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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paido" data-source="post: 1596912" data-attributes="member: 20245">All right, it's question time!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How do I learn new languages, one per rank invested? And how do I learn to read and write them? (Another rank per language?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How do I represent a mariner's skill with knots and ropes? Should I take Craft: Rope-craft as a skill? (And would that entail the know-how of making ropes as well?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do I have to specify Knowledge: Geography any more (i.e., Lakuri Isles, Wildlands, ...)?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How do I represent a sailor's (or navigator's) knowledge of the stars and how to navigate by them? Should I take Knowledge: Stars as a skill?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What activities are covered by Acrobatics, what by Athletics?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How many weapons can I carry? (Don't worry, I wasn't planning on being a walking armoury, I just wanted to have a number of throwing daggers in addition to my main weapon.) I suppose the gamebook limit of two is not relevant in the Rpg, is it?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How much does a dagger cost, and are there differences between "throwing daggers" and "melee daggers", or can I just use daggers in general for both uses?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Cutlass was listed as "racial weapon" in the equipment.doc - what does that mean? (I suppose if anyone of us can use a cutlass without penalties or somesuch, it would be me ... just curious.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Are Laumspur leaves Backpack items or Special items?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As I don't have the DnD Player's Handbook as well  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" />, I need some help on equipment matters (especially prices and whether they are Backpack or Special items): a Storm Lantern (and whatever you deem necessary for making use of it, e.g. flint & steel), a Rope (what sorts and lengths are there, and what would they cost?), a Sailor's telescope, a Set of Lockpicks, and a Sextant (maybe, for "navigation" purposes).</li> </ul>Hmm, that should have been the last matters to take care of; you'll probably soon get the created character to look for errors ... Hopefully not too many.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Paidoedit: Oh, and is there such a thing as a Carousing skill? You know, for increased alcohol tolerance, as befitting pirates ... Dwarves probably as well ... (I'm not exactly an expert on that, but I suppose that's not "governed" by constitution alone, but, uh, training, too, is it? ...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> *hic!*)  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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