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<blockquote data-quote="uzirath" data-source="post: 7635859" data-attributes="member: 8495"><p>Yes. For most TFRPG genres, realistic handling of languages is a drag. I've played in a few exploration games where languages were handled realistically, but the pacing of those games was much different. (It was common for PCs to have lots of time to develop skills, including languages, between adventures.) Even then, we often depended on translators, which means more fragile NPCs and whatnot. If the GM takes it seriously, it can work, but only if she's not expecting to run standard D&D-style adventures.</p><p></p><p>For my standard fantasy games these days, I'm considering just stating as a world-premise that all sentient creatures speak the same language. They can create other languages, for sure, but the lingua franca is literally divinely imprinted as part of achieving sentience. (It might even be built into the structure of matter itself, which might explain why animated golems, plants, etc., can understand their creator.) This doesn't feel any more ridiculous than the usual way I've seen the common tongue implemented (where everyone of every social class somehow managed to learn it).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="uzirath, post: 7635859, member: 8495"] Yes. For most TFRPG genres, realistic handling of languages is a drag. I've played in a few exploration games where languages were handled realistically, but the pacing of those games was much different. (It was common for PCs to have lots of time to develop skills, including languages, between adventures.) Even then, we often depended on translators, which means more fragile NPCs and whatnot. If the GM takes it seriously, it can work, but only if she's not expecting to run standard D&D-style adventures. For my standard fantasy games these days, I'm considering just stating as a world-premise that all sentient creatures speak the same language. They can create other languages, for sure, but the lingua franca is literally divinely imprinted as part of achieving sentience. (It might even be built into the structure of matter itself, which might explain why animated golems, plants, etc., can understand their creator.) This doesn't feel any more ridiculous than the usual way I've seen the common tongue implemented (where everyone of every social class somehow managed to learn it). [/QUOTE]
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