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Below is a replacement to the Speak Language skill from PHB73.
- Joaquin Menhcaca
version alpha 1
updated on July 9, 2002
SPEAK LANGUAGE (Intelligence)
The Speak Language skill DOES work like a standard skill.
- You start at 1st level knowing one or two languages
(according to your race).
- You can purchase ranks in any language equal to your Intelligence
bonus.
- You need to make Speak Language checks to communicate effectively.
The success depends the difficulty of the communication attempted.
See table below.
- A literate character (anyone but a barbarian) can attempt to read
and write any language spoken.
The difficulty class depends of the type of communication required:
| Communication Difficulty |
| Attempt | DC |
| convey basic emotions |
3 |
| basic requests and statments |
5 |
| complex sentences, minor transactions, arrangements, appointments, emergencies, etc. |
10 |
| basic conversational level: complex transactions, desires, needs, danger, gather information, etc. |
13 |
| intermediate conversational level: persuasion, storytelling, opinions, etc. |
15 |
| advanced conversational level: presentations, religious dogma, debates, contracts, etc. |
20 |
| utilize slang |
-2 |
| speak local dialect |
-5 |
| speak without accent |
-7 |
| read/write language with alphabet |
-1 to -3 |
| read/write language with runes or cunegraphs |
-3 to -5 |
| read/write language with symbols |
-5 |
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If you have a Knowledge(Alphabet), Knowledge(Runes), or other applicable Knowledge skill about the written language form, there is a +3 synergy bonus
when communicating through writing. Likewise a Knowlege skill for a given culture like Knowledge(Traladaran) or Knowledge(Thyatian) will grant a +5 synergy bonus to all forms of communication.
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