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any thoughts on turning letters to the language system? when writing a letter we could choose to scribe in a language we are fluent (100%)? (this might be going overboard... lol) depending on if the reader is fluent with the language... they would be able to read it... if familiar but not fluent they could make out some words while others appear like gibberish. it's just a thought, LOVING the languages!

also, we could provide more language practices for those with higher intellect and fewer for those with a lower intellect ( or just leave it at those with higher intellect learn to master languages quicker)

I was wondering about Draconian... if a person learns it and doesn't have telepathy... would that mean they would be able to understand telepathy in draconian but never be able to use it? or does it also give them telepathy?

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Re letters: There are some new OLC commands that would make it so that object descriptions and the like may be effected by language proficiency. However, as for widespread letters I'm not sure. Our coders would have to commend on the possibility.

Re Int and Language: At present higher intellect does effect how quickly you learn a language, as well as how difficult a language is to learn (differnt languages have different difficulty ratings). I wouldn't be opposed to adding a perk that would improve or change this somehow, when we're sure the language system is ironed out sufficiently.

Re Telepathic Language: I only tested it once, but I believe it will give you telepathy when speaking that language, not when speaking common for instance. However, this will be rare - people who speak telepathic languages will either already be telepathic or be a dragon by and large.

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No Sliths or halflings? I thought sliths were beast.

Language Race

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common all

vosh giants

beastial ferals, werebeasts

duergar duergars

thsu'ul illithids

tol'khan minotaurs

graughl ogres

elvish elves

drenish faeries

gnomish gnomes

dwarvish dwarves

volarae avians

dwoemer drow

SEE ALSO: LEARN, SPEAK

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I could see where Ilithids would have an issue, but I was thinking more along the lines of races that can speak normally and learn telepathy. e.g. Elven Psionicist or someone that gained telepathy through rp. as it is, a regular race that learns to communicate with their mind... completely forgets how to speak with their mouth. which is fine, I am just wondering if it would be possible for them to have both.

lol'd for that vivid picture you painted...

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Also' date=' I am curious how does this change interact with a certain syndi skill...[/quote']

You should have to learn the languages. Such skill would still work, you just wont understand anything. In fact, I think with the addition of languages it is all perfect now. Should not just be able to hear all.

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well, not every spy is going to be able to speak every language... nor should they have photographic memories to be able to repeat the proper phonetics for a translation. I think it's a great and fun Syndi ability... it's only a minor inconvenience to the Syndi in question... especially since he/she CAN learn those languages if he/she is willing to put in the effort. *shrug*

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