Languages

Every character begins with a Primary Language (indicated by his Heritage) which he can speak without accent and be immediately accepted as a member of its native community. According to his Heritage, he will also be given a Secondary Language which is usually English, so that all PC'S can operate in the Kingdom of Nessex and also speak with each other.

Bards who chose the correct archetype feature gain a number of spoken languages according to their CHA.

No one need ever make a check in his Primary Language. In a Secondary Language, the DM may call for a check in an important and complex conversation (Charisma).

Reading an important or complex scholarly text may require an INT check at DM judgement.

A character can learn a new language, with a teacher or by immersion by making 6 successful INT checks, each made after a month of dedicated work.

No one known has yet deciphered the Atlantean writings found in the ruins without magical means.

• Arabic: Semitic language of Arab world and Muslim Scholarship
• Aramaic: Semitic language of Syria, widely used scholarly tongue
• Avestan: This language is known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture (the Avesta), from which it derives its name
• Basque: Language of Navarre and the Basque tribes of Northeast Spain
• Berber: Native language of Moors of North Africa
• Breton; Celtic language of Brittany (partially intelligible with Welsh)
• Catalan: Romance Language of Eastern Spain (mutually intelligible with Occitan, partially with Spanish)
• English: Germanic Language of England and Nessex, also called Anglo-Saxon
• French: Romance Language of France (partially intelligible with Occitan)
• Gaelic: Celtic language of Highland Scotland (mostly intelligible with Irish)
• German: Represents variety of dialects of the Holy Roman Empire
• Greek: Language of the Byzantine Empire and the New Testament, widely used scholarly tongue
• Hungarian: Language of the Kingdom of Hungary
• Irish: Celtic language of Ireland (mostly intelligible with Scots Gaelic)
• Italian: Romance language of Italian peninsula (partially intelligible with Occitan, Catalan and Spanish)
• Latin: Ancestral tongue of the Romance dialects, used extensively by the Church
• Norse: Common tongue of the Danes, Norwegians, Swedes, Icelanders, and Vinlanders
• Occitan: Romance Dialect of Southern France (mutually intelligible with Catalan, partially with French)
• Sanskrit: An ancient Indo-European language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian (Indic) languages are derived
• Scots: dialect of Lowland Scotland (mutually intelligble with English, mostly)
• Spanish: Romance dialect of northern/western Spanish (partially intelligible with Catalan)
• Welsh: Celtic language of the Wales Peninsula (partially intelligible with Breton)

Some archetypes may learn languages from a list of ancient tongues. These languages include:

Latin, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Avestan, and Aramaic.

Characters of the Druidic scholar archetypes may learn other Celtic languages. These languages include: Breton, Gaelic, Irish and Welsh.

A number of modern languages are spoken in Eldritch Earth. These languages include: Basque, Berber, Breton, Catalan, English, French, Gaelic, German, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Norse, Occitan, Scottish, Spanish and Welsh.