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<blockquote data-quote="Derthwen" data-source="post: 9609141" data-attributes="member: 7035309">Just joining in after I got through the previous pages.I think there is another reason languages are not given a lot of work for a better system by wotc is language does not come up in a way that matters in most stories that designers / DMs /or players consume.Language, not counting the “common”, in media are at most mentioned to exist but it really matters. How often in popular fantasy and sci-fi novels, or in video games or movies does it come up that a language barrier might exist? If multiple languages come up tends to be in a few ways:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">is actively spoken it is used as window dressing, protagonist comes into city and hears other languages telling the reader what other nations / peoples exist. I have never seen it (that I can recall) where the character has any issues communicating with who they meet due to language barrier. ( Star Wars, LOTR, Malazan, Conan, Forgotten Realms Novels (that i have read), among others fit here)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">It’s the ancient language: (Wheel of Time fits here as do many stories where the ancient past matters)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The work is deliberately about languages (some are first contact (and many of the first contact stories do not care about the language barrier): if not first contact these are rare</li>
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[QUOTE="Derthwen, post: 9609141, member: 7035309"] Just joining in after I got through the previous pages. I think there is another reason languages are not given a lot of work for a better system by wotc is language does not come up in a way that matters in most stories that designers / DMs /or players consume. Language, not counting the “common”, in media are at most mentioned to exist but it really matters. How often in popular fantasy and sci-fi novels, or in video games or movies does it come up that a language barrier might exist? If multiple languages come up tends to be in a few ways: [LIST] [*]is actively spoken it is used as window dressing, protagonist comes into city and hears other languages telling the reader what other nations / peoples exist. I have never seen it (that I can recall) where the character has any issues communicating with who they meet due to language barrier. ( Star Wars, LOTR, Malazan, Conan, Forgotten Realms Novels (that i have read), among others fit here) [*]It’s the ancient language: (Wheel of Time fits here as do many stories where the ancient past matters) [*]The work is deliberately about languages (some are first contact (and many of the first contact stories do not care about the language barrier): if not first contact these are rare [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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