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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1411069" data-attributes="member: 158">I would normally say it doesn't come up often, but it really depends on the situation the characters are in. If they don't travel away from lands where certain languages are prominent, then there's little need for them, save for hidden notes or ancient texts. But recently, a foray into the underdark (a totally alien environment to all of them) has made language, communication, and trying to find safety the foremost thing on their minds...Cross-posted from the "funny RP moments" thread:---------------------------------------This one happened just yesterday......The Forgotten Realms Party is travelling through the underdark, when they free a Duergar Dwarf from captivity by a Mind Flayer. Cut off from the surface, and desperate for a guide, they pantomime to the Duergar that if they rest and recover spells, they can speak with him. They pantomime sleeping, casting, and talking. The Dwarf, concerned that these strangers will kill him in his sleep, pantomimes himself sleeping, and then points to them and then imitates slitting his throat.The speaker, seriously misunderstanding, nods his head yes. They had to REALLY go through some pantomime to keep him from attacking in desperation. He later said he thought he was saying they WOULDN'T kill him in his sleep - it made for some fun roleplay, though.</blockquote>