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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clark411" data-source="post: 706082" data-attributes="member: 4768">The lack of a common tongue also hurts, I find.  An average Fighter or Cleric of average intelligence has hardly enough points to go around as it is, never mind forcing him or her to invest 2 pts per language simply so they can speak with the party.  Alternatively, a intelligent Rogue or Wizard has points to spare.. it's creates a fundamental collapse of equity on this level.  Non-human characters are also hurt more than human characters.Oh it's realistic to remove it, but with removing it comes opening up a set of new problems as well.  Allowing half cost Pidgen Languages helps.. or divying it up into Reading/Writing and Speaking it is an alternative that should be considered when doing it.</blockquote>