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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BlivetWidget" data-source="post: 8081935" data-attributes="member: 6912801">As do I!  [USER=1]@Morrus[/USER] outrage culture being what it is, you might see some people get bent out of shape by the assumption that the signed languages are, well, signed versions of said language.  In the real world, gestural languages developed separately from spoken languages (for instance, ASL is very much not signed English) and these distinctions are a point of pride in Deaf culture.  It doesn't bother me, it would be mechanically more difficult to separate it out, and you might say it could be inspiring to imagine a world where signing is built into a language from the beginning... but, something to consider.PS - Not sure why the attribute bonus was moved to Background.  On the face of it, it does make sense thematically, but it also breaks compatibility with existing 5e content for (what seems to me) no real gain.  Simply moving that to Culture or even part of stat generation (whether you roll on point buy, you can add +1 to two stats... or something like that) would maintain compatibility with existing 5e backgrounds.PPS - another typo on p38 "You double your Constitution score for the sake determining" should be "You double your Constitution score for the sake of determining"</blockquote>