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| + | === Understanding Unknown Languages === | ||
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| + | Your Linguistics skill can also be used even if you lack the understanding of a language. To do this, you must make a Linguistics check against a DC of 15 (Common languages), 25 (Rare languages), or more (depending on the campaign). However, for every language which you already know, you may reduce this DC by one - even Common counts for this purpose. Deciphering in this manner takes at least 1 minute, and may take days depending on the length of the message to be deciphered, at GM discretion. | ||
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| + | If you exceed the DC, your translation is apt to become more and more perfect. Failure likely means you can only get a word or two out, and must start again to try to understand. A critical failure (such as missing the DC by 10 or more) can cause you to misinterpret what you have read or heard. | ||
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| ==== Create or Detect Forgeries ==== | ==== Create or Detect Forgeries ==== | ||