(07-24-2013, 07:16 PM)Castegyre Wrote: It's also important for the players to remember as OOC information that in most fantasy settings a common tongue is a convenience for the players more so than the characters in the setting.
That doesn't appear to be case in XIV, though. There's "modern Eorzean," and that's it for PCs who live in Eorzea. Sure, there's at least one regional dialect and accent in Limsa Lominsa, but only one language (reference: Roegadyn Naming Conventions).
I think it's reasonable to come up with other accents based on areas not represented in game but that must exist and are empty spaces that can be filled in for PC backstories. You can easily handwave such accents as, "I come fr'm da village such-n'-such in suth'rn Than'lan, and we jus' talk dis way."
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