## Learning a Language

### Comprehension Checks

A creature which has some experience with a language, but is not fluent in the language, can make an Intelligence check to attempt to understand what is written or being said in a language that it only partially understands.

##### Spoken Comprehension Difficulty
| DC | Description |
|:-----:|:------------|
| 5 | The conversation is deliberately careful and slow. |
| 10 |Normal conversation. |
| 15 |Fast, accented, or obscure conversation.|
| 20 |Ancient dialects or multiple simultaneous speakers.|

##### Written Comprehension Difficulty
| DC | Description |
|:-----:|:------------|
| 5 | Clear and common runes for short messages. |
| 10 | Normal writing. |
| 15 | Sloppy, error-prone, or obscure writing.|
| 20 | Ancient dialects, rare, or complex writing.|

### Language Fluency

Instead of simply being fluent in a language or not being fluent, proficiency in language is split into 6 levels as shown on the graph below ([ref](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILR_scale)).

##### Language Fluency 
| Fluency | Description | Comprehension Checks |
|:-----:|:------------|:-----------------|
|0 | Language not known. | Cannot make checks. |
|1 | Novice speaker. | -15 Penalty |
|2 | Limited speaker. | -10 Penalty |
|3 | Familiar speaker. | -5 Penalty |
|4 | Experienced speaker. | No Penalty. |
|5 | Fluent speaker.| Automatically succeed. |

### Training a Language

Over the course of several weeks of focused lessons or continual exposure, such as living in a settlement where this is the dominant language, a character may begin to partially understand a language.

Gaining 1 fluency level in an unknown language takes a number of weeks equal to the level gained.

Having explicit language lessons from a tutor as well as common exposure allows you to reduce the time taken to gain a fluency level by half. To learn an exotic language takes twice the normal amount of time as a standard language.

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> ##### Optional: Illiteracy and Illinguancy

> If you wish to allow characters to be able to read/write a language without being able to understand it or vice versa, then divide the total time required to gain a fluency level in half for only learning to read/write or speak it.

> ##### Denoting Fluency:

> An elf with limited understanding of draconic and gnomish could denote their language proficiencies with the following notation:
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>*Common, Elvish, Draconic (3), Gnomish (2)*

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