The DCC RPG rulebook serves all needs for all people, and languages like 'Lizard Man' or 'Elf' are generic. Too generic. If monsters are supposed to be weird and wonderful, and our inspiration is Appendix N, would a backwards tribe in Michael Moorcock's world speak Elven, or would they speak Eq'uel'tabalaa?
Here's the chart we use in our campaign to determine languages. It's got the alignment languages and the standby languages of Dwarven, Elven, Demonic, Druidic, etc, but many of them have evocative names. I've also thrown in some regional human languages, campaign-specific monster languages, and some other nice things like a magic-specific script.
Enjoy, and may your tombs be filled with antediluvian texts, your whispers in tavern corners be mysterious, and your rings of power have inscriptions you dare not utter in the tongue of the Grue!
D100
|
Language
|
Notes
|
01-40
|
Aquerrian
|
The
Common Tongue
|
41-42
|
Arken
|
Woodland
Tongue of the Arkenwood
|
43-47
|
Auldpater
|
The
Pilgrim’s Tongue
|
48-49
|
Boggard
|
Language of
the Toadfiend
|
50-51
|
Druidic
|
|
52-53
|
Dundaelin
|
Tribal
language of the Dunstrand Mtns.
|
54-55
|
Dwarven
|
|
56-57
|
Elven
|
The Elder
Tongue
|
58-60
|
Eshmirii
|
The
Eastern Tongue
|
61
|
Fellpater
|
Language of
the Devils
|
62-63
|
Gnomish
|
|
64
|
Goblin
|
(spoken by
the goblinoid creatures)
|
65-69
|
Graelin
|
Ancient
Language of the North Plains
|
70
|
The Green Tongue
|
Arcane
Language
|
71
|
Grue
|
The
Undertongue
|
72-73
|
Halfling
|
Croftword,
the Halfling Tongue
|
74
|
Halwicken
|
Ancient
Language of Barrowick Fens
|
75-79
|
Ilvernish
|
The Eastern
Tongue of Sailors
|
80
|
Iorian
|
Language
of Law
|
81
|
Keshite
|
Language of
the Dead, Ghoul Tongue
|
82
|
Mulhandar
|
Language
of the Celestials
|
83
|
Nibelung
|
Language of
Chaos
|
84-88
|
Pelnic
|
The
Old Kingdom’s Tongue
|
89
|
Rat-Thing
|
The chittering
tongue of the rats
|
90
|
Seppalo
|
Language
of Serpents
|
91-92
|
Tarnlander
|
Language of
the Northerm Marshes
|
93
|
Thaelo
|
Language
of Neutrality
|
94-95
|
Thyrian
|
(written
only, script of magic)
|
96-97
|
Thieves’
Cant
|
(spoken
only)
|
98
|
Valmen
|
Language of
Law
|
99
|
Venterim
|
Language
of the Elementals
|
00
|
Other
|
(DM’s
Choice)
|
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