Speak to Animal

Component:

A mummified dire spider egg

The sorcerer places the component under their tongue. A dire spider’s egg is about the size of a chicken egg, so this garbles their speech in a way that’s comprehensible to animals. The sorcerer can now talk to animals as if the animal was capable of normal speech.

• The animal is under no particular compulsion to help the sorcerer, but animals are generally helpful and truthful.

• Normal animals are a bit simple.

• By that token, animals care a lot about things in their particular sphere and generally ignore things outside of it. They care about food, mating, and safety—and very little else. For example, it is easy for sheep to distinguish members of their own flock, but almost impossible for a sheep to distinguish between two elves.

This spell is maintained with concentration.