just common and iruxan, lol. So yeah, common. Edited September 14, 2023 by Ryfte (see edit history) Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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