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Languages; Are there too many?
Topic Started: Jan 27 2016, 11:32 PM (2,134 Views)
Eisenritter
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So... a somewhat smaller head than Iris has?
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weredrago2
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Okay, I have one last question, then I think we'll be done here.

If Dusklings have Infernal because Vizards have it, then why the hell do Vizards have it? Again, Infernal is only in the first book because of an error. I don't see why we need Infernal when Abyssal should be effective for both of them. Shouldn't Abyssal and Infernal be the exact same thing?
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Vizards are based (indirectly) on a masked devil in Spanish folklore, same thing the Hollows in Bleach are based on.

Dusklings got shifted to it because they're imps... traditionally the lowest form of incarnated devil in tabletop games. They also have a lot of behavioral quirks shared with devils in Magic: The Gathering.

"Infernal" derives from "inferno," that is to say it's an adjective referring to something of or relating to hell. It can also refer to something ridiculously annoying... see again, Dusklings are basically kender-lite, while Vizards obfuscate like it's going out of fashion.

And, failing that, see the previous discussion of why Celestial and Abyssal are things; it's entirely likely those languages were made exclusively for and programmed into Aasimar and Tieflings respectively, as a new military code that the Aboleth forces wouldn't be able to break before the War of Monster's Fall ended.
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I have Gnolls (which I really should finish) as speaking Abyssal, because of their daemonic ancestry... and that's what they speak in D&D.

Still, if they live in the Umbra and don't speak Spirit, my immediate next assumption would be Abyssal, and not something unique that shouldn't be unique.

This is something relatively minor, so I hope I don't come off as making a huge deal out of it. It just bugs me, is all.
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Eisenritter
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They speak Abyssal in D&D4 because that one removed all but ten languages... which, yes, I didn't really care for. They speak Gnoll any other damn time.
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Well, I did take most of their info from a 4E web document, so that explains that.

Oh well, question solved.
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Put language discussion here so it doesn't fill up individual race threads.

Some people think Abyssal and Celestial are military languages, but I don't. Nor do I think the gods are limited to using these two languages.
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Kwak
Feb 19 2016, 11:47 PM
Put language discussion here so it doesn't fill up individual race threads.

Some people think Abyssal and Celestial are military languages, but I don't. Nor do I think the gods are limited to using these two languages.
Well of course. Everyone knows the only language that brushes past Vectron's Lordly Lips is Vectronian.
Every word is just the most sacred of all words, Vectron. It is very focused on tone and inflection and sometimes is just to subtle and delicate for the untrained or mere mortals. It's a bit like this.
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Right, so people in the Abyss (and a good number of Chaos aligned groups) speak Abyssal, while people on Mount Celestia (and a good number of Order aligned groups) speak Celestial.

I feel like an idiot for not coming to this conclusion sooner.
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Bahamutists probably favor both Draconic and Celestial.

Durulz are pretty big fans of Sigmar, they might actually speak Celestial.
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