Language (Own)

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 Language (Own) (EDU%) 

When choosing this skill, the exact language must be specified and written next to the skill. In infancy and early childhood, most humans use a single language. The tongue chosen by the player for their Own Language automatically starts as equal to the investigator's EDU characteristic; thereafter, the investigator understands, speaks, reads, and writes at that percentage or higher (if further skill points are added during investigator creation).

Opposing skill/Difficulty level: Normally no skill roll is necessary to use Own Language. Even when technical, archaic, or esoteric terms are used, if both parties are sympathetic to each other and there is sufficient time for conversation, most things should be covered without a die roll.

If a document is extremely difficult to read or in an archaic dialect, the Keeper may require a roll.

Pushing examples: See Other Language skill.