A quick question about the new hex Feral Speech...
As written, it seems to be a standard action usable once per animal. So a witch could meet a certain bear, use Feral Speech, and talk to that bear as long as they remained together.
(a) Can the witch do this all day long, as long as she meets new animals to talk to?
(b) If the witch meets that bear the next day, and has not since then decided to speak to a non-mammal, can they still chat without re-using the hex?
Thanks!
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Feral Speech (Su): This hex grants the witch the ability to speak with and understand the response of any animal as if using speak with animals, though each time she uses the hex, she must decide to communicate with either amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, or reptiles, and can only speak to and understand animals of that type. The witch can make herself understood as far as her voice carries. This hex does not predispose any animal so addressed toward the witch in any way. At 12th level, the witch can use this hex to communicate with vermin.
The way I read it, the Witch chooses either mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds or fish (or vermin after 12th) when she first activates the hex as a standard action, and can speak to animals of that kind indefinitely until she activates the hex to speak with animals of a different kind.
So she activates the hex whenever she wants to talk to one class of animal, and then only activates it again when she wants to talk to a different class of animal. There is no limitation on frequency or duration.
The way I read it, the Witch chooses either mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds or fish (or vermin after 12th) when she first activates the hex as a standard action, and can speak to animals of that kind indefinitely until she activates the hex to speak with animals of a different kind.
So she activates the hex whenever she wants to talk to one class of animal, and then only activates it again when she wants to talk to a different class of animal. There is no limitation on frequency or duration.
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Interesting. Would this allow you to affect creatures with spells that have the "language-dependent" descriptor?
My first thought was no, just like telepathy doesn't, but the rule in question only requires that the target be capable of understanding you.