[SWSE] Dawn of Defiance <OoC> {Not accepting}

[Mongooseh]

Guns are always an option.  

[Lord of the Vine]

Seph Baelzara

I may just give y'all a translator droid like C-3P0 later. There's too many characters whom are left in the dark from others. No real mechanical or combat benefit. Just for communications.
Right after you leave the Station.

Unless y'all would rather figure something else out?

Linguist as a bonus feat? Free understanding of basic?  

[Raganui Minamoto]

Well, I can always attempt to make translation devices that you hook to your hearing sensory organ.  

[Disciple of Sakura]

Such are the roleplaying challenges of playing a race that doesn't speak Basic.

I think, though, that it's safe to assume that everyone IS speaking Basic unless otherwise noted. We don't really need to call out Basic as the language we're speaking in, do we?

I guess a translation droid or something might not be a bad idea, though. Considering how impossible SAGA makes it to learn additional languages (requiring a 13 INT and a feat expenditure is ludicrously costly and prevents large amounts of characters from knowing any languages aside from their racial and Basic), some sort of aide would be a good idea. I'm sure we've all got better things to spend our feat slots on than Linguistics. Though, if you have an INT of 13+ and just dip a level of Noble, you'll get a talent and that feat, so that's a plus, I suppose...  

[Keith Valken Lionheart]

Dion Necurat

Seph Baelzara

I may just give y'all a translator droid like C-3P0 later. There's too many characters whom are left in the dark from others. No real mechanical or combat benefit. Just for communications.
Right after you leave the Station.

Unless y'all would rather figure something else out?

Linguist as a bonus feat? Free understanding of basic?

I'm pretty sure that pretty much every race understands Basic. At least Jawas do. Example: when Luke and his uncle were buying C-3PO and R2-D2 from the Jawas. The only problem is that I can't speak it, but I'm pretty sure my Jawa understands it.  

[Lord of the Vine]

Alright, that makes sense.

That reminds me, and this is a question that's been bugging me for a while: IS there paper in the star wars universe?  

[Mongooseh]

Probably. The usefulness of paper as a way to give a message an actual hard copy immediately just seems like it would survive time. Well to me it does because otherwise how else would you quickly write down a message and give it to someone? We're not playing in high advanced tech like shadowrun if anything the really advanced stuff in comparison to modern day standards are the weapons and transports.  

[Lord of the Vine]

I see. I dunno; it was the one thing that always confused me. I never saw nor read a thing about paper in the universe, so it just gnawed at me.  

[Disciple of Sakura]

Everyone just types everything out on their iPads...

No, wait... That's StarTrek, not Star Wars.  

[Wrasynth Ksyamen]

I'm pretty sure I've seen paper. I think it's seen as an aesthetic eccentric choice. "Artsy" If you will. However I can't remember the exact moment so I very well may be talking out of my a**.  

[Dallas Moonrain]

It doesn't help the overall problem for a few levels, but I was debating taking Lingust at 3rd level because it does suit my character concept. And Xylee can probably help Niknik with the translation device.

Though I must also admit, the interest value of having to deduce what the Wookiee and/or Jawa are saying are pretty high for me. It would be an interesting roleplay challenge. biggrin  

[Wrasynth Ksyamen]

Honestly I'd do what the movies do. Maybe not everyone speaks basic but they can understand it. Unless the RP is going to be centered in some way cultural exchange and misunderstanding? I think nixing the language barrier to some degree will improve the pacing of the game.