Re: [very ot] Only for finnish folks... sorry

The Beerslayer wrote:
ObADOM: has anyone ever wondered why the goblins, orcs, hurthlings,
and other beings capable of using language all speak the same Common
language? We almost never see traces of any other language in ADOM.

Honestly, it had never occured to me to wonder. I think it's just one of those in-game conceits, although the goblins do scream in partial German sometimes.

Someday, though, I will get a character to the mazy trappy spoily place and have them read those runes.

Love and coffee,
Frances
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