Hi all,
The 2024 PHB divides languages into standard and rare categories. By default, every PC knows Common plus two other standard languages. None of the 2024 backgrounds or species grant bonus languages, which is fine, but as far as I can tell, there's no way for a PC to learn a rare language. The book says that "some features let a character learn a rare language", but I'm not seeing any. Am I missing something?
Note: When using the 2024 rules in D&D Beyond, the system won't let you choose any of the rare languages at character creation. You have to add them manually from the character sheet.
EDIT: So far we have the following ways in which to learn a rare language using only the options in the 2024 PHB:
Anything else?
- Take 1 level of druid to get Druidic.
- Take 1 level of rogue to get Thieves' Cant and any other language of your choice.
- Take 2 levels of ranger to get any two languages of your choice via Deft Explorer.
You can also train to learn a language.