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  • December 16, 2013 at 1:51 pm #150418
    Anonymous
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    With new character options popping up in the Blessed Lands Sourcebook, we are going to need to create the Home Region: Blessed Lands as part of the character creation process

    Skills: Knowledge (Religion), Knowledge (History), Wilderness Lore, Tracking, Mettle, Appraise

    Language/Literate: High Coryani/Y, High Khitani/Y

    Henry…I know we discussed yesterday in our google chat meeting but can you please confirm if the languages need to be of the “High” or “Low” variety.

    Best,

    Joe

    December 16, 2013 at 2:33 pm #253470
    Anonymous
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    Isn’t there an Andyar pidgin language instead of the Khitani and Coryani? Also, wouldn’t Altheran be more appropriate?

    Similarly, would there be regional differences between the various parts of the Blessed Lands?

    Eastern Blessed Lands (near the pass from the Known Lands) – Maybe include Perception (from the Almeric list?)
    Central Blessed Lands (around the First City) – As stated by Joe
    Western Blessed Lands (near Pescinium and the Sea of Lanterns) – Include Seamanship in place of Tracking

    December 17, 2013 at 5:01 pm #253573
    Anonymous
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    I’d recommend adding Linguistics to the list of skills as an option given the number of cultures that send pilgrimages to the First City.

    With a sweep of his…

    Hat

    December 17, 2013 at 5:13 pm #253579
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    This should probably be written similar to the Hinterlands in the ARPG with lots of options:

    Nation: The Blessed Lands

    Regions: This is up to Henry, but I think “Western, Central, and Eastern” regions would be applicable. Failing that, start listing communities like Pecinium, The First City, the Citadel of Illiir, etc.

    Skills: Appraise, Wilderness Lore, Seamanship, Knowledge (Myths and Legends), Perception, Mettle

    Native Language/Literate:

    Andyar Creole/N
    Low Coryani (First City)/Y
    Low Coryani (Other)/N
    Low Khitani (First City)/Y
    Low Khitani (Other)/N
    Altheren (First City, Citadels)/Y

    I would doubt that High Coryani and High Khitani would be the languages spoken in the Blessed Lands because High Khitani is used by the learned class, while High Coryani is the language of the Vals, as well as (likely) the ‘native’ tongue of Illonia and Balantica in Coryan. Low Coryani is the Trade Tongue of the East and is made up of the languages of the people who were absorbed into the Empire. Like Westron in the Tolkien universe, this “Common Tongue” has since subsumed many regional languages which existed before.

    As to Linguistics, I am not sure if it would work for a National Skill as no other nation has it, so it might unbalance the game somewhat. That said, if there was anywhere it was appropriate, it would be the Blessed Lands (Replace Perception or Mettle from my list)

    January 18, 2014 at 4:00 am #255448
    Anonymous
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    I have NO issue with a background granting linguistics….

    February 13, 2014 at 4:44 am #256699
    Anonymous
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    Are we getting an official language for Andyar Pidgin? I noticed on the Sama thread that they get Sama (language) and either Low Coryani or Low Khitani, but wouldn’t the Andyar Trade Language also be a viable option?

    June 15, 2015 at 6:39 pm #268474
    Anonymous
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    This should probably be written similar to the Hinterlands in the ARPG with lots of options:

    Nation: The Blessed Lands

    Regions: This is up to Henry, but I think “Western, Central, and Eastern” regions would be applicable. Failing that, start listing communities like Pecinium, The First City, the Citadel of Illiir, etc.

    Skills: Appraise, Knowledge (Myths and Legends), Linguistics, Mettle, Perception, Seamanship, Wilderness Lore

    Native Language/Literate:

    Altharin (First City, Citadels)/Y
    Andyar Creole/N
    Low Coryani (First City)/Y
    Low Coryani (Other)/N
    Low Khitani (First City)/Y
    Low Khitani (Other)/N

    As the Kickstarter update Henry just posted indicated that the first pass for the book was done, I thought it might be well to revisit the starting region.

    I’ve added Linguistics to the list of available skills. I didn’t remove any. While most starting nations have 5 or 6, Ymmandragore has 7, so there is precedence. You also can’t take more than 2 skills anyway.

    I also moved Altharin up to the top of the list as that’s where it fit alphabetically as well as conceptually ahead of the Andyar trade tongue.

    As a related question, are there any Blessed Land specific Backgrounds?

    With a sweep of his hat,

    Paul

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