To be fair, random tables are pretty much my solution to everything, but...
I was commenting on the background discussion thread that I thought for the most part languages tied to backgrounds were silly. Why do all guards speak dwarvish and all farmers halfling?
Others rightly pointed out that these are tools for people who don't want to spend time thinking about it.
So I propose a solution that gives people an option for a quick easy answer if they want that or customization if that want that.
Random tables!
"Languages: You start knowing Common and one language from the table below. You can pick or roll randomly."
Then there's a table with all of the languages.
Plus it's fun to roll dice!
(And yes I'll include this as a suggestion on the survey, but I also wanted to post here because I like discussing things things on the internet.)
I was commenting on the background discussion thread that I thought for the most part languages tied to backgrounds were silly. Why do all guards speak dwarvish and all farmers halfling?
Others rightly pointed out that these are tools for people who don't want to spend time thinking about it.
So I propose a solution that gives people an option for a quick easy answer if they want that or customization if that want that.
Random tables!
"Languages: You start knowing Common and one language from the table below. You can pick or roll randomly."
Then there's a table with all of the languages.
Plus it's fun to roll dice!
(And yes I'll include this as a suggestion on the survey, but I also wanted to post here because I like discussing things things on the internet.)