Any one know a site that has Thief Signs? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Any one know a site that has Thief Signs? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Lord Nat
03-28-04, 08:53 PM The book says that thiefs have a sign lang but does not really gives you an idea of what it looks like.

Any one know a site that shows some?
Oh and maybe one with stuff on the master Langs too.
Vanigo
03-28-04, 09:05 PM Try Google. I kinda doubt you'll find anything, though. With the notable exceptions of Tolkein and Klingon, not many people bother making up complete languages for fictional worlds. At best, you might find a few example signs. If that's all you want, you may be able to find it. I don't think you'll find any official WoTC/TSR information, though - just stuff made by players.
I have no idea what you mean by "master languages," but again, Google's your best bet.

Wait, what book are you looking at, anyway? There's no thieves' cant in 3.0/3.5.
tempeitri
03-28-04, 09:45 PM In my opinion (and this is based mostly on 2nd ed so you'll have to cut me some slack) I always thought of the hand signals used by special forces in the current day military. In 2nd ed you could only comuniate simple words or phrases which is pretty much exactly what they can do. Indicating objective, number, direction, time, etc. If that't the way you want to play it you should definately be able to Google it up.

Hope that helps.
Seeker95
03-28-04, 10:14 PM I couldn't find anything on the signs and signals, but here is one site for the Thieves' Cant -- the AD&D langauge of thieves.

Thieves Cant 1 (http://php.iupui.edu/~asimmon/thief.html)

Note: This lexicon is repeated on over 100 different sites.
Lord Nat
03-30-04, 12:52 AM I meant Monster not Master :P
We all goof form time to time I guess.
The_Fan
03-30-04, 08:55 AM Don't know about sign language, but hobos in the early 20th centure had a code of simple graffitti symbols they would scratch into posts or other places. These symbols gave info about where you could sleep, what places were good to rob for food or money, etc. A gallery of some of these can be found here:

http://www.worldpath.net/~minstrel/hobosign.htm
Seeker95
03-30-04, 09:50 AM Drow Dictionary (http://members.aol.com/sylveri0n/dicttop.htm)

Search on google for any other monsters you want.
Lord Nat
03-30-04, 02:04 PM Coo thanks.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Lord Nat 03-28-04, 08:53 PM	The book says that thiefs have a sign lang but does not really gives you an idea of what it looks like. Any one know a site that shows some? Oh and maybe one with stuff on the master Langs too.
Vanigo 03-28-04, 09:05 PM	Try Google. I kinda doubt you'll find anything, though. With the notable exceptions of Tolkein and Klingon, not many people bother making up complete languages for fictional worlds. At best, you might find a few example signs. If that's all you want, you may be able to find it. I don't think you'll find any official WoTC/TSR information, though - just stuff made by players. I have no idea what you mean by "master languages," but again, Google's your best bet. Wait, what book are you looking at, anyway? There's no thieves' cant in 3.0/3.5.
tempeitri 03-28-04, 09:45 PM	In my opinion (and this is based mostly on 2nd ed so you'll have to cut me some slack) I always thought of the hand signals used by special forces in the current day military. In 2nd ed you could only comuniate simple words or phrases which is pretty much exactly what they can do. Indicating objective, number, direction, time, etc. If that't the way you want to play it you should definately be able to Google it up. Hope that helps.
Seeker95 03-28-04, 10:14 PM	I couldn't find anything on the signs and signals, but here is one site for the Thieves' Cant -- the AD&D langauge of thieves. Thieves Cant 1 (http://php.iupui.edu/~asimmon/thief.html) Note: This lexicon is repeated on over 100 different sites.
Lord Nat 03-30-04, 12:52 AM	I meant Monster not Master :P We all goof form time to time I guess.
The_Fan 03-30-04, 08:55 AM	Don't know about sign language, but hobos in the early 20th centure had a code of simple graffitti symbols they would scratch into posts or other places. These symbols gave info about where you could sleep, what places were good to rob for food or money, etc. A gallery of some of these can be found here: http://www.worldpath.net/~minstrel/hobosign.htm
Seeker95 03-30-04, 09:50 AM	Drow Dictionary (http://members.aol.com/sylveri0n/dicttop.htm) Search on google for any other monsters you want.
Lord Nat 03-30-04, 02:04 PM	Coo thanks.