Languages, via reddit.

Languages, via reddit.

Languages, via reddit.  A pair of examples to show the difference between narrative language-knowledge and triggering a move.

GM: The deep dwarf comes running up from the mine, shouting to you in a strange dialect, his eyes wide, what do you do?

Avon: Oh! Good thing I spent so much time among the dvergar as an apprentice. What does he say?

GM: “It’s a dragon, my lord! We’ve awakened a dragon in the deeps!”

or:

GM: The deep dwarf comes running up from the mine, shouting to you in a strange dialect, his eyes wide, what do you do?

Avon: Crap, I don’t speak dvergari. Is it the same as dwarven? GM: Not quite, it’s a dialect, though, roll Spout Lore.

Avon: I got a 7. Something interesting?

GM: Well, he’s panicky, and obviously worried. You catch the words “serpent” and “greedy” and something about a treasure horde.

Avon: Hmm, sounds like he’s just being a scaredy-dwarf. Let’s press on!

2 thoughts on “Languages, via reddit.”

  1. Tim Franzke I would decide that based on previous behaviour – if Avon had been the kind of dude to be prone to panic and worry, I might have asked “Are you freaking out?  This guy looks pretty messed up. You can feel a bead of sweat slide down your forehead. What do you do?”

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