Languages! MH no default The cinematic ability to understand just enough of a language to drive the plot ('hmm... the writing on this map appears to be in the language of an obscure Rhode Island tribe extinct since 1690... says something about a curse on the treasure...) or to convey some vital idea (Loudly, to horde of natives charging in from stage left: 'Wait! Ooogha wooga walla walla!' Sotto voce to companions: 'I have just explained to the headhunter chief we violated the sacred grove because of a curse put on us by his enemies'). This skill is applicable to mildly cinematic campaigns, and does not allow you to carry on extensive conversations or interpret everything you hear, just enough to get the key points. In extremely cinematic environments everybody speaks English, with at worst a bad accent and broken grammar, even if they come from alien races that have never heard of Earth.