Languages

If a language is a dialect of another; you can usually understand it with a linguistics check as noted below.
==Levels of Language Promulgation:==
Common - Well-Known.
Dialect -
Educated - An Educated Persons Language.
Obscure - Very few know the nuances of this language.
==Languages==
Common
Common/Taldan - Spoken in Brevoy and elsewhere by most humans.
Draconic (Kobolds, dragons)
Dwarven
Elven
Giant
Gnomish "Undercommon"
Goblin
Lizardfolk
Orcish
Sylvan (good fey, trees, centaurs)
Dialect
Aquan - (Merfolk, Fish) (DC 25 check if speak Lizardfolk)
Aklo - Evil Fey (DC 25 check if speak Sylvan)
Boggard (Can also speak to some common frogs/toads) (DC 18 if speak Lizardfolk)
Iobaric - Barbarian tongue of modern-day Iobaria. (DC 20 check if speak Common)
Nomen - Barbarian Nomen Centaurs (DC 25 check if speak Common; DC 15 check if speak Sylvan)
Sahaugin- (Sahaugin) (DC 25 check if speak Draconic)
Troll - A Dialect of Giant (DC 10 Check if speak Giant)
Cyclops - Giant is a dialect of Cyclops (DC 30 check if speak Giant)
Educated
Abyssal - Devils
Ancient Dwarven - DC 30 linguistics if speak dwarven
Ancient Elven - DC 25 linguistics if speak elven.
Ancient Taldan (The ancient over-empire)- DC 20 linguistics for common.
Druidic (Free to Druids)
Infernal - Demons
Terran (Mephits)
Obscure
Far Realms Cant - Requires formal schooling. (DC 40 linguistics if speak Infernal or Abyssal)
High Fey - Difficult to learn. Can only be taught by fey creatures because it varies every few decades. Spoken only in the fey court (+10 diplomacy bonus for non-fey who manage to speak it properly at a DC 15 linguistics check on it; b/c fey are impressed if you speak it in the court). (DC 60 linguistics check and have some basic parameters explained to you [Wisdom DC 25 check] can also lead to learning it.)
Old Iobaric Runes (An ancient empire) - Difficult to learn. Requires formal schooling.
Lebedan Merchant Cant - Merchants from House Lebeda. (Bonuses to gold income on some trade deals).
Lost Infernal - Demons (DC 35 if speak Infernal)
Reapers of Secrets Thieves Signs - Sign language and symbolic markings. Can be taught as a bonus language.
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