tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987461543629921122.post2155740009144168127..comments2023-07-19T04:32:03.703-06:00Comments on The Esoteric Order of Roleplayers: [Achtung Cthulhu] Over the RainbowDavid Larkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987461543629921122.post-87124572222220825182016-07-10T14:48:34.731-06:002016-07-10T14:48:34.731-06:00That's a really good gloss on what the Other L...That's a really good gloss on what the Other Language skill represents in CoC--a language that you've got enough of a grip on that you can read or speak it as a general rule, even if the going is slow. Higher percentages would represent understanding of idioms, slang, dialects, and so forth.<br /><br />I felt pretty good with allowing a Know roll (or was it an Idea roll?) to decipher bits and pieces from a related language. I could see allowing the same for academic characters and languages associated with their area of focus (Polish-->German; Latin or Ancient Greek, etc.).David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987461543629921122.post-53827659453689003352016-07-10T14:19:54.366-06:002016-07-10T14:19:54.366-06:00Some further comments on the exciting subject of l...Some further comments on the exciting subject of language knowledge once upon a time. As I've noted before, in this period a professional academic with a specialism in something like Polish would almost certainly have studied German, French, and Latin as well, although that's not the same as being able to read them without a dictionary, especially if he or she hadn't used them lately. <br /><br />In facts it's not unlikely that any college-educated person has had Latin at school (although not as likely that they would retain it). While it hadn't been a requirement to attend Harvard (the closest analogy to Miskatonic University) since the later 19th century, Latin was still normal - it's not until after WWII that prep schools cease to dominate elite university admissions, I believe. And it was still a requirement to attend British universities in this period that one pass an exam in Latin and it was a compulsory subject in grammar schools, I think, let alone public schools.*<br /><br />But I think it's fair enough to say that people only recognize the occasional word if they haven't used the language in years.<br /><br />*To clarify, although you probably know this: "public school" in Britain = "elite private school."<br /><br />Voord 99https://www.blogger.com/profile/02182302122635572748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987461543629921122.post-26579848155183069342016-07-08T19:33:32.769-06:002016-07-08T19:33:32.769-06:00Helga was on her way, but being so slow the gate c...Helga was on her way, but being so slow the gate collapsed before she reached it.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987461543629921122.post-24332855550419415832016-07-07T08:22:13.185-06:002016-07-07T08:22:13.185-06:00Did Helga make it through? Thought only Fountain a...Did Helga make it through? Thought only Fountain and Micheline managed.David Schimpffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207702598494587244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987461543629921122.post-19036713710038652182016-07-05T14:38:21.478-06:002016-07-05T14:38:21.478-06:00So... all of the seriously/critically wounded peop...So... all of the seriously/critically wounded people went through a mysterious portal while the healthy remained behind in relative safety? Relative being used to indicate they're surrounded by Nazis trying to kill them, but that is still probably safer.<br /><br />I also found Des's reaction to realising why narrative had been taken away from her character adorable. She went from plucky fighter to resigned frog-person within the span of a single sentence. Too bad she had to go, but sometimes people just croak out of nowhere.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987383774108570495noreply@blogger.com