So, I need to provide some setup for this question first.
Our party consisted of a human oracle 8, a half-elf (I think) spellslinger 8, and myself, an orc barbarian 4/oracle 3/rage prophet 1.
We're in this temple being given a major quest when it gets attacked by this invading army or something. We rrun out the back as foes beginning streaming in. Several follow us out and engage. During the battle, spear-wielders mounted on flame drakes fly over the building and land to attack us. I manage to crit against one rider, drag his tattered remains off his mount and INTIMIDATE IT INTO LETTING ME RIDE IT.
Now, comes my questions. First, my curse is Tongues and my first language was Ignan. So, is intimidation a universal language? Would I have been able to use body language to cow the drake into bearing me as a rider?
Second, and more pressing, can I teach the drake Ignan so I can speak to it in battle? Me learning draconic wont fix anything as, thanks to tongues, I can ONLY speak Ignan in battle. I'm also dual-cursed with tongues as my "locked" curse so I cant take more languages for that, either.