Language Point Buy
Language Point Buy is part of the Proficiency System. Its Packs allow a Character to learn languages. It has some additional rules: a Character can only ever have one Linguist Pack, the contents of which sometimes overlap, because languages exist in multiple places. As stated on the Application Template, even if they don't invest in Language Point Buy, all Characters get Common and one native language for free.
Linguist Packs
North Linguist Pack
A Character can only ever have one Linguist Pack. Choosing North Linguist Pack prevents the Character from having any of the other Linguist Packs. The North Linguist Pack gives the Character rough command and understanding of most languages found in the northern part of the known world, while being fluent in some of them. This Pack is useful for Characters who want to immerse themselves in the Northern, Urlan and some Nelfin cultures. This pack includes the following Languages found in the table below:
- Skodje
- Calem
- Anglian
- Breizh
- Gallwech
- Aontaithe
- Barrudh
West Linguist Pack
A Character can only ever have one Linguist Pack. Choosing West Linguist Pack prevents the Character from having any of the other Linguist Packs. The West Linguist Pack gives the Character rough command and understanding of most languages found in the western part of the known world, while being fluent in some of them. This Pack is useful for Characters who want to immerse themselves in the Nelfin and Ithanian cultures. This pack includes the following Languages found in the table below:
- d'Ithanie
- Lëtz
- Altalar
- Allorn
- Agasi
- Sulvaley
- Sinnayed
- Saan
- Katharic
- Ibeth
- Vasar
East Linguist Pack
A Character can only ever have one Linguist Pack. Choosing East Linguist Pack prevents the Character from having any of the other Linguist Packs. The East Linguist Pack gives the Character rough command and understanding of most languages found in the eastern part of the known world, while being fluent in some of them. This Pack is useful for Characters who want to immerse themselves in the Sihai, Songaskian, and Qadir cultures. This pack includes the following Languages found in the table below:
- Kriv
- Dvalan
- Réginyelv
- Înnora
- Faraddi
- Sofaal
- Wai-lan
- Talumpati
South Linguist Pack
A Character can only ever have one Linguist Pack. Choosing West Linguist Pack prevents the Character from having any of the other Linguist Packs. The South Linguist Pack gives the Character rough command and understanding of most languages found in the western part of the known world, while being fluent in some of them. This Pack is useful for Characters who want to immerse themselves in the Allar, Slizzar and Maraya cultures. This pack includes the following Languages found in the table below:
- Etos
- Dressalo
- Daendroquin
- Shalota
- Pidato
- Zoram
Empire Linguist Pack
A Character can only ever have one Linguist Pack. Choosing Empire Linguist Pack prevents the Character from having any of the other Linguist Packs. The Empire Linguist Pack gives the Character rough command and understanding of most languages found in the Regalian Empire, while being fluent in some of them. This Pack is useful for all-around diplomats who want to be capable of communicating with the wide ranging states of the Regalian Empire. This pack includes the following Languages found in the table below:
- Calem
- Etos
- Skodje
- d'Ithanie
- Lëtz
- Dressalo
- Daendroquin
- Kriv
- Anglian
- Breizh
- Altalar
Speech Packs
Ancient Speech Pack
A Character can only ever have one Speech Pack. Choosing Ancient Speech Pack prevents the Character from having any of the other Speech Packs. The Ancient Speech Pack gives the Character the know-how and studies to decipher dead languages that are specifically not-spoken in daily use, or only have writing left. Good examples of this are languages of extinct Races, or old magical Artefact Languages. These Languages are rarely encountered in Regalia, and cannot be spoken in a conversational way, but may be encountered frequently in Progressions, or Server Events.
Distant Speech Pack
A Character can only ever have one Speech Pack. Choosing Distant Speech Pack prevents the Character from having any of the other Speech Packs. The Distant Speech Pack gives the Character the anthropological know-how to reverse engineer and translate distant languages not seen in the known world. Good examples of this are languages spoken by NPC people's and Races not seen on the main map, such as Sunnan tribals, but also languages spoken by near-sentient Races like Ogres and Thylans. These languages are rarely encountered in Regalia, and cannot be spoken in a conversational way, but may be encountered frequently in Progressions or Server Events.
Language Table
Language (Inspiration) | Abbreviation | Description |
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Calem (German) | Cal | Spoken by the Wirtem. |
Skodje (Nordic) | Skod | Spoken by the Velheim. |
Common (English) | none | The language of global communication. |
Etos (Greek) | Etos | Spoken by the Aetosians. |
Lëtz (Luxembourgish) | Letz | Spoken by the Leutz-Vixe Regal sub-group. |
d'Ithanie (French) | d'I | Spoken by the Ithanians. |
Dressalo (Italian) | Dre | Spoken by the Dressolini Regal sub-group. |
Droque (Spanish) | D | Spoken by the Daendroque. |
Anglisch (Dutch) | Ang | Spoken by the Anglians. |
Breizh (Breton) | Br | Spoken by the Breizh. |
Gallwech (Scots Gaelic) | Gal | Spoken by the Gallovians. |
Aontaithe (Irish Gaelic) | Aon | Spoken by the Aontaithe Gallovian sub-group. |
Kriv (Ukrainian) | Kri | Spoken by the Krainivaya. |
Altalar (High Elven) | Alt | Spoken by the Altalar. |
Agasi (Elven Hindi) | Aga | Spoken by the Suvial. |
Sulvaley (Elven Arabic) | Sul | Spoken by the Isldar. |
Sinnayed (Unique) | Sin | Spoken by the Sihndar. |
Saan (Nahuatl) | Saan | Spoken by the Maquixtl and Yanar. |
Réginyelv (Hungarian) | Reg | Spoken by the Szabadok. |
Înnora (Romanian) | In | Spoken by the Întuneric. |
Dvalan (Serbo-Croatian) | Dv | Spoken by the Dvalan Întuneric sub-group. |
Barrudh (Old Norse) | Dw | Spoken by the Dwarves. |
Faraddi (Arabic) | Far | Spoken by the Qadir. |
Katharic/Pannarokh (Dark Elven) | K | Spoken by the Kathar. |
Sofaal (Malian) | Sof | Spoken by the Songaskia. |
Wai-lan (Middle Chinese) | W | Spoken by the Sihai. |
Shalota (Unique) | Sha | Spoken by the Maraya. |
Pidato (Indonesian) | P | Spoken by the Allar. |
Zoram (Sanskrit) | Zor | Spoken by the Slizzar. |
Ibeth (Ancient Egyptian) | Ib | Spoken by the Asha. |
Vasar (Sumerian) | Vas | Spoken by the Eronidas. |
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