[pnpgm] Language Proficiency

[Burton Choinski]

I may have posted that, robbed shamelessly from Runequest,

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Burton Choinski
bchoinski at verizon.net




> On May 17, 2018, at 5:15 PM, pnpgm <pnpgm at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Forget who came up with this table.
> But had it years ago.
> Since someone asked I figured i'd share.
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> Language Proficiency Table
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> Roll D100 Result
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> 01-10	May only communicate simple
> 	ideas like "I want food."
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> 11-30	May get across simple requests and live day-to-day in the native country of the language speakers. "How many moneys for leg of lamb?"
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> 31-50	Assured communication. One can speak better than a stupid native (most stupid natives will be 30%!) and get most ideas across. "But that was only three coppers yesterday."
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> 51-80	Allows one to tell stories, sagas, songs, etc. Can argue and bargain as well as any native speaker. "That lamb was rotten before it was butchered, and it never was worth the spit it took to hit the tax collector's eye last month."
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> 81-00	This is the language of poets, philosophers, leaders, diplomats, emissaries and others who aspire to a fluent grasp of the nation's speech. "Surely the assessment for this specimen of decomposing provender could be reevaluated in consideration of its advanced state of putrefaction."
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