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Old 10-22-2019, 04:54 PM   #20
whswhs
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
Default Re: Point value of being unable to learn language above broken/accented

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Originally Posted by Black Leviathan View Post
What would this mechanic represent? Are we talking about a character who's speech is crippled because of a misshaped palate so they can't speak correctly? Is this a birth defect affecting the language center of the brain? Is this an electronic voice box with limited articulation?
The ones based on the mechanics of articulation are better represented as Disturbing Voice (comparable perhaps to Stuttering). The ones based on limited grammatical competence and such would be Accented or Broken use of your native language (and perhaps total inability to read and write).
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