Comprehend Languages (spell) - Revision history

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Tao alexis: /* Confuse Language */

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 The spell also allows for the interpretation of damaged or incomplete written inscriptions, such as faded road signs, broken tablets or partially erased markings. However, its accuracy depends on how much of the text remains legible.
-Additionally, comprehend languages can aid in deciphering [[Code|codes]] and [[Cipher|ciphers]] that the recipient encounters. However, while the spell reveals the words used, it does not inherently provide an understanding of the intended meaning, especially in cases where symbols, cultural references, or hidden meanings are integral to the message.
+Additionally, comprehend languages can aid in deciphering [[Code|codes]] and [[Cipher|ciphers]] that the recipient encounters. However, while the spell reveals the words used, it does not inherently provide an understanding of the intended meaning, especially in cases where symbols, cultural references, or hidden meanings are integral to the message. The spell will decode sigils and coded glyphs in a general sense.
 == Confuse Language ==

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-'''Comprehend languages''' s a spell that enables the recipient to understand spoken and written [[Language|language]], regardless of dialect or origin. However, the spell does not grant the ability to speak or write in the understood language, nor does it allow for two-way communication with a speaker. The effect is purely interpretive, affecting only the recipient.
+'''Comprehend languages''' is a spell that enables the recipient to understand spoken and written [[Language|language]], regardless of dialect or origin. However, the spell does not grant the ability to speak or [[Read & Write (sage ability)|write]] in the understood language, nor does it allow for two-way communication with a speaker. The effect is purely interpretive, affecting only the recipient.
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-'''Comprehend languages''' enables the recipient to comprehend spoken and written [[Language|language]], regardless of language or dialect.  The spell's effect does not allow two-way communication with a speaker; it affects only the recipient.
+'''Comprehend languages''' s a spell that enables the recipient to understand spoken and written [[Language|language]], regardless of dialect or origin. However, the spell does not grant the ability to speak or write in the understood language, nor does it allow for two-way communication with a speaker. The effect is purely interpretive, affecting only the recipient.
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-Since most intelligent creatures of the world normally discourse in "[[Common Language|common]]," the language understood by all, the spell is most useful when interpreting languages that are long dead, or languages used upon [[Prime Material (inner plane)|other worlds]] or [[Planes of Existence|planes of existence]].
+Since most intelligent creatures converse in "[[Common Language|common]]," the universally understood tongue, this spell is primarily useful for deciphering long-dead languages, as well as those spoken on [[Prime Material (inner plane)|other worlds]] or [[Planes of Existence|planes of existence]].
-The spell also has the potential for interpreting partial written inscriptions that have become worn away or rubbed out, such as might occur on road signs and markers.
+The spell also allows for the interpretation of damaged or incomplete written inscriptions, such as faded road signs, broken tablets or partially erased markings. However, its accuracy depends on how much of the text remains legible.
-Comprehend languages also useful in deciphering [[Code|codes]] or [[Cipher|ciphers]] the recipient may intercept, though only the words used will be reveals and not necessarily the meaning.
+Additionally, comprehend languages can aid in deciphering [[Code|codes]] and [[Cipher|ciphers]] that the recipient encounters. However, while the spell reveals the words used, it does not inherently provide an understanding of the intended meaning, especially in cases where symbols, cultural references, or hidden meanings are integral to the message.
 == Confuse Language ==
-The '''reverse''' of the spell can be used to confound written language, making it incomprehensible to anyone lacking the comprehend languages spell.  The caster may, if wished, dispel the spell's magic once he or she is certain it's passed into the hands of the intended receiver — although there are risks associated with this, of course.
+The '''reverse''' of the spell can be used to obscure and distort written language, rendering it incomprehensible to anyone who does not have access to comprehend languages. The affected text does not disappear or change physically, but its meaning becomes impossible to discern, as though it were written in an unknown or unknowable script.
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 The spell also has the potential for interpreting partial written inscriptions that have become worn away or rubbed out, such as might occur on road signs and markers.
-It's also useful in deciphering [[Code|codes]] or [[Cipher|ciphers]] the recipient may intercept, though only the words used will be reveals and not necessarily the meaning.
+Comprehend languages also useful in deciphering [[Code|codes]] or [[Cipher|ciphers]] the recipient may intercept, though only the words used will be reveals and not necessarily the meaning.
 == Confuse Language ==