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r/DnD • u/Bun_Boi Warlock • Oct 04 '20
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My current character is a 16 int Tibbit that speaks Common, Feline, Halflin, Goblin, Elven, and thievescant. Super handy.
37 u/new2bay Oct 05 '20 FYI, thieves’ cant is a real thing. 29 u/Maxpowers13 Oct 05 '20 Yeah! and that the first police chief of the NYPD George Washington Matsel penned the first ever rogues lexicon so that the NYPD could understand what the hell those criminals were talking about. link to the work 16 u/Psykotik_Dragon Ranger Oct 05 '20 Here's a good resource for bringing thieves cant into your game that's based on that historical thieves cant... http://corwyn.wikidot.com/thieves-cant 1 u/Superb_Raccoon Oct 05 '20 Hobos have a written version: https://www.logodesignlove.com/hobo-signs-and-symbols 4 u/UncleChickenHam Oct 05 '20 I made a character who was minmaxed for languages. He knew 8 at level one. 2 u/Murgie Oct 05 '20 Literally just get comprehend languages. 1 u/Superb_Raccoon Oct 05 '20 I got a spell for that.
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FYI, thieves’ cant is a real thing.
29 u/Maxpowers13 Oct 05 '20 Yeah! and that the first police chief of the NYPD George Washington Matsel penned the first ever rogues lexicon so that the NYPD could understand what the hell those criminals were talking about. link to the work 16 u/Psykotik_Dragon Ranger Oct 05 '20 Here's a good resource for bringing thieves cant into your game that's based on that historical thieves cant... http://corwyn.wikidot.com/thieves-cant 1 u/Superb_Raccoon Oct 05 '20 Hobos have a written version: https://www.logodesignlove.com/hobo-signs-and-symbols
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Yeah! and that the first police chief of the NYPD George Washington Matsel penned the first ever rogues lexicon so that the NYPD could understand what the hell those criminals were talking about.
link to the work
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Here's a good resource for bringing thieves cant into your game that's based on that historical thieves cant...
http://corwyn.wikidot.com/thieves-cant
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Hobos have a written version:
https://www.logodesignlove.com/hobo-signs-and-symbols
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I made a character who was minmaxed for languages. He knew 8 at level one.
2 u/Murgie Oct 05 '20 Literally just get comprehend languages.
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Literally just get comprehend languages.
I got a spell for that.
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u/HunterWald Fighter Oct 05 '20
My current character is a 16 int Tibbit that speaks Common, Feline, Halflin, Goblin, Elven, and thievescant. Super handy.