I've actually been thinking about this myself for the backstory of my own character that I'm working on. She would have grown up away from the major cities, so I considered that maybe literacy isn't that useful a skill as opposed to hunting or farming. I still haven't delved deep enough into the FF14 lore though to see if there's a real-world pseudo-medieval analogy there or if it's just assumed all adventurers are literate because, y'know, adventurers are special and all.
I think having an illiterate character could create some interesting RP opportunities. In character, it's not likely to come up enough to be considered an annoying trait, and it could create some interesting moments for your character to be potentially embarrassed if everyone else around her is, or maybe even create some contention if she's stubborn and just refuses to learn because she doesn't see the value in it.
Admittedly, most of my experience with the subject has been from D&D games where it was usually the "dumb barbarian" stereotype which is mostly played up for comedic value, acting like books are some sort of poison/voodoo. I've gotten to find that annoying just because of how overdone it is.
I think having an illiterate character could create some interesting RP opportunities. In character, it's not likely to come up enough to be considered an annoying trait, and it could create some interesting moments for your character to be potentially embarrassed if everyone else around her is, or maybe even create some contention if she's stubborn and just refuses to learn because she doesn't see the value in it.
Admittedly, most of my experience with the subject has been from D&D games where it was usually the "dumb barbarian" stereotype which is mostly played up for comedic value, acting like books are some sort of poison/voodoo. I've gotten to find that annoying just because of how overdone it is.
