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If i stand around and talk to myself in Elvish, will my elf language skill go up?

....how can you learn another language without any references? You will end up making a new language...

What? I can sit around and drink beer till i pass out...wait... what?

Well, like, if you wanted to learn chinese... would you sit somewhere and say stuff that you think is chinese without any books?

okay, let me rephrase the question... how does language skill go up?

Someone really needs to make a comprehensive guide to doing things... back in the old days, no one told a new player that he should "figure out how to attack" .. and there was no vague hint to how to do something when you weren't quite right. (ex. "You should learn to *control* your attacks.")

Ultimate Illarion, where are you?

yeah.... still not understanding how to raise language skills.....

You learn languages with speaking them. But you need at least one skillpoint, in the language, else it won't raise.

Nitram

What are the boundaries on Powergaming languages? I personally raise my language on my own by reciting ingame stories or events, or by reading out what I am RPing writing. To me this falls into the context of not doing an action repeatedly outside of the characters normal behaviour. But I have a suspicion many people just find a quiet spot on the map and go:

A *enter*
A *enter*
A *enter*

This shouldn't be disputed as powergaming, but my recitals WERE recently accused of a powergaming technique. So please, just some clarity from someone with the power, as it were.

Sam.

Nitram wrote:You learn languages with speaking them. But you need at least one skillpoint, in the language, else it won't raise.

Nitram

not much RP ain't it...

Oh i believe you have to do a lot of rp to get that one skill point from the right people...

Not really. Elvish you can get a bunch with some herbs. Others are impossible without gm help.

???? how do you get skill points?

Dude, there is an elf npc Northwest of Troll's Bane, beyond the Northern Forest. He can help you learn one new language: elvish.
However, I don't know any advice of how he works in english. German players have told me it's easier for them.

Maybe the npc should be checked?

He works properly.

Does somebody know an npc or person who can teach me dwarf?



Thanks
Ardian

Umm, Not really . I dont think there is one

PS: your name will get confused with mine... ah well

does the elf language npc charge you money to teach you, if so how much?

find out ingame

have not found him, thats why I asked, I have been looking through the northern forest for some time.

With the phrase, 'Find out InGame', is not meant you have to look for the location yourself, but for the information you have been asking for.

You can easily ask for help when you don't understand what key kombinations you have to use to invoke certain actions of your character, e.g. smithing, fishing or farming.

But if you ask for deeper character knowledge, e.g. 'How many iron bars are needed to smith a full plate?', you will be re-directed into the game to let your character figure this out by himself and/or by interacting with other characters.

In other words:
Ask a bit arround with your character or let your character simply try out.

can anyone tell me how to speak different languages?

You are able to speak your special race language, common und you can learn to speak elvish. Nothing more.

For speaking them type !l common or your own language.

I thought I heard something about an orc somewhere teaching orcish. false?

there is an orc that teaches fighting moves

if you start with at least 1 point of it. You know, a teaching skil lwould work nciely for langauges, if only someone had ever thought of taht

Lance is almost completely fluent in Elvish and Ancient. It takes time, but your character will get there.

Lance Thunnigan wrote:Lance is almost completely fluent in Elvish and Ancient. It takes time, but your character will get there.

well for the elvish, you are improving, i dont know about your ancient though, keep practicing Lance!