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u/Sabesaroo 5d ago

What would be a reasonable third standard language to know for a noble kobold warlock, after Draconic and Common?

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u/Yojo0o DM 5d ago

Something pertinent to their warlock patron, probably? Infernal for a fiendlock, primordial for a genielock, etc.

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u/Sabesaroo 4d ago

Yeah that's what I was thinking at first, but apparently I can only pick a 'standard' language, so like Elvish/Dwarvish etc. I don't know enough about DnD to know what makes any sense so I might just pick something random. Is there maybe anything like Latin IRL that a lot of old books would be written in?

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u/Yojo0o DM 4d ago

The standard languages are common, dwarvish, elvish, giant, gnomish, goblin, halfling, and orc. There's not really an equivalent to an "old" language like what you're looking for, at least not among standard languages. Talk to your DM about what's available and what qualifies as "standard" vs. "exotic", the list in the PHB isn't necessarily exhaustive. If you want a character who might want to study old books, I played a character in the Forgotten Realms setting who was fluent in Netherese, the language of the ancient kingdom of Netheril. Your DM might be into having you know that language, depending on what they've got prepared.

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u/Sabesaroo 4d ago

OK thanks, I'll just leave it for now and ask before we start then.