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SPEAK LANGUAGE (NONE; TRAINED ONLY)
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Common Languages and Their Alphabets
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Language
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Typical Speakers
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Alphabet
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Abyssal
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Demons, chaotic evil outsiders
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Infernal
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Aquan
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Water-based creatures
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Elven
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Auran
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Air-based creatures
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Draconic
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Celestial
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Good outsiders
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Celestial
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Common
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Humans, halflings, half-elves, half-orcs
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Common
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Draconic
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Kobolds, troglodytes, lizardfolk, dragons
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Draconic
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Druidic
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Druids (only)
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Druidic
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Dwarven
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Dwarves
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Dwarven
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Elven
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Elves
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Elven
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Giant
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Ogres, giants
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Dwarven
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Gnome
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Gnomes
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Dwarven
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Goblin
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Goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears
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Dwarven
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Gnoll
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Gnolls
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Common
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Halfling
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Halflings
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Common
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Ignan
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Fire-based creatures
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Draconic
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Infernal
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Devils, lawful evil outsiders
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Infernal
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Orc
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Orcs
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Dwarven
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Sylvan
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Dryads, brownies, leprechauns
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Elven
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Terran
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Xorns and other earth-based creatures
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Dwarven
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Undercommon
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Drow
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Elven
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Action: Not applicable.
Try Again: Not applicable. There are no Speak Language checks to fail.
The Speak Language skill doesn’t work like other skills. Languages work as follows.
- You start at 1st level knowing one or two languages (based on your race), plus an additional number of languages equal to your starting Intelligence
bonus.
- You can purchase Speak Language just like any other skill, but instead of buying a rank in it, you choose a new language that you can speak.
- You don’t make Speak Language checks. You either know a language or you don’t.
- A literate character (anyone but a barbarian who has not spent skill points to become literate) can read and write any language she speaks. Each language has an alphabet, though sometimes several
spoken languages share a single alphabet.
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