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Speak with Animals

1st-level, Divination (ritual)

  • Casting time: 1 Action unless cast as a ritual
  • Range: Self
  • Components: V, S
  • Duration: 10 minutes

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.

Classes: Barbarian (Path of the Totem Warrior); Barbarian (Path of the Wild Heart); Bard (College of Lore); Bard (Magical Secrets); Bard; Cleric (Nature Domain); Cleric (Nature Domain); Druid; Paladin (Oath of the Ancients); Paladin (Oath of the Ancients); Ranger; Warlock

Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 318. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)