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Hadesman
2013-01-14, 03:49 PM
Can anyone find me a druidic language alphabet? My dm will incorporate it into our storyline and is part of my backstory. Thanks bros.

Palanan
2013-01-14, 04:30 PM
As far as I know there's nothing official, so the field's wide open. Best option is to go nuts and create your own. :smalltongue:

If time is pressing, though, I have two suggestions:


1. Go to Unicode.org/charts (http://www.unicode.org/charts/) and find yourself a script that strikes your fancy. Note that many real-world writing systems are syllabic, and typically have 50-80 characters rather than the 20-30 often found in modern alphabets.

2. Take a look at Elantris (http://www.amazon.com/Elantris-Brandon-Sanderson/dp/0765350378/) and Hero of Ages (http://www.amazon.com/Hero-Ages-Book-Three-Mistborn/dp/0765356147/) by Brandon Sanderson; he loves developing scripts, and his appendices usually give a full account of the symbology developed for each novel. (Just beware of spoilers, since the Ars Arcanum table lists properties of metals which aren't always known to the characters.)

Arbane
2013-01-14, 05:07 PM
Ogham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogham), perhaps?

nedz
2013-01-14, 05:34 PM
It uses the Druidic alphabet apparently (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/speakLanguage.htm).

Ed: if, perchance, I have misinterpreted your question —I'd go with Ogham too.

Agent 451
2013-01-14, 09:34 PM
I'm going to third Ogham, since it's a nice real world parallel.

You might also want to peruse Ancient Scripts. (http://www.ancientscripts.com/) They have a wide assortment of visually represented writing systems which you may find pretty intriguing.