(12-18-2017, 02:05 AM)Forge Wrote: On another note, I updated Forge's experience and looked at my character sheet. Under languages I have two ? marks, probably because Forge has a +2 intelligence but Warforged only begin play knowing common. I don't recall my line of thought for putting two ? marks down but I wanted to know If I could add two languages that Forge might have learned? Honestly I kinda want to let others/DM pick them if he would get two extra languages. Pigeon, I think is the local language correct? I know it was mentioned somewhere but I can't find it.
Thanks,
Forgey McForgeface
I have no problem with you or me picking your languages. Your languages would most likely either come from Eberron or the Cantus Region. There's also a smaller possibility of languages from other worlds. This is due to the barriers between worlds cracking so you could have walked through a portal or been suddenly transported when realities merged briefly or, because you are from another time you could have even been part of the last Planar Conjunction that caused wide spread destruction a few centuries ago. You could have been buried and placed into statis by one of the thousands of aetherquake that rocked the planet.
The dictionary defines Pidgin as follows:
Quote:a grammatically simplified form of a language, used for communication between people not sharing a common language. Pidgins have a limited vocabulary, some elements of which are taken from local languages, and are not native languages, but arise out of language contact between speakers of other languages.
denoting a simplified form of a language, especially as used by a nonnative speaker
So in game if you do not have Speak Language as one of your Class Skills, you may spend 1 skill point to become familiar with one language instead of paying 2 skill points to learn the whole language. This will allow you to be familiar with more languages. The only downside is in certain situations you might receive a penalty to language dependant skills depending upon what you're trying to accomplish. If you pretend to be a merchant from another land then there wouldn't be any penalty. If you're talking to some peasants and you try to impersonate a local noble then you would get a rather hefty penalty because they would be wondering why you're talking like a non-native speaker (No local accent, using simple words, etc.).
If you do have Speak Languages as a Class skill then simplifying languages is much more easier for you. You can pick two Pidgin languages for every skill point you put into Speak Languages.
Every language can have a pidgin form. Though some races do look down upon simplifying (read: butchering) their language.
Edit: You can at a later time fully buy the language by simply paying one more point for the Speak Language skill. Or if you have the Speak language skill as a Class skill then you can upgrade two Pidgin languages for one point.
