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 ==== Learning Goblinese ====
-Some of the monsters in the game speak their own language and you will be required to speak that same language in order to trade or otherwise interact with them. The first race of creatures that you encounter that speak a different language are the Goblins and there are lots of them in Serbule Hills.
+Some of the monsters in the game speak their own language and you will be required to speak that same language in order to trade or otherwise interact with them. The first race of creatures that you encounter that speak a different language are the Goblins and there are lots of them in Serbule Hills. Later on you will run into Goblin NPCs, but the ones here are all enemies.
 Goblins in PG are opportunists that form together in companies and work contracts such as kidnapping, murder-for-hire, and the like. In order to learn their language, you will often need to kill these Goblins and collect their business cards. Not all Goblins are hostile, but the ones you meet in Serbule Hills will be. Try to lure them out from their paths if you want to safely kill them, otherwise they will call their friends over when damaged and you'll get swarmed very quickly.
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 Many of the NPCs in the Serbule Hills are concerned about Ranalons in this area. There is one Ranalon here named Gershok who teaches Shamanic Infusion, which is a buffing ability for some of your items, similar to Blacksmithing which you may have learned from Tadion.
-Shamanic Infusion is a bit different from the buffs you get from other skills. In a lot of cases, many of the skills and buffs you get from Tailoring or Blacksmithing are going to be using items you create from either Surveying or Crafting. Shamanic Infusion tends to use other-wise junk resources solely obtained from killing. There is a little bit of crossover in that some of the resources in Alchemy cross over, but a good number of them don't, too. Many of the early skills in Shamanic Infusion provide only small to moderate buffs and require one unique item and maybe three not as unique items. Oftentimes, you can find the items to get Shamanic Infusion leveled up on vendors.
+Shamanic Infusion is a bit different from the buffs you get from other skills. In a lot of cases, many of the skills and buffs you get from Tailoring or Blacksmithing are going to be using items you create from either Surveying or Crafting. Shamanic Infusion tends to use other-wise junk resources or what the game calls "Trophy Items" solely obtained from killing. There is a little bit of crossover in that some of the resources in Alchemy cross over, but a good number of them don't, too. Many of the early skills in Shamanic Infusion provide only small to moderate buffs and require one unique item and maybe three non-rare to find items. Oftentimes, you can even find the items to get Shamanic Infusion leveled up on "Buy Used" tabs of vendors. This is a very cheap and easy crafting skill to level that can be used on a significant number of pieces of gear, so new players are highly encouraged to get it and experiment with it!
-Gershok is not the only Ranlon here, either. There are Ranlon Gardeners, Ranlon Stoneshapers, and Scray Guards here. The Ranlon Tongues and Scray Stingers and Lures are decent for gaining Favor with NPCs that like or love Trophy Items. NPCs like Way, Velkort, and Kelim, for example, that you'll want to have a decent level of Favor with for eventually selling to (Way and Velkort) or training from (Kelim).
+Gershok is not the only Ranalon here, either. There are Ranalon Gardeners, Ranlaon Stoneshapers, and Scray Guards here. The Ranalon Tongues and Scray Stingers and Lures are decent for gaining Favor with NPCs that like or love Trophy Items. NPCs like Way, Velkort, and Kelim, for example, that you'll want to have a decent level of Favor with for eventually selling to (Way and Velkort) or training from (Kelim).
 ==== Community, Civic Pride, and Combat Wisdom ====
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 ==Community==
-Community is more like an attribute than a skill. The more you play by yourself with no other players around, the more likely you are to start seeing your Community attribute suffer, which, in turn, very slightly lowers the amount of experience you get. You don't have to interact with other players, but you may want to head to town on occasion to reset this. As a human player, you can get some earrings that increase your Community. I do not know if there is a tail ring (Rakasha) or navel ring (Elf) equivalent. Later on you won't need Community as much as you might need free Max Health or the ability to carry more Yellow Crystals, but for now it is a nice racial buff to have on earrings that you otherwise might not use.
+Community is more like an attribute than a skill. The more you play by yourself with no other players around, the more likely you are to start seeing your Community attribute suffer, which, in turn, very slightly lowers the amount of experience you get as a Human. You don't have to interact with other players, but you may want to head to town on occasion to reset this. As a human player, you can get some earrings that increase your base Community. I do not know if there is a tail ring (Rakasha) or navel ring (Elf) equivalent. Later on you won't need Community as much as you might need free Max Health, Armor, or the ability to carry more Yellow Crystals in Gazluk, but for now it is a nice racial buff to have on earrings that you otherwise might not use.
 ==Civic Pride==
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 ==== Vocabulary and the Word Game ====
-Another skill that can be leveled is Vocabulary. This is needed for skills like Bard. A word game can be used to level this skill using the command "/wordgame" (without quotes) in chat, I believe.
+Another skill that can be leveled is Vocabulary. This is needed for skills like Bard. A word game can be used to level this skill using the slash-command "/wordgame" (without quotes) in chat. This is a game that anyone can play at any time, so you are kind of competing to see who can find the most words. It's a somewhat fun mini-game and a break from the normal game.
+This game and skill is NOT required, however you do get a synergy point at level 25 to Bard skill with it, so if you are planning on playing Bard, I would recommend playing the game for an evening, and possibly asking in Global Chat for others to play with you!
 ==== Brewing ====
 While I don't recommend that players learn Brewing early on due to how expensive it gets, you can find the NPC for it here, named Brianna Willer. Later on, if you purchase the game, this is definitely one of those late game crafting skills to learn. Your first experience with alcohol in the game may be at a Poetry Jam which usually take place Saturdays at Noon Eastern Time (US). You can drink at these events to get more dance buffs. Brewing also gives other useful buffs like Melee Accuracy, XP buffs, Health/Stam/Mana, and extra damage vs certain kinds of mobs.