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Drow Sign Language

Post by Kaaurk » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:22 pm

I was wondering if this would be hard to code to add a little more flavour to Drow RP. Especially when dealing with none drow
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Re: Drow Sign Language

Post by Grenwyn » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:58 pm

Seems like it would be a lot along the same lines as Thieves Cant.
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Re: Drow Sign Language

Post by Casamir » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:17 am

Well to be fair, maybe we should first have Drow as it's own languages since it is neither quite elven nor darkspeak (undercommon.)
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Re: Drow Sign Language

Post by Kaaurk » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:43 am

True enough Cas
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Re: Drow Sign Language

Post by Casamir » Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:52 am

Maybe we could just give thieves cant to all noble drow or tier breche graduates?
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Re: Drow Sign Language

Post by Trillarel » Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:36 pm

Nope, thieves cant is not it.

I agree that drow and drow sign should be added.
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Re: Drow Sign Language

Post by Rhangalas » Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:32 pm

I suggested dividing Darkspeech into two languages and giving Drow a cant a while ago, but I think it just came down to not too many people caring about the nuances of the languages.

Anyways, I'm still for this. I've always had a peeve about Undercommon and Drow being a combined language.
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Re: Drow Sign Language

Post by Vaemar » Tue Aug 04, 2015 9:26 am

I post here because I don't want to open a new thread for something that has already been proposed.

In my opinion the lack of a drow sign language is the only flaw in an otherwise *perfect* and absolutely awesome drow setting.

For the record I have seen a character signing with smotes, but still, I think that a real drow sign language would be a great addition to the drow rp.

In my opinion:
-It should be a new independent language
-It should have the mechanics of the thieves cant
-Its teachers should not be easily accessible to non-drow characters, especially its high-level teachers.
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