

(Seriously! Final-stage xenomorphs are geniuses!) Does a typical slaughterking kython speak only Kython, or does it speak Kython and five extra languages? If the DM is designing an NPC creature by the book, and the creature's description lacks a list of bonus languages, yet the creature possesses an Intelligence score of 12 or higher, does the creature still pick extra languages? If a creature does, can that creature pick any languages, including secret languages like druidic and githyanki?įor example, Book of Vile Darkness says, "Kythons speak a strange smattering of both Infernal and Abyssal, but only to each other, never to others" (178), and the kython description includes no list of bonus languages, but a slaughterking kython (181) possesses, by default, Intelligence 20. However, some creatures-usually those to which the game has assigned a Level Adjustment therefore designating them suitable as PCs like the grimlock (140–1), minotaur (188–8), and even the rakshasa (211–12)-possess a list of bonus languages. Any creature with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher understands at least one language (Common, unless noted otherwise).

(12)Ī creature can speak all the languages mentioned in its description, plus one additional language per point of Intelligence bonus. Select your character’s bonus languages (if any) from the list found in his or her race’s description later in this chapter.
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The Player's Handbook on Race and Languages saysĪll characters know how to speak Common.… A smart character (one who had an Intelligence bonus at 1st level) speaks other languages as well, one extra language per point of Intelligence bonus as a starting character.
