From: Sandy Petersen (sandyp@idgecko.idsoftware.com)
Date: Wed 31 Jan 1996 - 18:49:22 EET
Will Johnson
>Waha taught the Praxians their Sign Language and their Knot
Language. Now, >I've been playing a Bison Rider that worships
Foundchild for a while now and I >made my character using the skill
lists from the Glorantha Players Guide. I >don't remember there
being any mention of any language but Praxian for these >characters.
The Knot Writing is basically "written" Praxian. It is
Since all Praxians speak the same language, taught by Waha, there
pretty simple, though, and largely confined to messages dealing with
war, trade, or religious celebrations. If you used it to send a
message to your pal, it would read something like "Go Horn Rock.
Take five cows. Sable enemy." Which could be interpreted to mean
"Meet me at Horn Rock. Bring the five cows I lent you last winter.
Be careful, because Sable Rider raiders have been seen in the
vicinity."
If your guy has any skill in Read Praxian, this is how he
writes it.
would appear to be little need for Sign Language, but I there might
be one nonetheless, used to communicate with Pent folk, Kralori,
Baboons, and other outsiders who don't speak Praxian. Or else it
could just be an error by Greg, who'd forgotten that they all speak
the same language and wanted to make them even more Amerind-like.
Sandy P.
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