06-20-2016, 05:58 AM
The answer to your question is made 100% explicit in 1st Ed.
The languages listed for each race are languages known by ALL members of the race. No matter how low your INT score is, you have at least those, and all of them.
The potential for languages beyond that are as follows:
Dwarves, Gnomes, and Half-Orcs may learn up to 2 additional languages (+1 lang @ 8-9 INT, +2 lang @ 10+ INT)
Elves may learn 1 addition language for each point of INT above 15 (so up to 3 additional at 18, +2 at 17, and +1 at 16)
Half-Elfs and Halflings learn 1 additional language for each point of INT above 16 (so up to 2 additional at 18, +1 at 17)
So elves and half-elves may know as many as 10 languages above and beyond common and alignment language (12 in total).
Unearthed Arcana outlines the Drow languages a bit differently. Drow speak Undercommon, Elvish, Gnomish, and their special sign language, plus any other language allowable by Intelligence--so up to 7 additional at 18 intelligence--for a total of 11 languages above and beyond common and alignment language (13 in total).
So if hackmaster is doing things a little differently, that's fine. They're starting the drow with 9 mandatory languages above and beyond Common and alignment language. Therefore I'd rule them similar to half-elves or halflings--they gain one additional chosen language for each point of INT above 16 (so +2 languages at INT 18, for a total maximum of 11 above and beyond common and alignment, or 13 total).
The languages listed for each race are languages known by ALL members of the race. No matter how low your INT score is, you have at least those, and all of them.
The potential for languages beyond that are as follows:
Dwarves, Gnomes, and Half-Orcs may learn up to 2 additional languages (+1 lang @ 8-9 INT, +2 lang @ 10+ INT)
Elves may learn 1 addition language for each point of INT above 15 (so up to 3 additional at 18, +2 at 17, and +1 at 16)
Half-Elfs and Halflings learn 1 additional language for each point of INT above 16 (so up to 2 additional at 18, +1 at 17)
So elves and half-elves may know as many as 10 languages above and beyond common and alignment language (12 in total).
Unearthed Arcana outlines the Drow languages a bit differently. Drow speak Undercommon, Elvish, Gnomish, and their special sign language, plus any other language allowable by Intelligence--so up to 7 additional at 18 intelligence--for a total of 11 languages above and beyond common and alignment language (13 in total).
So if hackmaster is doing things a little differently, that's fine. They're starting the drow with 9 mandatory languages above and beyond Common and alignment language. Therefore I'd rule them similar to half-elves or halflings--they gain one additional chosen language for each point of INT above 16 (so +2 languages at INT 18, for a total maximum of 11 above and beyond common and alignment, or 13 total).