Howdy! I had a question about the Thieves Cant. While it's a somewhat bizarre 'language,' I always took it as being a way that shady characters can trade very short commands or comments with eachother, similar to a sign language, but more understood between familiar 'thieves' then a formal sign language.So I was wonderin' what Thieves Cant can and can't be used for. Clearly an entire statement being compressed into *coughs* or *yawns* isn't very realistic, but can it be used say issue short orders and such? I'm curious how others, especially our DMs, look at the uses for Thieves Cant.
the problem is the ear makes "Canting" universal across the board. Characters who would have need for Canting should make their own with those they want to communicate with