Makes sense. If Varisians don't know their own native language then who does?
The term "bonus language" was used in 3.X to refer to the selection of languages from which a character could pick the extra languages granted to him by virtue of a high Intelligence score. But, looking over the the Beta playtest rules, Pathfinder seems to have done away with it as a game term; probably because the word "bonus" was misleading.
So that'd mean that every PC except the dragon and the half-orc get it for free. Neat.
Hm. I have to do a bit of research to figure out if my dragon is supposed to automatically know common or not.
Edit: The D20
SRD states plainly: "All characters know how to speak Common." It's unclear whether that's intended to apply to all PCs regardless of race or simply those included in the
SRD. The Pathfinder Beta rules don't include any such unilateral mention. The entry for dragons in the
SRD, in turn, only grants them Draconic automatically. So, in conclusion, I still dunno.
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