You can learn different languages from a sage. By studying languages you can hope to learn a language a monster may speak as many may only talk in that lanaguage. Sage commands: ask [sage] about remaining time - The sage will tell you how much mud time you have left to finish studying. ask [sage] about languages - The sage will tell you what languages he is able to teach you. ask [sage] about time for [language] - The sage will tell you how much time you have left before you reach the next proficiency level. study [language] for [time] - Allows you to spend experience points to advance your language skill for a period of time. Time can be 'maximum time' to study up to one full day or up to the amount of experience you have to spend, or any combination of the following: # second/seconds, # minute/minutes or 1 day. If you leave the room you will be rewarded for the time up to that point. Note you can study for a maximum amount of one mud day. check time for [language] - The sage will tell you the approximate time you have left before you move to the next language level. Note: most sages do not allow being killed and will ban you for 15 minutes. See also: ask, languages, tongues