Read & Write (sage ability) - Revision history

Bennettj at 13:51, 22 April 2026

2026-04-22T13:51:43Z

Tao alexis at 21:48, 29 June 2023

2023-06-29T21:48:44Z

Maxwell at 23:00, 27 May 2023

2023-05-27T23:00:38Z

Maxwell at 23:00, 27 May 2023

2023-05-27T23:00:30Z

Tao alexis at 22:29, 6 September 2022

2022-09-06T22:29:22Z

Tao alexis at 19:01, 5 September 2022

2022-09-05T19:01:09Z

Tao alexis at 19:00, 5 September 2022

2022-09-05T19:00:46Z

Tao alexis at 19:00, 5 September 2022

2022-09-05T19:00:22Z

Tao alexis at 18:59, 5 September 2022

2022-09-05T18:59:34Z

Tao alexis at 17:43, 24 July 2022

2022-07-24T17:43:09Z

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 '''Read & Write''' is an [[Knowledge Points|amateur]]-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study|study]] of [[Instruction (sage study)|Instruction]] which is a rare gift in a medieval fantasy setting, awarded only to those persons who have reason to acquire the skill.  Virtually every bard, cleric, mage or illusionist can read, because those vocations require reading as a critical part of their exertions.  Most other character classes can't read at all, unless they happen to have been raised in a family where the children were taught to read as a matter of course.  It should be taken as canon that those who can read can also write, and they were raised around books and are comfortable even with difficult to read texts.
-Reading and writing can be taught by anybody who's literate.  The time needed is but 50 hours of steady practice, which must be spread evenly over a time of not less than two months.  Lessons cannot be more than one week apart.  At the end of the first 25 hours, the student makes a success check by rolling a d20 against both their intelligence and their wisdom.  If either are successful, the student has achieved the first of two milestones, and can read simple texts.  Following the second milestone, when the student has been tutored a total of 50 hours, the student will be able to write legibly.
+Reading and writing can be taught by anybody who's literate.  The time needed is but 50 hours of steady practice, which must be spread evenly over a time of not less than two months.  Lessons cannot be more than one week apart.  At the end of the first 25 hours, the student makes a success [[Ability Checks|check]] by rolling a d20 against both their intelligence and their wisdom.  If either are successful, the student has achieved the first of two milestones, and can read simple texts.  Following the second milestone, when the student has been tutored a total of 50 hours, the student will be able to write legibly.
 If a check fails, then the student is "set back" 10 hours in their instruction.  When this ten hours is made up, the student can try to roll success again.  This process continues until the character learns to read and write, or gives up the effort.

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 '''Read & Write''' is an [[Knowledge Points|amateur]]-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study|study]] of [[Instruction (sage study)|Instruction]] which is a rare gift in a medieval fantasy setting, awarded only to those persons who have reason to acquire the skill.  Virtually every bard, cleric, mage or illusionist can read, because those vocations require reading as a critical part of their exertions.  Most other character classes can't read at all, unless they happen to have been raised in a family where the children were taught to read as a matter of course.  It should be taken as canon that those who can read can also write, and they were raised around books and are comfortable even with difficult to read texts.
-Reading and writing can be taught by anybody who's literate.  The time needed is but 50 hours of steady practice, which must be spread evenly over a time of not less than two months.  Nor should any one-hour lesson occur more than one week before the previous lesson.  At the end of the first 25 hours, the student makes a success check by rolling a d20 against both their intelligence and their wisdom.  If either are successful, the student has achieved the first of two milestones, and can read simple texts.  Following the second milestone, when the student has been tutored a total of 50 hours, the student will be able to write legibly.
+Reading and writing can be taught by anybody who's literate.  The time needed is but 50 hours of steady practice, which must be spread evenly over a time of not less than two months.  Lessons cannot be more than one week apart.  At the end of the first 25 hours, the student makes a success check by rolling a d20 against both their intelligence and their wisdom.  If either are successful, the student has achieved the first of two milestones, and can read simple texts.  Following the second milestone, when the student has been tutored a total of 50 hours, the student will be able to write legibly.
 If a check fails, then the student is "set back" 10 hours in their instruction.  When this ten hours is made up, the student can try to roll success again.  This process continues until the character learns to read and write, or gives up the effort.

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:00, 27 May 2023
Line 7:		Line 7:

	Although this process does make the character literate eventually, we must recognise it will take six or more years for the character to become fully comfortable with texts that we'd rate as "high school" or "university" level.		Although this process does make the character literate eventually, we must recognise it will take six or more years for the character to become fully comfortable with texts that we'd rate as "high school" or "university" level.
−
−
−	~~See [[Instruction (sage study)]]~~

	[[Category: Sage Abilities]]		[[Category: Sage Abilities]]

