Re: Re: Saying thank you!

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:20:17 -0800


> Swordspeech. The Humakti language.
>
> I've always interpreted it as being a silent language,
> purely signs (so it can be used on days when geases
> mean silence), and as having a VERY specialised
> vocabulary.

Watch any military action-adventure movie for the hand signals in the unit ("You" (points at person) "scout" (point 2 fingers at eyes, then point them away) "over there" (point in direction). etc. )

> Isn't there an Issaries feat called "speak without
> words"? Don't have books with me, so I'm not sure if
> that's standard or a house special.

Talk with Hands feat in the general Communication affinity (and Harst has "Speak with hands" as an "additonal feat" in the identical affinity - oops.). Harst's Secret is "Communivcate with strangers' - 1/4 to communicate with someone you don't share a language with.

RR
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