The Language Dice
Inspired by this post by Prismatic Wasteland, and GLOG spell-casting.
At character creation, determine your Language Dice pool. By default this is a single d6. For each level of either Connect or Know your character has, add another die.
When a PC encounters a language, they may roll their Language Dice to see if they know it. The result depends on the number of 6s rolled. Any 1s rolled in this process are removed from the pool.
| # of 6s | Spoken Fluency | Written Fluency |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | None | None |
| 1 | Limited | None |
| 2 | Limited | Limited |
| 3 | Fluent | Limited |
| 4 | Fluent | Fluent |
| 5 | Native | Fluent |
Archaic or obscure languages require an additional success.
PCs may increase the size of their pool by one by spending at least one month of downtime studying languages. They may also upgrade their fluency of a language they've already rolled for by one level by spending a number of months in study equal to their current level.