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<blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 5754481" data-attributes="member: 6957"><p>My homebrews have literally hundreds of languages, some are as close as Danish and Norwegian in our world, others share scant, if any, common roots. The major ones (and some minor) have names, others get names when they come up, and are then noted in the Book.</p><p></p><p>As an example - there are more than two dozen languages spoken by the orcs of the New World, some spoken by fewer than five hundred people.</p><p></p><p>I do keep Tongues and Comprehend Languages spells separated by what they translate. Of the two Tongues is both the most common and the most abused. Being personal a translator can use it for disinformation. Especially useful when there is no written language, as in the case of the many tribes of orcs.</p><p></p><p>*Translator casts Tongues.*</p><p></p><p>Orc: We of the Dirty River welcome a trade pact with the dwarfs of Northshore.</p><p></p><p>Translator: We of the Dirty River are curious as to the nature of your trade. We will consider a trade pact in return for an honorarium of 500 Guilder, to prepare for further trade.</p><p></p><p>Dwarf: It seems a reasonable fee for starting what should be a most profitable endeavor. We will put the funds in an account at Lindtbank. *Big smile.*</p><p></p><p>Translator: The Dwarfs of Northshore are happy to agree with your treaty, and have decided to give you a gift of 100 Guilder to help with this endeavor! They will have me bring you the gifted funds from Lindtbank on the morrow! *Big Smile.*</p><p></p><p>Orc: The Dwarfs of Northshore are both honorable and wise. Let it be so. *Big smle.*</p><p></p><p>*Handshake between orc and dwarf, happy with the deal.*</p><p></p><p>Neither the dwarf nor the orc would ever have realized that they were both snookered if a PC hadn't <em>also</em> cast Tongues. The PC informed both the dwarfs and the orcs of the translator's duplicity. The dwarfs even let the orcs keep the gold! The player was listening because he did not trust the orcs - who were completely innocent in this scheme. </p><p></p><p>*Big smiles, all around. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> *</p><p></p><p>The Auld Grump</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheAuldGrump, post: 5754481, member: 6957"] My homebrews have literally hundreds of languages, some are as close as Danish and Norwegian in our world, others share scant, if any, common roots. The major ones (and some minor) have names, others get names when they come up, and are then noted in the Book. As an example - there are more than two dozen languages spoken by the orcs of the New World, some spoken by fewer than five hundred people. I do keep Tongues and Comprehend Languages spells separated by what they translate. Of the two Tongues is both the most common and the most abused. Being personal a translator can use it for disinformation. Especially useful when there is no written language, as in the case of the many tribes of orcs. *Translator casts Tongues.* Orc: We of the Dirty River welcome a trade pact with the dwarfs of Northshore. Translator: We of the Dirty River are curious as to the nature of your trade. We will consider a trade pact in return for an honorarium of 500 Guilder, to prepare for further trade. Dwarf: It seems a reasonable fee for starting what should be a most profitable endeavor. We will put the funds in an account at Lindtbank. *Big smile.* Translator: The Dwarfs of Northshore are happy to agree with your treaty, and have decided to give you a gift of 100 Guilder to help with this endeavor! They will have me bring you the gifted funds from Lindtbank on the morrow! *Big Smile.* Orc: The Dwarfs of Northshore are both honorable and wise. Let it be so. *Big smle.* *Handshake between orc and dwarf, happy with the deal.* Neither the dwarf nor the orc would ever have realized that they were both snookered if a PC hadn't [i]also[/i] cast Tongues. The PC informed both the dwarfs and the orcs of the translator's duplicity. The dwarfs even let the orcs keep the gold! The player was listening because he did not trust the orcs - who were completely innocent in this scheme. *Big smiles, all around. :D * The Auld Grump [/QUOTE]
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