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Post by Ben (DM) on Jan 24, 2006 13:21:38 GMT 1
Everyone from now on suddenly has regional languages. I'm working on this list, but some people have no obvious starting region. Those have hereby been given it. If you want to know more about your home town, talk to me:
Janna - Arsalum
Aliandor - Nicrono
Dcow - Eastern Sylva
Dewd - Eastern Sylva
Panax - Southern Sylva
Ishtwan - Dustspeak
Keiurn - Anxium
Elita - Farum
Rim - Ravalum
Lunatien - Farum
Day - Ravalum
Hank - Farum
Tarmin - Ravalum
Irtie - Chinetalk
Azaroth: Ravalum
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Post by Panax on Jan 24, 2006 14:28:48 GMT 1
Does this mean I speak Sylvan with a Southern accent? Can Dewd understand my Southern Sylva?
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Post by Aliandor on Jan 24, 2006 17:32:52 GMT 1
Principal argument:
1) DM, thou shalt not touch thy player's characters
If you want to add regional languages, fine, but let the players choose their own starting region, instead of arbitrarily determining it for them, thereby forcing your views upon our characters...
Nothing personal, but that's not how it should go, Player characters are handled by the players, in coöperation with the DM.
Not by the DM.
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Post by Ben (DM) on Jan 24, 2006 17:54:52 GMT 1
I've interpeted your history and put it in an area where it is possible. The thing is that you don't know the world. I haven't worked it out that far. It's a playtesting forum, that's the problem. I'm not forcing. Your village like you thought it up is somewhere out there. I just decided where on the world.
I can't go over starting regions with 17 players! It's impossible. I'm very sorry, but I can't do it, without letting too much plot go.
Yours,
Ben
P.S. Panax, regional language is regional language. Yours is a Sylvan dialect, but you don't have to speak Sylvan to speak yours and you can't understand Dewd in the Eastern Sylvan dialect.
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Post by Rubert on Jan 25, 2006 9:39:31 GMT 1
But you can speak Sylvan to each other so it doesn't really matter... We talked about it yesterday (panax)
(ben) does this regional language also mean that all the pc's have an accent in the common or whatever language they speak, depending on their region of origin?
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Post by Ben (DM) on Jan 25, 2006 10:33:01 GMT 1
It's a specific dialect of some language, or a mingle. Chinetalk for example is a mix between common, Dimoan gnomish, Ansalon gnomish and elvish. You must speak it specificly. You can't use it to learn other words.
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Post by Rubert on Jan 25, 2006 17:28:17 GMT 1
That's interesting, but it's not an answer to my question. what I meant was if you have an accent in the language you are speaking, and when you have it does it mean people can guess where you come from? Can you distinguish the Frysian from the Limburgian?
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Post by Irtie on Jan 26, 2006 12:14:48 GMT 1
It's a specific dialect of some language, or a mingle. Chinetalk for example is a mix between common, Dimoan gnomish, Ansalon gnomish and elvish. That question is answered  . I just have another one: is Chinetalk specific for Mantat or is it spoken in other big cities as well?Btw, the namen Chinetalk makes me think of China and Chinese. |
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Post by Ben (DM) on Jan 26, 2006 16:30:15 GMT 1
Chine comes from Machine. In dutch letter you would pronounce it: "Schjien-tolk". It is Mantat and area.
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. I just have another one: is Chinetalk specific for Mantat or is it spoken in other big cities as well?Btw, the namen Chinetalk makes me think of China and Chinese.