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Origionally, languages were a Technical skill, not a communications skill, so they could take literacy normally. They likely simply forgot the skill reclassification when they redid the Ley Line Walker in RUE. Just give them the ability to take litercay at +10%, you'll be fine :)
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IIRC, Literacy can be taken as a secondary skill.
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I believe in the fluff it actaully mentions that plenty of LLWs are infact iliterate, but yeah, take it as a secondary.

Secondary skill aren't limited by the OCC related list, they have a new selection list common to all OCCs that can be found in the Skills section of the RUE.
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Semisonic9 wrote:Are secondary skills not still limited by what's in the OCC Related list?

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No there is a seperate listing now. I'd provide the page number but I'm at work and don't have my books. It's in the beginning of the skill section though.
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It's the scroll writing, and translating that becomes so difficult.
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Almost all Comm skills are legal secondary skills for all OCCs now.
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The 2nd printing of RUE has errata - they can now take Radio: Basic, Language, and Literacy only.

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Actually it's not THAT bad. They can still take it as a secondary and if I recall correctly under the "create scroll" spell and in a fair amount of the fluff text it states that a lot of mages can't even read or write.
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on PG 299 of the RUE it says (in bold type no less)

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Damian Magecraft wrote:on PG 299 of the RUE it says (in bold type no less)

If an OCC or RCC starts with a skill that normally has a pre-requisite skill(s)' assume that character has the pre-requisite skill as part of their training.


Yeah, I double-checked the LLW starting skills. None of the OCC Skills require literacy. It is not even possible to select an OCC skill that does, since their options are limited to Lore and Piloting skills, none of which require literacy. The type isn't bold under the OCC, of course, but one could still have bothered to double-check before posting something entirely irrelevant.

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sawg138 wrote:
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Damian Magecraft wrote:on PG 299 of the RUE it says (in bold type no less)

If an OCC or RCC starts with a skill that normally has a pre-requisite skill(s)' assume that character has the pre-requisite skill as part of their training.


Yeah, I double-checked the LLW starting skills. None of the OCC Skills require literacy. It is not even possible to select an OCC skill that does, since their options are limited to Lore and Piloting skills, none of which require literacy. The type isn't bold under the OCC, of course, but one could still have bothered to double-check before posting something entirely irrelevant.

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it is my understanding .. that IF a char is from a certain world book [Phase world for instance .. ] .. ALL their languages do NOT include the Literacy skill.

BUT ... are assumed to be a part of the skill 'languages' ...

think of the main languages .. trade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 [its a new one apparently]
now while trade 1 - is of the ancient language and NOT very many of them, not many will ever require to read it.

the other languages - for the natives of that area get the Literacy skill as a freebie. all others are required to take language AND literacy skills.

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