Speak Language (None; Trained Only)

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The Speak Language skill doesn’t work like a standard skill.

•  The character starts at 1st level knowing one or two languages (according to the character’s race) plus an additional number of languages equal to the character’s Intelligence bonus.
•  Instead of buying a rank in Speak Language, the character chooses a new language that the character can speak.
•  The character doesn’t make Speak Language checks. The character either knows a language or the character doesn’t.
•  A literate character (anyone but a barbarian) can read and write any language she speaks. Each language has an alphabet (though sometimes several spoken languages share a single alphabet).

Common languages and their alphabets summarized:

Languages
Language	Alphabet
Abyssal	Infernal
Aquan	Elven
Auran	Draconic
Celestial	Celestial
Common	Common
Draconic	Draconic
Druidic	Druidic
Dwarven	Dwarven
Elven	Elven
Gnome	Dwarven
Goblin	Dwarven
Giant	Dwarven
Gnoll	Common
Halfling	Common
Ignan	Draconic
Infernal	Infernal
Orc	Dwarven
Sylvan	Elven
Terran	Dwarven
Undercommon	Elven

Retry

Not applicable. (There are no Speak Language checks to fail.)

Optional Rules

Liber Mysterium

The Netbook of Witches and Warlocks

By Timothy S. Brannan and The Netbook of Witches and Warlocks Team

Languages

Languages mentioned from our own Earth history. This is to better reflect those myths, stories and history in which the witch appears. But some GMs may not use languages from Earth and prefer the more traditional fantasy languages as list in the Core Rulebooks. Here are some suggested translations.

Languages
Earth	Fantasy
Atlantian	Aquan
English, German	Common
Enochian	Celestial
Gaelic	Elven; Druidic
Greek	Dwarven or Elven
Hebrew	Dwarven or Elven
Latin	Draconic
Others may be substituted as needed.