I was looking over the feats that can be taken and when coming up on the Linguist Feat I thought that should be allowed to be taken early. Should that be allowed to be taken pre-game if the character is noble and the only languages have taken are the more common ones if it fits into the background story? For example, if the character is a spy for the crown he should be able to write in code or if just a base noble should know almost all the languages due to tutoring.
Any Feat could be argued for at creation by a creative player. At that point it would be up to the DM to allow each player the option of taking a Feat. Or, alternatively, you could have a campaign where the players start at a higher level, and then you could choose the Feat over the Ability Score bump. A Level One Adventurer is not that extraordinary that they would already be a spy for powerful royalty, unless it was an apprenticeship/training. Nobles wouldn’t know “every language,” in the same way that rich American children don’t learn multiple languages.
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I was looking over the feats that can be taken and when coming up on the Linguist Feat I thought that should be allowed to be taken early. Should that be allowed to be taken pre-game if the character is noble and the only languages have taken are the more common ones if it fits into the background story? For example, if the character is a spy for the crown he should be able to write in code or if just a base noble should know almost all the languages due to tutoring.
Any Feat could be argued for at creation by a creative player. At that point it would be up to the DM to allow each player the option of taking a Feat. Or, alternatively, you could have a campaign where the players start at a higher level, and then you could choose the Feat over the Ability Score bump. A Level One Adventurer is not that extraordinary that they would already be a spy for powerful royalty, unless it was an apprenticeship/training. Nobles wouldn’t know “every language,” in the same way that rich American children don’t learn multiple languages.