Greyhawk OOC Chat

[kwll]

Okay, I found my way to this board finally. I started filling up my character sheet, but I will need time to complete it -- and even more time to come up with a background. As for the picture, well... I could go and put a picture of Legolas, but would that be acceptable?

[greyarea]

... I could go and put a picture of Legolas, but would that be acceptable?

Acceptable? Yes. Original? No. But that's ok, you can always change the picture later.

[greyarea]

FYI, Brave the Labyrinth #2 is out.
http://www.rpgnow.com/product/84872/Brave-the-Labyrinth---Issue-%232-%28PDF%29

I have a monster in it (or actually a suite of monsters) perfect for the October season.

[Spanningtree]

Congratulations, looks very cool! I'm going to download it now and take a look!

[kwll]

Are there particular instructions concerning languages?

[greyarea]

Are there particular instructions concerning languages?

No. Did you have something in mind?

[kwll]

No, I am just inquiring. So we all have 'common' and our alignment language (whatever that means)?

[greyarea]

Alignment language actually means something specific. It is a language that would only be known by people of that alignment (and all people of that alignment). Think of it as a "gang slang" that would be used to tell neighborhood gangs apart. Alignment languages are the languages that the characters would use when praying to or communing with their deities. It can be the main language of a town where only one deity is worshiped, making it easier to identify outsiders or easier for outsiders of the same alignment to be accepted.

Alignment languages are handed down by the deities of that alignment and is given to all members of that alignment -- no one outside of it can learn it and everyone within, regardless of intelligence, can speak it.

As such, it can be very powerful and very useful.

For example, two Chaotic Good characters can have a conversation without the Neutral Good character knowing what they are talking about.
Similarly, a Lawful Evil character might use the language in asking a Neutral Good character, who is in disguise, a question in LE which the NG character won't understand, revealing his attempted deception.
Finally, consider the town where the alignment and worship are paramount. Getting the PC of the same alignment to talk to the townspeople in that tongue can give a reaction bonus, if the DM allows it. (And in a campaign where the DM is emphasizing alignment, I would think he would allow it.)

[kwll]

Okay, well, I was mostly asking because with an INT of 13, Calthas can supposedly be able to speak one additional language. So I was wondering what language it could be...

[greyarea]

Any of the normal ones: a PC playable race (gnome, dwarfish, halfling) or a monster race (centaur, goblin, orcish, orgeish, troll, gnoll, etc). If you want a specific language other than the standard ones, ask and I will let you know. By the way, as an elf, your character also knows Elvish.

The only ones verboten are alignment tongues other than your own (Neutral Good), Thieves Cant, or demonic or angelic tongues.