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#1 Raddu76 Jun 25, 2010 10:51:31	I've noticed two places...in the only two adventures we have out now....Fury o the Wastewalker and Bloodsand Arena where writing is openly given to the characters.   One of the defining story elements to me is that most characters can not read, most people in the world don't want to read because the sorcerer-monarchs have outlawed it and reading is seen as a gateway to magic thus defiling.  Granted when the Fire Spirit of the Land shoots flame down on the sand and blackened glass is left in the form of letters, that's cool. But the default should not be that the characters can read, maybe the SotL was an ancient "being" that could read and assumed that people could still read and maybe once character (Phye) could read and translated for the party. However; the assumption that people can read is the wrong assumption to me...it should be the other way around. /rant
#2 Bill4747 Jun 25, 2010 14:35:45	I was kind of assuming only wizards and templars would be able to read and write, based on my memory of old dark sun.
#3 xlorep_darkhelm Jun 25, 2010 14:41:58	I was kind of assuming only wizards and templars would be able to read and write, based on my memory of old dark sun. And nobility, I believe.
#4 FlashbackJon Jun 25, 2010 14:53:07	While we're at it, don't forget Barbarians are illiterate until they multiclass.
#5 Bill4747 Jun 27, 2010 4:17:03	I was kind of assuming only wizards and templars would be able to read and write, based on my memory of old dark sun. And nobility, I believe. I forgot about the nobles.
#6 Bill4747 Jun 27, 2010 4:24:22	While we're at it, don't forget Barbarians are illiterate until they multiclass.   I wonder if barbarians should get a 'language' like 'bird calls' ?
#7 FlashbackJon Jun 27, 2010 9:09:52	Absolutely!  But the question becomes, can they read and write bird calls?