So, for the first time in my life, I paid a little closer attention to the wording on Intelligence and starting languages. I realized that if you combine something like this:
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Languages: Dwarves begin play speaking Common and Dwarven. Dwarves with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Giant, Gnome, Goblin, Orc, Terran, and Undercommon.
...with this:
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You apply your character's Intelligence modifier to:
The number of bonus languages your character knows at the start of the game. These are in addition to any starting racial languages and Common. If you have a penalty, you can still read and speak your racial languages unless your Intelligence is lower than 3.
...you could possibly interpret this to mean that demihumans with an INT penalty lose the ability to speak Common. (I don't know that it's stated somewhere that all of the basic races begin play speaking Common, no matter what...)
Is there any way this is actually how it's supposed to be played? And if so, does anyone actually play that way?
