Editing Skill Descriptions (section)

==LANGUAGE== 
SPECIALTY, TRAINED ONLY
Languages are unusual skills. They are not based on an ability score and
do not require checks. Instead, your rank in Language measures how many
languages you can speak, read, and write. Unskilled characters can speak,
read, and write their native language. For each rank in Language, you are
fluent in an additional language.
• Literacy: Characters are assumed to be literate in their native language
and any other language they know. At the GM’s discretion,
characters may have to spend an additional rank to be literate in
a language with a different alphabet or style of writing from the
character’s native language (such as Japanese kanji or Greek for an
English speaker). Completely illiterate characters may have a drawback
(see Drawbacks, page 124).
UNDER THE HOOD: PLAYER VS. CHARACTER KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge skills measure what your character knows about various things,
whether you know anything about them or not. It’s fairly easy to measure
what a hero knows by making the appropriate Knowledge skill checks.
However, players may know things their characters do not, either
because of the player’s life experience or knowledge of the game and
its rules (and source material). In this case the Gamemaster may prefer
for players to limit themselves to only what their heroes know rather
than what they may or may not know about a given situation. If there’s
a question as to how to handle an issue of player versus character
knowledge in the game, consult your Gamemaster.
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