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<blockquote data-quote="gambler1650" data-source="post: 5660203" data-attributes="member: 11033"><p>Whizbang Dustyboots: Cool! Makes my life easier. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Fenris? You still here?</p><p></p><p>Binder Fred: Be careful about investing too much character development up front! I don't plan to be an adversarial, killer, DM, but I can't guarantee survival for a first level character in an 'old school' system/style. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>That said, I like the sketch. I haven't thought overly about languages, though now is as good a time as any.</p><p></p><p>The simply named "The Empire of Mankind", of which Ascadar is nominally a part (though in practice it involves sending taxes and not much else...), has a common language that all growing up in the town would know. Each race has its own language, which again, are know automatically by characters of that race.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, there's ruins that have been studied, with a long dead language unlike any currently known. I'll say that various scholars and wizards have turned up some best guesses... but there's still plenty of room for misinterpretation. I'll say that your studies and the knowledge of your teachers gives you a 40% chance of understanding any given phrase almost perfectly, 30% chance of not understanding it, and 30% chance of you thinking you understand it but certain elements are incorrect in the translation.</p><p></p><p>Ok, so my laptop is still working but making grinding sounds. And my touchpad is charging. I hope to get most of my writing done tonight, and post something tonight or Sunday (out most of the day Saturday) in the IC thread... will link to it when I create it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gambler1650, post: 5660203, member: 11033"] Whizbang Dustyboots: Cool! Makes my life easier. :) Fenris? You still here? Binder Fred: Be careful about investing too much character development up front! I don't plan to be an adversarial, killer, DM, but I can't guarantee survival for a first level character in an 'old school' system/style. :) That said, I like the sketch. I haven't thought overly about languages, though now is as good a time as any. The simply named "The Empire of Mankind", of which Ascadar is nominally a part (though in practice it involves sending taxes and not much else...), has a common language that all growing up in the town would know. Each race has its own language, which again, are know automatically by characters of that race. Yeah, there's ruins that have been studied, with a long dead language unlike any currently known. I'll say that various scholars and wizards have turned up some best guesses... but there's still plenty of room for misinterpretation. I'll say that your studies and the knowledge of your teachers gives you a 40% chance of understanding any given phrase almost perfectly, 30% chance of not understanding it, and 30% chance of you thinking you understand it but certain elements are incorrect in the translation. Ok, so my laptop is still working but making grinding sounds. And my touchpad is charging. I hope to get most of my writing done tonight, and post something tonight or Sunday (out most of the day Saturday) in the IC thread... will link to it when I create it. [/QUOTE]
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