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<blockquote data-quote="storyguide3" data-source="post: 1191099" data-attributes="member: 8555">I guess the fundamental question here is, will the fun you get as DM and linguistics major outweigh the frustration and unfun that your action-oriented players will experience? I've been down this road before, but not with language. As a history student and medieval military history junkie, I spent inordinate amounts of time on making certain aspects of a campaign more &quot;realistic&quot; at the expense of playability. The players could not have cared less, got bored with the details, and nobody was happy.&nbsp;Keep in mind that linguistics is something that turns your crank (I assume it must, you being a major in it and all). If your players are not interested in that aspect of play, then trying to force it on them will not work. Every time that communication becomes an issue, those that were against the idea in the first place will feel the frustration that much more. If it becomes a major focus of the campaign, they will not be happy, and neither will you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="storyguide3, post: 1191099, member: 8555"] I guess the fundamental question here is, will the fun you get as DM and linguistics major outweigh the frustration and unfun that your action-oriented players will experience? I've been down this road before, but not with language. As a history student and medieval military history junkie, I spent inordinate amounts of time on making certain aspects of a campaign more "realistic" at the expense of playability. The players could not have cared less, got bored with the details, and nobody was happy. Keep in mind that linguistics is something that turns [b]your[/b] crank (I assume it must, you being a major in it and all). If your players are not interested in that aspect of play, then trying to force it on them will not work. Every time that communication becomes an issue, those that were against the idea in the first place will feel the frustration that much more. If it becomes a major focus of the campaign, they will not be happy, and neither will you. [/QUOTE]

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