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'''Ability Scores:''' Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma<br> | '''Ability Scores:''' Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma<br> | ||
'''Feat:''' [[Polyglot (Yaranaika)|Polyglot]]<br> | '''Origin Feat:''' [[Polyglot (Yaranaika)|Polyglot]]<br> | ||
'''Skill Proficiencies:''' [[Insight]], [[Perception]], and [[Persuasion]]<br> | '''Skill Proficiencies:''' [[Insight]], [[Perception]], and [[Persuasion]]<br> | ||
'''Tool Proficiency:''' [[Calligrapher's Supplies]]<br> | '''Tool Proficiency:''' [[Calligrapher's Supplies]]<br> | ||
'''Equipment:''' Calligrapher's Supplies, and | '''Equipment:''' Calligrapher's Supplies, and 80 GP | ||
With the feat, you begin with six language slots. You can select languages from [[Character Creation#Choose Languages|Standard and Rare Languages]], as well as from [[Yaranaika#Languages|Yaranaika-specific languages]]. Note that "Common" doesn't really exist in this world. It is replaced by Latin. | With the feat, you begin with six language slots. You can select languages from [[Character Creation#Choose Languages|Standard and Rare Languages]], as well as from [[Yaranaika#Languages|Yaranaika-specific languages]]. Note that "Common" doesn't really exist in this world. It is replaced by Latin and Chinese. | ||
Most translators are first and foremost fluent in Japanese and Latin, and | Most translators are first and foremost fluent in Japanese and Latin. You are able to speak and understand Japanese, and read and write it using ''hiragana''.<ref name="simple">To keep things simple, we ignore the nuances of historical 16th-century writing systems.</ref> | ||
Most common foreign languages are Chinese and Portuguese. Second most common are Spanish and Dutch | Reading and writing ''kanji'' takes one language slot. You can also read many chinese characters, but not fully understand the text. Learning ''hanzi'' (chinese characters) would take another language slot.<ref name="simple" /> | ||
Learning a language written in Latin script includes the ability to read and write it, since the alphabet is very simple. | |||
You can do Simultaneous interpretation<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_interpretation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_interpretation at wikipedia]</ref>, but it requires [[Concentration]] and is exhausting. | |||
Most common foreign languages are Chinese and Portuguese. Second most common are Spanish and Dutch. | |||
Most common Standard Languages are Common Sign Language (Japanese variant), Draconic, Giant, Dwarvish, Sylvan, and Elvish, in this order. | Most common Standard Languages are Common Sign Language (Japanese variant), Draconic, Giant, Dwarvish, Sylvan, and Elvish, in this order. | ||
Other languages: Ainu, Okinawan, English, French, Indian languages (Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayam, Punjabi and over 400 others), Mongolian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, and so on. | Other languages: Ainu, Okinawan, English, French, Indian languages (Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayam, Punjabi and over 400 others), Mongolian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, and so on. Characters don't usually know Ainu or Okinawan unless they lived in the areas where they are spoken. | ||
This background gives you three skills, to compensate for the lack of combat abilities. | This background gives you three skills, to compensate for the lack of combat abilities. | ||
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[[Category:Backgrounds]] | [[Category:Backgrounds]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:39, 10 September 2025
Ability Scores: Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma
Origin Feat: Polyglot
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Perception, and Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: Calligrapher's Supplies
Equipment: Calligrapher's Supplies, and 80 GP
With the feat, you begin with six language slots. You can select languages from Standard and Rare Languages, as well as from Yaranaika-specific languages. Note that "Common" doesn't really exist in this world. It is replaced by Latin and Chinese.
Most translators are first and foremost fluent in Japanese and Latin. You are able to speak and understand Japanese, and read and write it using hiragana.[1]
Reading and writing kanji takes one language slot. You can also read many chinese characters, but not fully understand the text. Learning hanzi (chinese characters) would take another language slot.[1]
Learning a language written in Latin script includes the ability to read and write it, since the alphabet is very simple.
You can do Simultaneous interpretation[2], but it requires Concentration and is exhausting.
Most common foreign languages are Chinese and Portuguese. Second most common are Spanish and Dutch.
Most common Standard Languages are Common Sign Language (Japanese variant), Draconic, Giant, Dwarvish, Sylvan, and Elvish, in this order.
Other languages: Ainu, Okinawan, English, French, Indian languages (Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayam, Punjabi and over 400 others), Mongolian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, and so on. Characters don't usually know Ainu or Okinawan unless they lived in the areas where they are spoken.
This background gives you three skills, to compensate for the lack of combat abilities.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 To keep things simple, we ignore the nuances of historical 16th-century writing systems.
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_interpretation at wikipedia