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<blockquote data-quote="Fenlock" data-source="post: 500882" data-attributes="member: 6305">one thing i have allways taken for granted is, that whatever language the character is speaking, it would have evolved construct to express statements like '+1 enchantment'.Language does natural adapt finely tuned expressions to difference between nuances. whether it is eskimos discussing snow or indians chatting about caste the language will have the constructs because it is necessary. Or look at the english language which has a lot of words to describe goblins and fey creatures.In most campaings magic will have been around for millenia so the language will have evolved to express and explain magic. And any mage guild _will_ evolve a sub set of the language to express the difference between +1 or +2 or a luck bonus instead of a morale bonus.With that in mind i allow the playes to ask 'Yo shopkeep! You got any +1 sword laying around?'. Because it would make sence in the characters languag if not in english. Or danish as mine case is. In a very roleplaying strict campaign some languages and alphabets might be better suited than other (elvish versus goblin).Another issue is the experience/knowledge of the person or item that grants the wish. Most players need som time to adapt to a new spell (remember the very first time your character cast 'Fireball'). IMHO the same goes for casting wishes. 19 in intelligence withstanding, a wizard will not be as skilled at granting wishes as a Genie. This offcourse is a house rule but it means that if the character wishes for something not stated in the spell description. Then she has a better chance with a deity than with a <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(n)" title="Thumbs down&nbsp; &nbsp; (n)"&nbsp; data-smilie="23"data-shortname="(n)" />pc wizard./Fenlock</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fenlock, post: 500882, member: 6305"] one thing i have allways taken for granted is, that whatever language the character is speaking, it would have evolved construct to express statements like '+1 enchantment'. Language does natural adapt finely tuned expressions to difference between nuances. whether it is eskimos discussing snow or indians chatting about caste the language will have the constructs because it is necessary. Or look at the english language which has a lot of words to describe goblins and fey creatures. In most campaings magic will have been around for millenia so the language will have evolved to express and explain magic. And any mage guild _will_ evolve a sub set of the language to express the difference between +1 or +2 or a luck bonus instead of a morale bonus. With that in mind i allow the playes to ask 'Yo shopkeep! You got any +1 sword laying around?'. Because it would make sence in the characters languag if not in english. Or danish as mine case is. In a very roleplaying strict campaign some languages and alphabets might be better suited than other (elvish versus goblin). Another issue is the experience/knowledge of the person or item that grants the wish. Most players need som time to adapt to a new spell (remember the very first time your character cast 'Fireball'). IMHO the same goes for casting wishes. 19 in intelligence withstanding, a wizard will not be as skilled at granting wishes as a Genie. This offcourse is a house rule but it means that if the character wishes for something not stated in the spell description. Then she has a better chance with a deity than with a (n)pc wizard. /Fenlock [/QUOTE]

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