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<blockquote data-quote="HeavenShallBurn" data-source="post: 3438571" data-attributes="member: 39593">I like to use racial languages that restrict use by outsiders or create customs that forbid others to learn a language.&nbsp; Examples*Vykarins-speak a language that is rather like Bushman(I know they're called something else now I don't care) in flavor with lots of clicks, whistles, etc.&nbsp; So most other races don't learn it but if they do they're still at a penalty to make themselves understood.&nbsp; Based on complexity of the topic and decipher script skill but at a +4DC penalty.*Eeeee-other races don't even realize they have a spoken language, they believe all Eeeee communicate with each other by racial telepathy.&nbsp; But that's only because they can't hear the ultra high pitched sounds of the bat-like Eeeee tongue.&nbsp; Instead Eeee learn the languages of others.*Aeulum-these are a reclusive and primitive race and have intense cultural proscriptions on certain things.&nbsp; Not only won't they teach ANYONE their native language they try to avoid speaking it extensively in the presence of outsiders and have a secret name that is never used except with blood kin.*Draconic is pretty much the equivalent of english in scientific circles, it's the spellcaster's universal language and the language in which arcane magic is discussed and written, but not the most common outside those circles which is a trade language.&nbsp; This is because dragons were the first to actually discover and set down the nature of magic in this homebrew and is specially suited to discuss such things.*Actual spell casting is not done in Draconic, instead I invented a new language Aleph.&nbsp; These are the primeval words of power through which magic actually works, it can't be uttered or written without creating the spell effects.&nbsp; A literal use of &quot;Word as Power&quot; based on the idea of re-naming.&nbsp; Because of this magic is studied, researched, written, and discussed in Draconic which can adequately describe magic without causing it to happen like Aleph.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeavenShallBurn, post: 3438571, member: 39593"] I like to use racial languages that restrict use by outsiders or create customs that forbid others to learn a language. Examples *Vykarins-speak a language that is rather like Bushman(I know they're called something else now I don't care) in flavor with lots of clicks, whistles, etc. So most other races don't learn it but if they do they're still at a penalty to make themselves understood. Based on complexity of the topic and decipher script skill but at a +4DC penalty. *Eeeee-other races don't even realize they have a spoken language, they believe all Eeeee communicate with each other by racial telepathy. But that's only because they can't hear the ultra high pitched sounds of the bat-like Eeeee tongue. Instead Eeee learn the languages of others. *Aeulum-these are a reclusive and primitive race and have intense cultural proscriptions on certain things. Not only won't they teach ANYONE their native language they try to avoid speaking it extensively in the presence of outsiders and have a secret name that is never used except with blood kin. *Draconic is pretty much the equivalent of english in scientific circles, it's the spellcaster's universal language and the language in which arcane magic is discussed and written, but not the most common outside those circles which is a trade language. This is because dragons were the first to actually discover and set down the nature of magic in this homebrew and is specially suited to discuss such things. *Actual spell casting is not done in Draconic, instead I invented a new language [b]Aleph[/b]. These are the primeval words of power through which magic actually works, it can't be uttered or written without creating the spell effects. A literal use of "Word as Power" based on the idea of re-naming. Because of this magic is studied, researched, written, and discussed in Draconic which can adequately describe magic without causing it to happen like Aleph. [/QUOTE]

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