Apr 9, 2015 · Here’s a little secret: you don’t need special rules for this. Through roleplaying and ability checks (most likely Animal Handling or Persuasion), you can have a buddy, as long as your DM is OK adding a creature to the group. #DnD. There was a chain of discussion on his twitter about it, which I will post the most relevants to the discussion

Feb 16, 2018 · Animals don't lack the ability to understand so they don't lack the ability to gain intuition. Yes the catnip will help. My cat has definitely found itself occupied by catnip for an hour at least so rubbing catnip on the magic item would help keep the cat focused and in …

Jun 9, 2020 · As per Sage Advice (page 14), the specific beast form of the conjured animals is chosen by the DM: The design intent for options like these is that the spellcaster chooses one of them, and then the DM decides what creatures appear that fit the chosen option.

Mar 27, 2020 · This spell could be used to track targets if animals would have seen them, find nearby groups of people or prey, waterways, caves, quite a lot really. Giving the animals personality and trying to express their motivations would probably be too much as most animals busy themselves with finding food and not getting eaten by something bigger.

Mar 30, 2023 · However, Giant Elk have their own eponymous language, Giant Elk. A druid wild-shaped as a Giant Elk could speak Giant Elk - if they happened to know it. And the rest of the party could understand them without speak with animals - if any of them knew it. Or if they didn't, with comprehend languages or tongues. Neither of those spells get around ...

Mar 13, 2022 · Overall 100% agree with Polymorph / Wild Shape balance being key factors. (And good point about Speak With Animals / Conjure Animals, although CR1/4 Velociraptor from Volo's having 2 decent attack makes it very strong for use with Conjure Animals. e.g. on an episode of the actual-play show Dimension 20: The Seven.) \$\endgroup\$ –

Mar 7, 2023 · These chimeric animals are only found in the ruins of Ythryn. Ythryn is a location featured in the final chapter of the adventure Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden. It was a Netherese flying city which had a big magical accident and fell out of the sky and into the glacier a couple thousand years ago.

As any other skill, it's treated mostly as a binary result - either you fail that skill, or you pass that skill check. Note that, by the PHB, Animal Handling can only be used to calm down domesticated animals. Allowing anyone befriend a wild, hostile animal would make Animal Friendship a lot worse (and it's already not amazing).

Sep 22, 2024 · In 2024 D&D, Druids "always have the Speak with Animals spell prepared." I think that this means only that Speak with Animals doesn't count as one of the "Prepared Spells" (e.g., 4 at level 1), but I want to be sure that it doesn't also mean that Speak with Animals is effectively a cantrip (i.e., castable at will).

Jan 26, 2018 · I'd say that making Speaks with Animals insufficient for Command is a bit absurd. Sage Advice agrees on this point: Iain A. Phillips: @JeremyECrawford does casting Speak with Animals allow you to cast spells like Command or Suggestion on …