<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>No longer used.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Take a Phonetic Script skill (either Angerthas (runic) or Tengwar (cursive letters)) to be able to read and write in a language that you have. You would almost certainly have Script (Tengwar) - you would probably only have Script (Angerthas) if you were dealing with stone-masons or dwarves a lot.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>In terms of Points, for scripts: -</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US;layout-grid-mode:line">Phonetic Script 4
(0.25 pts)</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US;layout-grid-mode:
line"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You know the shapes and
conventional order of the letters, can follow instructions like `Push the
button marked A', can sound out isolated words, and can write your name or
other simple words or phrases you have practiced in advance.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US;layout-grid-mode:line">Phonetic Script 6 (.5
pt)<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;layout-grid-mode:line">You can read and understand simple connected text,
albeit very slowly (under 30 wpm).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Complicated sentences are beyond your ability to read and understand at
the same time, though you can read them aloud for others to interpret.</span></div>
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EN-US;layout-grid-mode:line"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You read
slowly (under 120 wpm) and need to make an IQ roll to understand texts with a
complex structure, such as technical specs, legal documents, or poetry.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US;layout-grid-mode:line">Phonetic Script 10 (2
pt)</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US;layout-grid-mode:line"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You read as fast as you can speak (about 180
words per minute) and understand any written material you could follow if it
were spoken aloud.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This is the level
taught by most basic literacy programs or primary schools, and the level of
most well educated readers before the spread of printing.</span></div>
<div class="DotPoints" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US;layout-grid-mode:line">Phonetic Script 12 (4
pts)</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US;layout-grid-mode:line"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You read silently, and faster than you can
speak. Reading
does not require any special effort, and can be carried on while performing
some other light activity.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This is the
level of literacy taught by modern school systems.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US;layout-grid-mode:line">Phonetic Script 14 (8
pt)</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US;layout-grid-mode:line"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You read very quickly, and are familiar with
many variant scripts and orthographies.</span></div>
<div></div><div> <br><br></div><div>--<br>Regards,</div><div><br><br></div><div>Michael Cole<br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday, 7 December 2013 2:42 PM, Karl David Brown <karl@rpgreview.net> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1143130633"><div><div>What about literacy ? Default or an advantage?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Karl D. Brown BSc (Hon) MPhil<div>PhD Candidate & Senior Research Assistant</div><div>Surgical Research Unit</div><div>Centre for Eye Research Australia </div></div><div class="yiv1143130633yqt1914518342"
id="yiv1143130633yqt58664"><div><br clear="none">On 7 Dec 2013, at 11:48, Michael Cole <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mcole222@yahoo.com.au" target="_blank" href="mailto:mcole222@yahoo.com.au">mcole222@yahoo.com.au</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;">Karl,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I use a software package - Gurps Guru. <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.sjgames.com/gameaids/gurps/GURU1_1.zip">http://www.sjgames.com/gameaids/gurps/GURU1_1.zip</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">There are some sheets here - <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.sjgames.com/general/gm-aids.html">http://www.sjgames.com/general/gm-aids.html</a> - I haven't used any of them.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">In terms of the elf - are
you Sindar or Noldor - different packages.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">In brief, it will be roughly: -<br clear="none">DX + 1, [IQ + 1 for Noldor], Alertness +2, Aligned to Good, Attractive Appearance, Disease Resistance, Enemy - Sauronic Creatures, Less Sleep, Star Sight, Musical Ability, Rapid Healing, Telescopic Vision, Temperature Tolerance, Unaging. Roughly 30-40 pts, but I'll finalise the details this afternoon.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">For Liz' benefit, the Dwarf package is 40 pts: -<br clear="none">ST+1, DX-1, HT+2, Chauvinistic, Extended Lifespan, Extra Encumbrance, Extra Fatigue (x2), Hard to Kill, Longevity, Preference for Good, Proud,
Reduced Move, Reduced Jumping, (Racial) Toughness.<br clear="none">Quirks - Never Share Beards, Intolerance for Orcs, Suspicious of Elves and Goblins.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div> </div><div>--<br clear="none">Regards,</div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div>Michael Cole<br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1143130633yahoo_quoted" style="display:block;"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday, 7 December 2013 10:04 AM, "<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:karl@rpgreview.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:karl@rpgreview.net">karl@rpgreview.net</a>" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect"
ymailto="mailto:karl@rpgreview.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:karl@rpgreview.net">karl@rpgreview.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px;"> <div class="yiv1143130633y_msg_container">Just quickly,<br clear="none">Anyone have a good form-fillable gurps 3rd character sheet?<br clear="none">Michael, can you post the details of the elf
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