Tweaking Skills - Thoughts?

[irdeggman]

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Originally Posted by irdeggman
...page 24 of Celtic Age talks about "Celtic Languages" and the ones that are "related" to each other.

Ah, there it is. No where near the Literacy or Skills section.

I just happen to game with the office manager at Avalanche and when we were playing 2nd ed (player's option series) he had a game with a of intensivensive language rules.

The Celtic Age is basically a "light", very light version of what we used. Minus the "ranks".

Languages were grouped by type and alphabet.

Related languages were "cheaper" to buy ranks in than non-related ones. Read/write was a separate skill with the same basic concepts for similar alphabets.

Pretty much you had to have rank 5 in language to be fully fluent. This happens to be similar to Deadlands d20 by the way.

While the core D&D rules are awful simplified as far as language goes and not very realistic, from a game play viewpoint it is much better.

For example because of the different languages in that 2nd ed game we played one PC died because the rest couldn't communicate with him (and I was running a Celtic Bard, riddlemeister kit). Real frustrating in gaming.

 

[Sravoff]

I like the idea of combining decipher script and spea language but I think there would have to be a synergy bonus.

I would rule that you get a +2 bonus, if you speak, and read and write, a language that uses the same alphabet as the writing in question. So if you found a note writtn in Giant, and you spoke Dwarven, you would get a +2 bonus. Since they share the same alphabet.

You should also get a +1 bonus per two languages you speak. In addition to racial and high Int Bonus languages. Though only languages you can also read and write.

I think you could combine the two skills though, just use these rules for the synergy bonus.

Thats how I'd do it any way.

-Sravoff

 

[Nellisir]

I think it can be done, though I'll need an email adress to send the file to.

nellisir at comcast dot net

I know my version of Adobe Reader (7, I think), has a "convert-to-text" function under "file".

I appreciate it.
Nell.