tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post1322943267157317276..comments2024-03-26T22:17:42.458-04:00Comments on Semper Initiativus Unum: A different approach to languagesWayne Rossihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11347401495298367324noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-23880964403864802622013-10-29T16:34:45.941-04:002013-10-29T16:34:45.941-04:00Discussed here:
http://purpulpworm.blogspot.fr/20...Discussed here: <br />http://purpulpworm.blogspot.fr/2013/08/alignment-languages.htmlporphyre77https://www.blogger.com/profile/07620350717226228078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-17225123313864215982013-10-29T13:59:15.734-04:002013-10-29T13:59:15.734-04:00Seconding the LotFP method. Its real strength is t...Seconding the LotFP method. Its real strength is that determination is done just-in-time, so players don't need to know (or care) about that level of world detail during character creation.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-9980046743417232892013-10-29T13:37:09.571-04:002013-10-29T13:37:09.571-04:00I've mostly used Welleran's approach in my...I've mostly used Welleran's approach in my games. There's a good chance that humanoids will have some one who speaks some broken common. If the encounter is large enough to include leaders/casters I assume one of the leader types speaks reasonably clear common.<br /><br />On the other hand, This article hit me as an odd sort of synchronicity. I was reading an old post on another blog about alignment languages and the same notion struck me as you posit here Wayne. Alignment language as lingua franca. Though I like it better with the 3 part alignment than with the matrix style alignments. Nick Linerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914238550346892797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-55995298952220786332013-10-29T12:35:53.347-04:002013-10-29T12:35:53.347-04:00I don't care for alignment languages, so I jus...I don't care for alignment languages, so I just say that most humanoid (and other) monsters have a chance of speaking at least a smattering of Common. It's reasonable and allows for basic communication, though anything too complex is not likely to work.Keith Sloanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319879076978887933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-15391144528552093362013-10-29T10:28:01.750-04:002013-10-29T10:28:01.750-04:00I like the Lamentations of the Flame Princess vers...I like the Lamentations of the Flame Princess version that basically doesn't cap the number of languages known, instead your language ability is the chance that you already know the language. The coupling of Int to number of languages you can know is even sillier than Alignment Languages... those at least could be mystical things that have no counterpart in our world, whereas our world presents abundant evidence that all you need is constant exposure, not smarts, to be able to speak quite a few languages.Joshua Macyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838733328132877699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-42789716567364338052013-10-29T09:53:29.902-04:002013-10-29T09:53:29.902-04:00I could never get my head around alignment languag...I could never get my head around alignment languages because I couldn't understand who taught them to the street urchins. I prefer to let the goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears, etc. speak the same language that the elves, dwarves, and gnomes do because they are all fairy tail creatures.<br /><br />http://castletriskelion.blogspot.com/Darnizhaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005189125696185700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-37784929089128456722013-10-29T09:07:31.952-04:002013-10-29T09:07:31.952-04:00Yeah, good stuff. My main concern with using it in...Yeah, good stuff. My main concern with using it in 3-point alignment is that there aren't quite enough - it makes me want a divide among the bad guys that 3-point doesn't offer.Wayne R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04118962136054206381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-79322813797785781932013-10-29T08:50:33.293-04:002013-10-29T08:50:33.293-04:00I had some similar ideas a while back. My initial...I had some similar ideas a while back. My initial idea: <br />http://lordgwydion.blogspot.kr/2012/07/sprechen-sie-neutral.html<br /><br />And the idea refined:<br />http://lordgwydion.blogspot.kr/2012/07/sprechen-sie-neutral-pt-2.htmlDennis Laffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053699552003336733noreply@blogger.com