You attempt to decipher and translate text written in a language you do not fluently speak, or to decode a ciphered message.

Time Required:

• One sentence: standard action
• One paragraph: 1 minute
• One page of text: 5 minutes

Roll+EDU to translate the selected text. You gain favour if you have access to a relevant lexicon or partial key. You suffer slight if the text is archaic, damaged, or intentionally obscure.

• Complete Success: The translation is perfect. You capture subtle nuances, wordplay, and implications that might be missed in an ordinary translation.
• Success: The translation is accurate. You understand the literal meaning of the text without any significant errors.
• Partial Success: The translation is rough. You get the general gist of the message, but specific names, dates, or technical details remain unclear.
• Failure: The text remains indecipherable to you. You cannot attempt to translate this specific passage again until your knowledge increases.
• Complete Failure: You confidently misinterpret the text, deriving a meaning that is completely wrong or dangerously misleading.

Your knowledge is considered to have increased, for purposes of trying to translate a piece of text, when any of the following occur:

• You gain access to an additional sample of the script, that contains different information;
• You have access to a library, if you did not have such on your first attempt;
• You gain a level.