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Firehawk Games RPG Products => Fantasy Express => Topic started by: mitchw on January 18, 2025, 04:19:22 PM

Title: Quick Fantasy Express rules question
Post by: mitchw on January 18, 2025, 04:19:22 PM

Can "Linguist" be used to improve "Animal" languages?

I would not think so but what's the official answer?

Thanks,
Mitch

Title: Re: Quick Fantasy Express rules question
Post by: Rasyr on January 18, 2025, 04:33:44 PM

Quote from: mitchw on January 18, 2025, 04:19:22 PM

Can "Linguist" be used to improve "Animal" languages?

I would not think so but what's the official answer?

The way that Linguist is envisioned is that you gain those ranks in languages that are learnable for your character. That  is 2 free ranks of Spoken in 3 additional languages (i.e. languages you do not know, but are capable of learning/speaking).

So, if the  character ALSO has the Major version of the Gift, Animal Speech, then yes, Linguist could be used  to give him 2 ranks in each of 3 new Animal Tongues (it would  not apply  to the Animal Tongue gained in  the Minor  version of  the Gift since that only gives 1 Animal Tongue, and not the ability to learn the others).

Since the Animal Tongues do not have Written versions, that benefit of the Major version of Linguist would be lost.

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