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Speak with Animals 2024

1st-level divination (ritual)

Casting time
1 action or ritual
Range
Self
Components
V, S
Duration
10 minutes
Classes
Bard, Druid, Ranger, Warlock

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.

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Source: System Reference Document 5.2 (Wizards of the Coast) · License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 details