evildm
Explorer
Hey everybody. My friend and I were talking about languages in D&D cause we noticed Ravenloft doesn't have a common tongue, and I came to the conclusion that isn't it odd how in some settings (Forgotten Realms and Greyhawk in particular, I suppose) everybody speaks the common tongue? So much so that it really reduces the importance of other languages quite a bit. What's the point of speaking Chondathan and Damaran if both cultures speak common quite well. I understand that it's more important in reading languages on paper, but shouldn't it be more important to be able to speak languages or to get translators while in foreign lands? Like in the real world, we don't really have a common tongue (though there are certainly prevalent languages).
What do you think? Do you remove the common tongue in your games?
What do you think? Do you remove the common tongue in your games?