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#1 Apollo_Theron Feb 28, 2011 20:44:36	Can someone please help me optimize how many languages I can get at level through levels 7-15 or so? Btw how many skill points does it cost to get a language and how many languages can you get a level?
#2 tiejaz Feb 28, 2011 22:10:07	If you are a Mindbender you can telepathically communicate with all creatures that have a language - even if you don't have a language in common. If you aren't interested in that, there is a feat in Races of Eberron (p 111) called Master Linguist that only requires that you speak at least 4 languages, and it does this: Each time you gain a level (including the level you gained to take this feat), you learn an additional language.
#3 Tempest_Stormwind Feb 28, 2011 23:56:16	You learn one language per "rank" of Speak Language you buy. Like any skill, you can buy as many ranks per level as you want, so long as you pay the price in skill points. Speak Language costs the same as any other skill - 1 skill point per rank if it's a class skill, 2 skill points per rank if it's a cross-class. Speak Language is cross-class for virtually every class; it's a class skill for bards in core and a few others in expanded books. Most notably, the Changeling race (Eberron) has Speak Language as a class skill regardless of what class they play. The effective number of languages is "all of them" - between Tongues and Comprehend Languages, you can speak with every languaged creature on its own. To say nothing about Mindlink (psionic ability), Rary's Telepathic Bond, or the Mindbender's telepathy.  If you *need* more languages, Master Linguist (as Tiejaz suggested) is the way to go. Personally, though, I'd consider a few spells to be a lesser cost than a few skill points, which are a lesser cost than a full feat. To say nothing about one of the weakest Epic feats ever published....