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<blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 5343782" data-attributes="member: 5890">In general, a DM doesn't want his campaign to come to a grinding halt because the party doesn't know what to do. Given that, he can't really place crucial information only in a foreign tongue.Now, that doesn't make it totally useless: there's plenty of situations where information that isn't crucial and is merely helpful may be overheard in a foreign tongue. Knowing that the two orcs in the next room are arguing over when lunchtime is might help you avoid an encounter, but it's the sort of thing that you don't need to know, so the DM can feel free to have you not know it.Which puts linguist firmly above barreling charge, which has absolutely no use whatsoever nowadays.Even power attack is a positive feat, because if it's going to be bad for you, you can simply not use it. You might not use it a lot, but if you get the numbers right, it will make a positive difference overall.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saeviomagy, post: 5343782, member: 5890"] In general, a DM doesn't want his campaign to come to a grinding halt because the party doesn't know what to do. Given that, he can't really place crucial information only in a foreign tongue. Now, that doesn't make it totally useless: there's plenty of situations where information that isn't crucial and is merely helpful may be overheard in a foreign tongue. Knowing that the two orcs in the next room are arguing over when lunchtime is might help you avoid an encounter, but it's the sort of thing that you don't need to know, so the DM can feel free to have you not know it. Which puts linguist firmly above barreling charge, which has absolutely no use whatsoever nowadays. Even power attack is a positive feat, because if it's going to be bad for you, you can simply not use it. You might not use it a lot, but if you get the numbers right, it will make a positive difference overall. [/QUOTE]

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