Partial literacy in Sorceror's Tounge

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Originally Posted by David Bofinger

The whole "learn a language for free at some IQ" rule is a nightmare and not how TFT does anything else. I'd rather force wizards to spend 1 point on the language, or give it to them free for being wizards, or (probably my choice) say that learning the language is the requirement for having some of the special "only wizards can do this" abilities. Anything more complex and bespoke is I think a mistake.

At PC generation, I assume that the PC has their native language and, depending upon the area from which they come, they can have a second language for free. If a human PC travels with an elf, his second language can be elf. It somewhat sets the initial backstory for the PC. Any additional language costs an IQ point. This applies to spoken language. Per some of the discussion in ITL, I assume that the wizard's tongue is included at generation for wizards unless there is some circumstance that would exclude it.

If the PC has literacy, which I highly recommend for every wizard, it opens up more possibilities. Not only can they read and write in the languages that they know, it could open up some possibility of limited learning or understanding of words/phrases in other languages that are commonly heard/read or show up text as a pattern (GM call or roll). Of course, Scholar Talent would help this out even further.