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<blockquote data-quote="bmcdaniel" data-source="post: 850645" data-attributes="member: 1772">House RuleFollowing are house rules re languages for a campaign set in mythological Greece. Designed to simulate varying levels of fluency, but still allow people to pick up languages fairly easily. Note that unlike standard D&amp;D, it is quite easy to be illiterate under these rules.Speak Languages: Speak Language is a family of skills (like Craft) with a specific skill in each language, i.e. Speak Language (Greek) is a different skill than Speak Language (Sylvan).&nbsp; Native languages are always considered class skills; other languages are cross-class (except for Bards and Priests for whom all languages are class skills). 1 rank – beginner’s fluency.2 rank – normal speaking fluency.3 rank – literacy and improved fluency.5 rank – +2 synergy bonus to Diplomacy and Perform (Oratory) in that language.Cultural Greeks start with 2 ranks in Greek (aka Common); others start with 2 ranks in their native language and 1 rank in Greek. At character creation, characters get an additional skill point per Intelligence bonus exclusively to put in languages. Starting priests and wizards get an additional 2 ranks to spend on languages.Common human languages include Greek, Phoenician, Egyptian, and Babylonian; rarer human languages include Amazon, Celtic, Etrurian, Thracian, and Scythian. Nonhuman languages include Sylvan, Centaur, Minotaur and Goblin.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bmcdaniel, post: 850645, member: 1772"] [b]House Rule[/b] Following are house rules re languages for a campaign set in mythological Greece. Designed to simulate varying levels of fluency, but still allow people to pick up languages fairly easily. Note that unlike standard D&D, it is quite easy to be illiterate under these rules. Speak Languages: Speak Language is a family of skills (like Craft) with a specific skill in each language, i.e. Speak Language (Greek) is a different skill than Speak Language (Sylvan). Native languages are always considered class skills; other languages are cross-class (except for Bards and Priests for whom all languages are class skills). 1 rank – beginner’s fluency. 2 rank – normal speaking fluency. 3 rank – literacy and improved fluency. 5 rank – +2 synergy bonus to Diplomacy and Perform (Oratory) in that language. Cultural Greeks start with 2 ranks in Greek (aka Common); others start with 2 ranks in their native language and 1 rank in Greek. At character creation, characters get an additional skill point per Intelligence bonus exclusively to put in languages. Starting priests and wizards get an additional 2 ranks to spend on languages. Common human languages include Greek, Phoenician, Egyptian, and Babylonian; rarer human languages include Amazon, Celtic, Etrurian, Thracian, and Scythian. Nonhuman languages include Sylvan, Centaur, Minotaur and Goblin. [/QUOTE]

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