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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8803597" data-attributes="member: 2209">I thought of another time it became a front burner issue in a D&amp;D game. In a 2e Ravenloft campaign I ran the <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17500/RM3-Web-of-Illusion-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Web of Illusion</a> module where the PCs end up on the island of Sri Raji where common is not a local or trade language and there is a local power structure with religious assassins hostile to outsiders. The party did not have tongues or comprehend languages (which back then did not allow speaking in the language and required touching whatever you were trying to understand) so they started out with no understanding of anybody. Eventually they met two people who were originally outsiders themselves who speak both common and the indigenous language, one is a vulnerable innocent whose outsider status is hidden behind a mask and a claim of disfigurement, the other a villainous factional power player trying to overthrow the local power so a potential ally/potential enemy.This meant the party was very much underground and hiding and not directly interacting with most people, with decisions about who to ally with and get involved with.The limited fellow speakers definitely added to the isolation and outsider feeling and gave the island a much more exotic feel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8803597, member: 2209"] I thought of another time it became a front burner issue in a D&D game. In a 2e Ravenloft campaign I ran the [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17500/RM3-Web-of-Illusion-2e?affiliate_id=17596']Web of Illusion[/URL] module where the PCs end up on the island of Sri Raji where common is not a local or trade language and there is a local power structure with religious assassins hostile to outsiders. The party did not have tongues or comprehend languages (which back then did not allow speaking in the language and required touching whatever you were trying to understand) so they started out with no understanding of anybody. Eventually they met two people who were originally outsiders themselves who speak both common and the indigenous language, one is a vulnerable innocent whose outsider status is hidden behind a mask and a claim of disfigurement, the other a villainous factional power player trying to overthrow the local power so a potential ally/potential enemy. This meant the party was very much underground and hiding and not directly interacting with most people, with decisions about who to ally with and get involved with. The limited fellow speakers definitely added to the isolation and outsider feeling and gave the island a much more exotic feel. [/QUOTE]

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