Post originally by Matt Stevens at 2004-07-02 11:23:10
Converted from Phorums BB System

That's a completely different objection. But I'll bite: Sure, D&D assumes (most) player-characters are literate. It also assumes they live in a pseudo-Medieval culture with dwarves, elves and halflings. Obviously charges are needed if you want to game in Mycenean Greece, and illiteracy is perfectly compatible with "Heroic" play.