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 '''Read & Write''' is an [[Knowledge Points|amateur]]-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study|study]] of [[Instruction (sage study)|Instruction]] which is a rare gift in a medieval fantasy setting, awarded only to those persons who have reason to acquire the skill.  Virtually every bard, cleric, mage or illusionist can read, because those vocations require reading as a critical part of their exertions.  Most other character classes can't read at all, unless they happen to have been raised in a family where the children were taught to read as a matter of course.  It should be taken as canon that those who can read can also write, and they were raised around books and are comfortable even with difficult to read texts.
-Reading and writing can be taught by anybody whose literate.  The time needed is but 50 hours of steady practice, which must be spread evenly over a time of not less than two months.  Nor should any one-hour lesson occur more than one week before the previous lesson.  At the end of the first 25 hours, the student makes a success check by rolling a d20 against both their intelligence and their wisdom.  If either are successful, the student has achieved the first of two milestones, and can read simple texts.  Following the second milestone, when the student has been tutored a total of 50 hours, the student will be able to write legibly.
+Reading and writing can be taught by anybody who's literate.  The time needed is but 50 hours of steady practice, which must be spread evenly over a time of not less than two months.  Nor should any one-hour lesson occur more than one week before the previous lesson.  At the end of the first 25 hours, the student makes a success check by rolling a d20 against both their intelligence and their wisdom.  If either are successful, the student has achieved the first of two milestones, and can read simple texts.  Following the second milestone, when the student has been tutored a total of 50 hours, the student will be able to write legibly.
 If a check fails, then the student is "set back" 10 hours in their instruction.  When this ten hours is made up, the student can try to roll success again.  This process continues until the character learns to read and write, or gives up the effort.

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:29, 6 September 2022
Line 7:		Line 7:

	Although this process does make the character literate eventually, we must recognise it will take six or more years for the character to become fully comfortable with texts that we'd rate as "high school" or "university" level.		Although this process does make the character literate eventually, we must recognise it will take six or more years for the character to become fully comfortable with texts that we'd rate as "high school" or "university" level.
		+
		+
		+	See [[Instruction (sage study)]]

	[[Category: Sage Abilities]]		[[Category: Sage Abilities]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:01, 5 September 2022
Line 7:		Line 7:

	Although this process does make the character literate eventually, we must recognise it will take six or more years for the character to become fully comfortable with texts that we'd rate as "high school" or "university" level.		Although this process does make the character literate eventually, we must recognise it will take six or more years for the character to become fully comfortable with texts that we'd rate as "high school" or "university" level.
		+
		+	[[Category: Sage Abilities]]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[File:Read & Write (sage ability).jpg|right|560px|thumb]]
-'''Read & Write''' is an [[Knowledge Points|amateur]]-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study|study]] of [[Instruction (sage study)|Instruction]] which is a rare gift in a medieval fantasy setting, awarded only to those persons who have reason to acquire the skill.  Virtually every bard, cleric, mage or illusionist can read, because those vocations require reading as a critical part of their exertions.  Most other character classes can’t read at all, unless they happen to have been raised in a family where the children were taught to read as a matter of course.  It should be taken as canon that those who can read can also write, and they were raised around books and are comfortable even with difficult to read texts.
+'''Read & Write''' is an [[Knowledge Points|amateur]]-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study|study]] of [[Instruction (sage study)|Instruction]] which is a rare gift in a medieval fantasy setting, awarded only to those persons who have reason to acquire the skill.  Virtually every bard, cleric, mage or illusionist can read, because those vocations require reading as a critical part of their exertions.  Most other character classes can't read at all, unless they happen to have been raised in a family where the children were taught to read as a matter of course.  It should be taken as canon that those who can read can also write, and they were raised around books and are comfortable even with difficult to read texts.
 Reading and writing can be taught by anybody whose literate.  The time needed is but 50 hours of steady practice, which must be spread evenly over a time of not less than two months.  Nor should any one-hour lesson occur more than one week before the previous lesson.  At the end of the first 25 hours, the student makes a success check by rolling a d20 against both their intelligence and their wisdom.  If either are successful, the student has achieved the first of two milestones, and can read simple texts.  Following the second milestone, when the student has been tutored a total of 50 hours, the student will be able to write legibly.
@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 If a check fails, then the student is "set back" 10 hours in their instruction.  When this ten hours is made up, the student can try to roll success again.  This process continues until the character learns to read and write, or gives up the effort.
-Although this process does make the character literate eventually, we must recognise it will take six or more years for the character to become fully comfortable with texts that we’d rate as "high school" or "university" level.
+Although this process does make the character literate eventually, we must recognise it will take six or more years for the character to become fully comfortable with texts that we'd rate as "high school" or "university" level.

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:43, 24 July 2022
Line 1:		Line 1:
		+	[[File:Read & Write (sage ability).jpg\|right\|560px\|thumb]]
	'''Read & Write''' is an [[Knowledge Points\|amateur]]-status [[Sage Ability\|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study\|study]] of [[Instruction (sage study)\|Instruction]] which not only ensures the character is able to read & write (as most people in the game world cannot), but also offers the ability to teach others to perform the same skill. The time needed is but 50 hours, which can be spread over a time period of no more than two months. At the end of the first 25 hours, the student is permitted to make a success check. Success is determined by making both an [[Ability Checks\|intelligence check]] and a [[Ability Checks\|wisdom check]]. If ''either'' are successful, the character has succeeded in achieving the first of two milestones. Another check is made once the training is completed.		'''Read & Write''' is an [[Knowledge Points\|amateur]]-status [[Sage Ability\|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study\|study]] of [[Instruction (sage study)\|Instruction]] which not only ensures the character is able to read & write (as most people in the game world cannot), but also offers the ability to teach others to perform the same skill. The time needed is but 50 hours, which can be spread over a time period of no more than two months. At the end of the first 25 hours, the student is permitted to make a success check. Success is determined by making both an [[Ability Checks\|intelligence check]] and a [[Ability Checks\|wisdom check]]. If ''either'' are successful, the character has succeeded in achieving the first of two milestones. Another check is made once the training is completed.

	If a check fails, the student should discount the time, which calls for a repeat of the training thus far. This should go on every 25 hours of training until the student has succeeded twice in learning to read.		If a check fails, the student should discount the time, which calls for a repeat of the training thus far. This should go on every 25 hours of training until the student has succeeded twice in learning to read.