Well, this may be true in a role-playing sense . . . but don't let your
sensibilities regarding realism cause you to desire a game that is more
like reality and less like fun. If I can't talk to my fellow players, then
the game quickly becomes an absurdity. This is why when they make movies
that have a fantasy setting, everyone normally speaks English.

Other absurdities include the extremely slow heal rate, and the inability
to run away from a fight (which are THE reasons I am a Bard, without the
heal and speed song I would have quit EQ out of total frustration).

-Musil

At 04:20 AM 5/8/99 , you wrote:

>From: Rodney Morris <rodmorris@...>
>
>
>
>"J.M. Capozzi" wrote:
>>
>> Bard trainers in Qeynos and Freeport both have it <the faerei
>language>.
>
>Maybe I am incorrect, but I am under the impression that you need
>to 'hear' a language before you are given the option of training
>a point in it.
>
>I never had gnoll, dark speech, elder tier'dal (sp?) available as
>language options until later in the game (presumably after I had
>heard it in my travels).
>Maybe the languages have level restrictions? That would also explain
>it.
>But even Barbarian or Dwarf were not available to me to train in
>until a friend spoke to me in these languages.
>
>And following this thread of conversation, am I relatively alone in
>my hatred for the 'common tongue' language? While I am not a hard-
>core role-player, I find that it seriously detracts from the role-
>playing experience.
>Honestly, how realistic is it for a dwarf, having grown up in
>Kelethin, travelling to Freeport and easily able to converse with
>humans?
>
>Mully
>Veeshan
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