The language barrier is one of the biggest problems when negotiating.
You learn many to ease the flow of meetings. Or you needed to be sneaky in several languages.
Either way, you are a true multilingualist.
- Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion
- Tool Proficiencies: Calligrapher's Supplies
- Languages: Five of your choice
- Equipment: a notepad for reminders, a bottle of ink with a pen, a representative badge and a pouch containing 10 gp
Feature: Polyglot
Learning the many languages isn't your only strength.
Knowing many dialects, you can fill in the blanks when hearing an unusual tongue with common roots.
You have advantage on History & Perception checks, always able to connect the dots.
Suggested Characteristics
As the one between 2 or more people, you are trained and used to mediate and properly convey.
Even when words do not have counterparts, you will fill in with the next best thing and the emotion behind it.
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I like to surprise people when I suddenly fluently speak their tongues. |
| 2 | I get wary when I hear inconsistant accents or dialects in conversations. |
| 3 | Elaborate rants and insults fascinate me. The different pronunciations can be hilarious. |
| 4 | I want to learn every spoken words so that I can understand every non-local books I read. |
| 5 | I sometimes change behaviors when changing patois. |
| 6 | My enthusiasm goes through the roof when I have a chance to apply what I learned. |
| d4 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Future. The opposite of war is not peace but negotiation. (Good) |
| 2 | Intimidation. Sometimes, you must make yourself understood in any tongues. (Chaotic.) |
| 3 | Plans. If I play my cards right, I’ll get into a higher position through subtle manipulations. (Evil) |
| 4 | Vision. Being at the center of all things, I can get a better view of what’s to come. (Neutral) |
| d4 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I was born into a family of 7 different races. Lots of half-siblings. |
| 2 | The first years with my mentor were confusing, until we learned each other's words. |
| 3 | To best know my enemies/rivals, I learned their language. |
| 4 | My lover is the reason I learned their vocabulary. |
| d4 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | If I'm being "stealthily" insulted in another tongue, I will respond in kind. |
| 2 | When I'm angrily ranting, no one can follow what I say, mixing up tongues in the process. |
| 3 | I can’t stand not being listened, so I lose patience when I have to repeat myself. |
| 4 | I only want to talk about politics when I know I can add something interesting to the conversation. |
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