> Literacy in the RW is a good example of why competent characters
> don't need a mastery.
>
> First off, most people sometimes miscomprehend what they read --
they
> do fail. Secondly, most of the time we are all self-respecting
> readers, and don't need to make a roll. Thirdly, most of the time
we
> are reading neatly printed material in a relatively reasonable
script
> (rather than sloppily hand-written Chinese characters) -- it's as
if
> the writing were augmented.
And in sufficent light and with no variant spellings and word useage(okay, other than the Americans, that is). It was considered remarkable if a medieval monk could read without talking aloud as he did so.
Jeff
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