Does it stand to reason that a relatively high-Intelligence character could learn virtually every language in the game if a race possessed both of these two traits?
Gift of Tongues (2 RP): Prerequisites: Standard or
linguist language array; Benefit: Members of this race
gain a +1 racial bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy checks,
and they learn one additional language every time they
put a rank in the Linguistics skill.
Gifted Linguist (2 RP): Prerequisites: None; Benefit:
Members of this race gain a +4 racial bonus on Linguistics
checks and they learn one additional language every time
they put a rank in the Linguistics skill.
Not saying that languages are overpowered or anything, but several other traits (most notably the ones that grant bonuses to Stealth) specifically mention that you can't take a bunch of traits that stack the same bonus. I was wondering whether people think the same rule should apply to these two traits.
Or is that one race from 3.5 that was completely focused around languages coming back? :-P
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Under the description of the Linguistics skill in the core rulebook you learn a new language, both speaking and reading it, for every skill point put into the skill.
So surely parts of these traits are somewhat redundant?
P. 101 Pathfinder Core RuleBook
"Learn a Language: Whenever you put a rank into this
skill, you learn to speak and read a new language. Common
languages (and their typical speakers) include the following."
