# Linguist > [!info] Feat Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Source** | Player's Handbook (2014) | > | **Categories** | Buff, Utility | --- ## Description You have studied languages and codes, gaining the following benefits: - Increase your Intelligence score by 1, to a maximum of 20. - You learn three languages of your choice. - You can ably create written ciphers. Others can't decipher a code you create unless you teach them, they succeed on an Intelligence check (DC equal to your Intelligence score + your proficiency bonus), or they use magic to decipher it.