Linguistics, More uses

[Goblins Eighty-Five]

I say you find some more stuff for Linguistics. My vote?

SPEED READING!

You can read a book at a much faster pace than normal.

Normal: You can read a normal book at two minutes a page, and an advanced technical manual/manuscript at 5 minutes a page.

Read normal book at 1 minute a page DC: 15
Read normal book at 30 seconds a page DC: 20
Read normal book at 15 seconds a page DC: 30

Read technical material at 4 minutes a page: DC: 20
Read technical material at 3 minutes a page: DC: 25
Read technical material at 2 minutes a page: DC: 35
Read technical material at 1 minute a page: DC: 45
Read technical material at 30 seconds a page DC: 55

Material is written in magical text: +15 to DC
Material is written in unfamiliar language: +20 to DC

EH?

[DracoDruid]

My vote:

Understand spoken language
Same as decipher script but with unknown language spoken in front of you (or you're eavesdropping).

[Goblins Eighty-Five]

DracoDruid wrote:

My vote:

Understand spoken language
Same as decipher script but with unknown language spoken in front of you (or you're eavesdropping).

I like it! They had something like it in d20 modern (in the SRD! It would be easy to convert!)

[KnightErrantJR]

I'm not sure about the speed reading part, but as far as the unknown language thing, I kind of like it, but I'm not sure of the mechanics. I do know that the skill definitely encourages being able to say that something is in "ancient elvish," so the linguist that knows elvish can make a DC 15 check to figure it out or something of this nature.

I've also let PCs make checks to figure out a person's accent.