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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Iceflame55" data-source="post: 1718368" data-attributes="member: 21545">If you can, look up the Language skills in MERP. They had five ranks. Rank 1: basic verbal communication (Safe to Eat?), no reading/writingRank 2: Speech on very simple subjects if both parties spoke carefully and slowly, allowed reading simple sentences for basics but no detail, and no writing.Rank 3: Allow native level speech but with an accent, allows reading/writing at about 5th grade level.Rank 4: as Rank 3, but with reading/writing as at 9th grade level.Rank 5: Speaks perfectly, total literacy.Now, Rolemaster had it at about 10 ranks the norm, with speech 8 writing 6 to norm for a native speaker, and 10/10 equalling scoholars.Given my personal tastes, I'd say if I used any I'd use RM's language rank system, with skill points done as follows:If language cross-class, have each point devoted to it be counted as 2, divided between Speaking and Writing as player seen fit. If it Class Skill, have each point be FOUR points divided as player seen fit. Native Languages would automatically start at Speaking rank 8 and Writing 6, to show them as such.</blockquote>