Re: Re: Digest Number 320

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 19:22:57 -0700


> >In HW what would seem an appropriate penalty to understand those
> >blokes with the thick accent and odd coloquialisms? Character's
> >aren't assigned a "speak own language" score, so you can't simply
> >apply a penalty and call it a normal contest. (This is assuming that
> >the narrator has a reason to play up the language barrier, rather
> >than glossing over it).
>
> 6 is the basic score. -1 to -5 for various degrees of unintelligibility
> seem appropriate.

And 0 is the base score for those not familiar at all with the language in question.

RR

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