Warforged and bonus languages [Archive] - Wizards Community

Warforged and bonus languages [Archive] - Wizards Community

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RobbyPants
10-25-07, 10:20 PM In the ECS book, they list the languages for warforged as:
Automatic Languages: Common. Bonus: None.
Does this seriously mean that a warforged can only know common without blowing Skill Points? I have a +3 Int mod and it'd be nice to get those three languages. So am I misunderstanding it, is there some errata, or am I stuck with just one language?
Wharin
10-25-07, 11:13 PM Since I can't provide any sources, take this with a grain of salt, but I do believe I read a FAQ thread answered by the dude himself and he said that, no, smart Warforged do not start off with any extra languages.

Which does bite a bit, but thankfully learning languages in DnD isnt as hard as it can be/is in real life.
blade265
10-26-07, 02:55 AM Language
Warforged speak common, which is the language of their creators and most of their former owners. Unlike most characters, Warforged don't have bonus starting languages due to their race. Most Warforged must spend skill points to learn new languages (Races of Eberron p18).
Salla
10-26-07, 02:59 AM What they said. There are a couple of outs, though ... if the class you take at 1st level has bonus languages such as the cleric (Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal) or the Wizard (Draconic), then you can take them.

Otherwise, you are indeed SOL (**** outta languages).
RobbyPants
10-26-07, 11:15 AM Language
Warforged speak common, which is the language of their creators and most of their former owners. Unlike most characters, Warforged don't have bonus starting languages due to their race. Most Warforged must spend skill points to learn new languages (Races of Eberron p18).
Most warforged? Is this refering to the ones without bonus languages (clerics, wizards, druids) like Salla pointed out?
Salla
10-26-07, 06:37 PM Most warforged? Is this refering to the ones without bonus languages (clerics, wizards, druids) like Salla pointed out?

I would assume so, though it's not really stated.
blade265
11-05-07, 07:02 AM Most warforged? Is this refering to the ones without bonus languages (clerics, wizards, druids) like Salla pointed out?
At the moment of a warforged's first awakening to the living world, it can understand the language of its creator and instinctively knows how to move its body, but in all other respects the newly created warforged is a blank slate. At this early stage, any creature has great power to mold the future psychology of a warforged. It has no knowledge of the world, no understanding of falsehood, and no feelings about good or evil. Lies told to it then might be considered truth forever, or at least until disproved.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20050408b&page=1

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
RobbyPants 10-25-07, 10:20 PM	In the ECS book, they list the languages for warforged as: Automatic Languages: Common. Bonus: None. Does this seriously mean that a warforged can only know common without blowing Skill Points? I have a +3 Int mod and it'd be nice to get those three languages. So am I misunderstanding it, is there some errata, or am I stuck with just one language?
Wharin 10-25-07, 11:13 PM	Since I can't provide any sources, take this with a grain of salt, but I do believe I read a FAQ thread answered by the dude himself and he said that, no, smart Warforged do not start off with any extra languages. Which does bite a bit, but thankfully learning languages in DnD isnt as hard as it can be/is in real life.
blade265 10-26-07, 02:55 AM	Language Warforged speak common, which is the language of their creators and most of their former owners. Unlike most characters, Warforged don't have bonus starting languages due to their race. Most Warforged must spend skill points to learn new languages (Races of Eberron p18).
Salla 10-26-07, 02:59 AM	What they said. There are a couple of outs, though ... if the class you take at 1st level has bonus languages such as the cleric (Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal) or the Wizard (Draconic), then you can take them. Otherwise, you are indeed SOL (**** outta languages).
RobbyPants 10-26-07, 11:15 AM	Language Warforged speak common, which is the language of their creators and most of their former owners. Unlike most characters, Warforged don't have bonus starting languages due to their race. Most Warforged must spend skill points to learn new languages (Races of Eberron p18). Most warforged? Is this refering to the ones without bonus languages (clerics, wizards, druids) like Salla pointed out?
Salla 10-26-07, 06:37 PM	Most warforged? Is this refering to the ones without bonus languages (clerics, wizards, druids) like Salla pointed out? I would assume so, though it's not really stated.
blade265 11-05-07, 07:02 AM	Most warforged? Is this refering to the ones without bonus languages (clerics, wizards, druids) like Salla pointed out? At the moment of a warforged's first awakening to the living world, it can understand the language of its creator and instinctively knows how to move its body, but in all other respects the newly created warforged is a blank slate. At this early stage, any creature has great power to mold the future psychology of a warforged. It has no knowledge of the world, no understanding of falsehood, and no feelings about good or evil. Lies told to it then might be considered truth forever, or at least until disproved. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20050408b&page=1