Oracle - Battlecry and Speak in Tongues

[Jigg]

I was wondering, for PCs to benefit from Battlecry, do they have to understand what the Oracle is saying? I made an Oracle npc to keep the group alive for our adventure last night and I gave her the speak in tongues curse. She has battlecry but hasn't used it yet and I got to thinking about if it would work since she'd be speaking a language most of the PCs don't understand?

[Kolokotroni]

If it doesnt list language dependent that I would say no, after all most battlecries are not language dependant, they are rarely language. Something loud and gutteral normally suffices.

[Jigg]

Kolokotroni wrote:

If it doesnt list language dependent that I would say no, after all most battlecries are not language dependant, they are rarely language. Something loud and gutteral normally suffices.

That's what I was thinking, but I wanted a second opinion on the matter.

Thanks for the response!

[Jason Bulmahn]

Jigg wrote:

Kolokotroni wrote:

If it doesnt list language dependent that I would say no, after all most battlecries are not language dependant, they are rarely language. Something loud and gutteral normally suffices.

That's what I was thinking, but I wanted a second opinion on the matter.

Thanks for the response!

How about mine?

If it does not say language dependent, then it does not require the targets to understand the user.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer
Paizo Publishing

[Jigg]

Jason Bulmahn wrote:

Jigg wrote:

Kolokotroni wrote:

If it doesnt list language dependent that I would say no, after all most battlecries are not language dependant, they are rarely language. Something loud and gutteral normally suffices.

That's what I was thinking, but I wanted a second opinion on the matter.

Thanks for the response!

How about mine?

If it does not say language dependent, then it does not require the targets to understand the user.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer
Paizo Publishing

Excellent! Official responses are always the best ;)

Though I think now I'm going to make up the most ridiculous battlecries (in Abysmal) I can and only the Tiefling in the group will get it and become very confused (He's not the sharpest sword on the sword wrack)

[Kolokotroni]

Jigg wrote:

Jason Bulmahn wrote:

Jigg wrote:

Kolokotroni wrote:

If it doesnt list language dependent that I would say no, after all most battlecries are not language dependant, they are rarely language. Something loud and gutteral normally suffices.

That's what I was thinking, but I wanted a second opinion on the matter.

Thanks for the response!

How about mine?

If it does not say language dependent, then it does not require the targets to understand the user.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer
Paizo Publishing

Excellent! Official responses are always the best ;)

Though I think now I'm going to make up the most ridiculous battlecries (in Abysmal) I can and only the Tiefling in the group will get it and become very confused (He's not the sharpest sword on the sword wrack)

That is half the fun of the curses. They are not purely mechanical issues, they are to be exploited for fun at all opportunities. The haunted oracle has already decided that the ghost haunting him is particularly annoying. It was very very amusing watching him act out an episode with him trying to do some crafting while the ghost hid ingredients for a moment, and smacked him in the back of a head with a book.