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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 1717395" data-attributes="member: 6562">My proposed language rules (herein officially declared OGC):Each language has 5 ranks total. These can be bought just like skill ranks, using the Speak Langage skill for each individual language. You begin with three ranks in your native language and one rank in each &quot;bonus&quot; language specified by race, region and/or background.<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> &quot;Ou est la biblioteque?&quot; -- you know some basic phrases by rote, and perhaps some basic insults. You can conduct trade in this language, including barter.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> &quot;Please to be helping find red hat, yes?&quot; -- you can make yourself understood in most common circumstances, and can understand most insults.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> &quot;Voulez-vous couchez avec moi ce soir?&quot; -- you can express most of your thoughts appropriately.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> &quot;The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.&quot; -- your accent is under your control, and you can tailor your speech to fit most social settings.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> &quot;If 'twer done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.&quot; -- you have mastered this language, and the only limit on your ability to express yourself is yourself.</li>
</ol>Uses for this skill:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Speaking and understanding is automatic. The player and DM should make up a quick list of rote phrases learned at one skill rank -- simple things which are useful for survival (&quot;where is the bathroom?&quot;, directions, etc.) and trade (&quot;how much does that cost?&quot;, numbers, etc.).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> All Social skill check bonuses are limited to 5 x Language Bonus. (Being Diplomatic without speaking would involve a Perform check, or would be limited by an appropriate Perform skill instead.) Exceptions can be made for very well-described Intimidate or Bluff checks, but in general, you are limited by your ability to express yourself verbally.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Limited emulation of White Wolf's skill called Expression -- to make a new work of art in a language (say, a play), you make a check at [5 x Language] + Int bonus.</li>
</ul>More detail desired?&nbsp;-- N</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 1717395, member: 6562"] My proposed language rules (herein officially declared OGC): Each language has 5 ranks total. These can be bought just like skill ranks, using the Speak Langage skill for each individual language. You begin with three ranks in your native language and one rank in each "bonus" language specified by race, region and/or background. [list=1] [*] "Ou est la biblioteque?" -- you know some basic phrases by rote, and perhaps some basic insults. You can conduct trade in this language, including barter. [*] "Please to be helping find red hat, yes?" -- you can make yourself understood in most common circumstances, and can understand most insults. [*] "Voulez-vous couchez avec moi ce soir?" -- you can express most of your thoughts appropriately. [*] "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain." -- your accent is under your control, and you can tailor your speech to fit most social settings. [*] "If 'twer done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly." -- you have mastered this language, and the only limit on your ability to express yourself is yourself. [/list] Uses for this skill: [list=a] [*] Speaking and understanding is automatic. The player and DM should make up a quick list of rote phrases learned at one skill rank -- simple things which are useful for survival ("where is the bathroom?", directions, etc.) and trade ("how much does that cost?", numbers, etc.). [*] All Social skill check bonuses are limited to 5 x Language Bonus. (Being Diplomatic without speaking would involve a Perform check, or would be limited by an appropriate Perform skill instead.) Exceptions can be made for very well-described Intimidate or Bluff checks, but in general, you are limited by your ability to express yourself verbally. [*] Limited emulation of White Wolf's skill called Expression -- to make a new work of art in a language (say, a play), you make a check at [5 x Language] + Int bonus. [/list] More detail desired? -- N [/QUOTE]

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