Can only learn languages to Accented

[Anders]

So... the Neanderthal knockoffs in yet another campaign I'm planning for can't learn languages to better than Accented. This is a Taboo trait and would normally be worth 0 points... but they get -1 to all skills involving language. That's a fair amount of skills. Should it be worth something?

I looked at Anti-Talents and they're not exactly what I want. A person with an Anti-Talent can't learn the skills at all - these guys can learn, although I'd probably cap them at IQ. And a person with an Anti-Talent gets a reaction penalty - these guys have reaction penalties, but not because of that.

So should it be worth anything? And how much?

[Johnny Angel]

Similar drawbacks seem to be mentioned as Features in some of the published races. For example, Dungeon Fantasy Reptilians cannot learn non-Reptilian languages about accented level.

Maybe a quirk (-1) would be appropriate if you want it to be worth something.

[simply Nathan]

Since when do anti-talents prevent learning the skills rather than just making the levels of them worse (both trained and untrained)? I though they were supposed to work exactly like Talents, but with the positives changed to negatives...

[Anders]

Originally Posted by Kenneth Latrans

Since when do anti-talents prevent learning the skills rather than just making the levels of them worse (both trained and untrained)? I though they were supposed to work exactly like Talents, but with the positives changed to negatives...

Says so in PU3: Talents.

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

Says so in PU3: Talents.

I suspect it won't break anything to change it for your specific case. You save less points on an Anti-Talent than you waste on skills trying to compensate for it.

[Anders]

To take some other examples, Innumerate is worth -5 points and Dyslexia is worth -10 points.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

So should it be worth anything? And how much?

Well, it's worth -2 points for having only Accented in your native language.

[Sunrunners_Fire]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

So should it be worth anything? And how much?

Its' a taboo trait, so ... 'No' and '[0]', respectively. They'd get Native Language (Spoken; Accented) [-1] and simply be unable to purchase better than accented levels of any other language. If they can't be literate above the corresponding level either, then they get Native Language (Accented) [-2] while the rest remains the same.