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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 9608632" data-attributes="member: 11">Oh and the reason this thread interests me is because languages feel like a key world-building aspect for D&D - or at least for my general preference and style. So below I have shared a screenshot of the language table  (<a href="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/makrinos-languages-pdf.399130/?hash=2a81cd4a28e4e30bb858b0a6628bf803" target="_blank">here in PDF form</a>) from the character creation chapter of my current houserules project (and based on how I have long used them in my game) and some copy/pasted text explaining parts of it (there is also potentially more detail, but players can access that if they are interested or it comes up in game). The rule are based on a microsetting that can expand as campaigns are played through in it. (well, micro when compared to typical D&D settings, still big enough to be home to multiple concurrent campaigns).I think of this as "starting languages." Sahuagin might have their own language, but no one else has figured it out yet or know more than a few words (or have they? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure    :unsure:"  data-smilie="24"data-shortname=":unsure:" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f910.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":censored:" title="Censored    :censored:"  data-smilie="14"data-shortname=":censored:" />)For my own part, my approach to the game means that I don't think about languages as a "hoop," "puzzle," or "roadblock" for PCs (though potentially it could be any of those), but just an aspect of the world to be explored. When I design a place or an adventure I think, "What would the people/creatures speak there?" Not, "What languages do the PCs at my table speak?" I honestly don't know all the language the PCs in my current games speak, I guess I find out when it comes up and how they go about handling it.[ATTACH=full]399129[/ATTACH]LanguagesLanguages are crucial to communicating and most travelers, people who live in cosmopolitan places, and scholars, tend to pick up one or two additional languages, even if they don't always know how to read and write in them or vice versa.When you gain a language, the source - People, Class, Background, Feat - will tell you if you can only speak and understand it, or if you are also literate in the tongue. Typically, your choice of People will grant you 1 to 2 standard languages, while your Class or Background is more likely to provide an unusual language.The Languages table provides more information about available languages and dialects.Name. This how people commonly refer to the language.Status. The status of languages are as follows: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Active. Commonly spoken by various peoples of Makrinos</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dying. Very few people speak or read this language anymore. It may be the language of a small dwindling population or an ancient language without use outside of the work of scholars.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dead. This language is no longer spoken in any common contexts and is limited to scholarly or historical treatises or surviving via fragments in religious or arcane rites.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Exotic. This may be a commonly spoken language wherever it originates, but encountering it in Makrinos in unusual, and at best limited to a particular region or people.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rare. A rare language usually originate in another plane of existence, is incredibly niche, or is so old, either only its written form remains or a fragmentary oral form, making actually knowing it well very rare indeed. </li> </ul>Script. This is the written alphabet or runic code used to record the language. Some languages share a written script, but can use those scripts in very different ways.Related Languages. The language emerged from influence of one of more the languages listed here or emerged from a shared language. Or, another language may have developed from it. For example, both the dwarvish and gnomish languages are evolved from Terran, a dialect of Primordial, the language of Primal Chaos, but gnomish is also influenced by elvish. Sometimes, it may be able to decipher simple ideas or phrases from a language in which you are not fluent using a related language in which you are.Dialects. The languages listed here are variants of the language in question. Some rudimentary communication is possible between Peoples who know these languages. "Localized" indicates that there are likely countless minor local dialects of the language that are mostly interoperable with the standard language.Who Speaks. The most common speakers of this language are listed here.Notes. Other notable features or aspects of the language</blockquote>

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