Ogre:CharacterCodex:Skills:Language
Language[edit]
This is your ability to play with language so it have a different meaning.
Decipher Script[edit]
| Ability | Intelligence |
|---|---|
| Action | See below |
| Armor Penalty | None |
| Untrained | No |
| Concentration | Yes |
Check: You can decipher writing in an unfamiliar language or a message written in an incomplete or archaic form. The base DC is 20 for the simplest messages, 25 for standard texts, and 30 or higher for intricate, exotic, or very old writing.
If the check succeeds, you understand the general content of a piece of writing about one page long (or the equivalent).
The Decipher Script skill is also used to decode secret message or discover hidden message made with an Innuendo skill.
The Decipher Script check is made secretly, so that you can't tell whether the conclusion you draw is true or false.
Total Success: You can make an exact translation of the text.
Total Failure: You are wrong with the information you decipher.
Action: Time to decipher script depends on the DC.
| Decipher Script DC | Time |
|---|---|
| Below 20 | 1 minute per page |
| 20 | 10 minutes per page |
| 25 | 1 hour per page |
| 30+ | 1 day per page |
Try Again: No.
Innuendo[edit]
| Ability | Wisdom |
|---|---|
| Action | See below |
| Armor Penalty | None |
| Untrained | No |
| Concentration | No |
Description: You know how to get a message to someone else without anybody else noticing the true meaning of your message. You may be talking about bakery goods when you are telling a friend to be ready to fight. Send a love letter to a woman that contains hidden instruction on your plan to save her from her evil father. You can also make simple moves to tell your partner that you have a certain cards in your hands when playing a game.
Check: The DC is 15 for simple messages, or 20 for complex messages, especially those that rely on getting across new information. Your chance of success also depends on the person you send the message. You can add your targets intelligence bonus to your checks.
Anyone listening to the exchange can make a Sense Motive check opposed by the Innuendo check you made to transmit in order to intercept your message and understand it(see Sense Motive). For written message, someone with Decipher Script can make a check opposed by the Innuendo check you made to understand the true meaning of the message.
Total Failure: The message means the opposite of what you mean.
Action: For spoken message, using Innuendo skill does not slow you down when talking. Writing a message take about 1 hour per page to write.
Try Again: You do not know if the other person has understood the message, so you cannot retry. If the other person is able to tell or show you that he did not received the message correctly, you can try again.
