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Speak with Animals D&D 2024

Revised for 2024 The D&D 2014 version differs. Read the D&D 2014 version.

Level
1st
Casting time
1A (Ritual)
Range
Self
Components
V/S

For the duration, you can comprehend and verbally communicate with Beasts, and you can use any of the Influence action’s skill options with them. Most Beasts have little to say about topics that don’t pertain to survival or companionship, but at minimum, a Beast can give you information about nearby locations and monsters, including whatever it has perceived within the past day.

Ritual.

SRD 5.2.1, p.164 · CC BY 4.0

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