Species Skills

[Miss Q]

A question came up this weekend when I was working with my players during character creation. During the Species Skills phase of character creation is there a limit to how many languages can be purchased?

I have a character (Trill with a 13 in Int) that received 26 points and wanted to add more points to other Languages.

Miss Q

[Space_Cadet]

6 is the limit during character creation process.

[Doug Burke]

Originally posted by Miss Q
A question came up this weekend when I was working with my players during character creation. During the Species Skills phase of character creation is there a limit to how many languages can be purchased?

I have a character (Trill with a 13 in Int) that received 26 points and wanted to add more points to other Languages.

Miss Q

Languages gained during species skills are usually limited to those listed under the Species as native languages. Other languages can be chosen if your Narrator approves it (and you have a good enough story to go with it... )

Note that 6 levels is the maximumk you can have in any one skill during character creation and 6 levels in a language is considered native-level fluency.

[Uruz]

Note that 6 levels is the maximumk you can have in any one skill during character creation and 6 levels in a language is considered native-level fluency.

Where does it say that +6 is native-level fluency?

[Doug Burke]

It doesn't list it anywhere in the Trek game (to my knowledge), but this was to be established for LOTR in Paths of the Wise: Magicians & Loremasters. If you look at the series characters presented in the NG, they all have 6 levels in their native languages...

[Uruz]

Statistically, it makes more sense to have "native fluency" at +6. However, I'd rather there be a more concrete rule to fall back on so I can give it to some of my more number-crunching players. I have a feeling that, "Oh, Doug Burke said it's the way LOTR does it," won't fly.

I have a house rule that gives my players' characters native-level fluency in a language of their choice -- essentially their birth language. There were both cheers and jeers as I made my rules-change announcement on our private list.

[GandalfOfBorg]

Well as Doug Burke is right now the official word of the DEC RPG's, I'd say that's how it is.

[Uruz]

Well as Doug Burke is right now the official word of the DEC RPG's, I'd say that's how it is.

Got a little brown on your nose, Gandalf? Honestly, I was prepared to accept Doug's answer, and I was joking around for the most part. There's no need to blow sunshine and rainbows up his ass.

[Tobian]

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This has actually been discussed quite in depth accross the boards some time ago. it was generally agreed on that 6 represented a really good grasp on language, but 3 or 4 will more than likelly suffice.

Doug is (technically as far as I am aware was never un-made) the Decipher Net Representative - i.e. he can speak with a certain ammount of authority on the subject.

If you want to go in another direction or make a house ruling then you can, it's your game - and no one is stopping you!

[GandalfOfBorg]

Originally posted by Tobian
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LOL! No worries.