I’d argue that’s more of a wisdom roll. INT would be a attempt to decipher it without magic, WIS would be knowing not fuck with creepy book or to at least cast detect magic first
CHA means the Mummy falls in love with you when it shows up
Dexterity means you can woo it with a sensual dance routine.
And helps you with the tomato-based fruit salad.
Mmm, salsa.
Gimme dat mumussy <3

Klatau verata niktu
“You feel strangely compelled towards the text and begin to read it in a sonorous chant”
“Up pup pup! Check my character sheet, I’m illiterate!”
“You said you were playing a journalist who could speak seven languages.”
“A photojournalist! I’m illiterate in all of them.”
“You mustn’t read from the book!!”
I’m no artificer, but surely, whatever trigger is activated by reading the text would require it to be in the original language, not the player’s
Nah, it’s the intent of the words not the words themselves. If you have an understanding of the words then you naturally supply the intended intent.
Wait, isn’t INT the primary stat for an artificer? Rolling that low seems like really bad luck.




