• iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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    My world draws inspiration from maaaany real life cultures and I’m sure some people would be offended by our interpretations of them.

    For us draconic is based in Finnish, and giant is based in Norwegian.

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    I want to learn dovahzul just to use it as draconic, but is so rare for me and my friends to play that i lost motivation after a feel days

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    In the game I’m playing, goblins have thick New York accents. If my creepy-ass lizard person dies, I might switch to that, or a Nordic elf with a thick Swedish accent.

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    My last DM got mad at me and almost kicked me out of the group because I wanted to create a rogue mage warrior priest with a backstory that he was a mexican immigrant names Jose.

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        it could work if they agree to just be underpowered, like they have parts of each class’ standard kit and it mostly doesn’t work well but every now and then they can get some sweet sweet synergy from some abilities and save the day.

        And because of this José always feels a bit left out, so he’s always eager to do something useful even if it’s just casting mage light (which is one of the few spells he can wrap his head around).
        He’s also just generally a really nice guy and he’s great at mundane things like cooking and he doesn’t complain, so he doesn’t quite realize that his party is being pretty mean and taking advantage of him. But over time the others just can’t help but start considering him a close friend and he becomes a vital part of the team.

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    I did a salt marsh campaign that I themed like Louisiana bayou country. I had a whole society of reclusive swamp gnomes with Cajun French accents. I still miss those guys. They were cool and spooky.

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    In a homebrew setting still in construction, Volapük is the language of a secret society.

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    I’m not going to say that affecting an accent for a language one doesn’t speak is inherently racist…but it can get there pretty fast.

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    Infernal is Korean, Elvish is Finnish, Dwarvish is Icelandic, Abyssal is Spanish, the Elemental Languages are Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin, while Gnomish is Farsi.

    Come at me, Bitches!

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      Esperanto is more like Common. A language that everyone speaks, more or less, can only be something from an imperialist power or a neutral ground created for that.