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Dorganath · 03-03-06, 04:24 AM

Heh...well a couple things.
A low-INT character is going to have trouble communicating at all, whether it's in words or in some form of gestures that may make sense to him but not necessarily to anyone else. In that respect, communicating with Stump should be difficult...very difficult really. Using whispers or tells to get around that isn't really in the spirit of good RP. And someone with low INT isn't typcially going to have complex thoughts...and will probably have trouble understanding requests from someone like Erag or Talon who speak in full sentences and are asking for things that don't make sense to him.So whispering or using tells or whatever isn't really right for the character. Stump might indicate hunger by patting himself on the head. Why? Who knows...doesn't matter. But it might make sense to Stump, and that's what Stump should portray.
Second. not that it would apply in this case because a character like stump probably wouldn't be able to learn it, but there is a sign language ear in-game. The way those gesturs work, it's pretty impossible to figure out the meaning of them unless your character were to know how to sign.
Yes, it is, in some respects, upon the gesturing character to make his/her thoughts known (if desired) to other characters, but also remember that the character making the gestures may not have the same way of thinking as you or your character does, so non-verbal communication will always be a bit of a difficult task.

03-03-06, 04:24 AM	#2
Dorganath Administrator Characters Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chicago-ish Posts: 8,894 Thanks: 69 Thanked 2,082 Times in 988 Posts	RE: Trouble with sign language Heh...well a couple things. A low-INT character is going to have trouble communicating at all, whether it's in words or in some form of gestures that may make sense to him but not necessarily to anyone else. In that respect, communicating with Stump should be difficult...very difficult really. Using whispers or tells to get around that isn't really in the spirit of good RP. And someone with low INT isn't typcially going to have complex thoughts...and will probably have trouble understanding requests from someone like Erag or Talon who speak in full sentences and are asking for things that don't make sense to him.So whispering or using tells or whatever isn't really right for the character. Stump might indicate hunger by patting himself on the head. Why? Who knows...doesn't matter. But it might make sense to Stump, and that's what Stump should portray. Second. not that it would apply in this case because a character like stump probably wouldn't be able to learn it, but there is a sign language ear in-game. The way those gesturs work, it's pretty impossible to figure out the meaning of them unless your character were to know how to sign. Yes, it is, in some respects, upon the gesturing character to make his/her thoughts known (if desired) to other characters, but also remember that the character making the gestures may not have the same way of thinking as you or your character does, so non-verbal communication will always be a bit of a difficult task.