Nice to have a spell that helps in this regard but have some issues with it.
It allows both speech and spell casting while wild shaped.
1) Duration is much shorter than the time spent in wild shape. Would have to drop out of wild shape to recast.
2) Most every druid at least takes Natural Spell at 4th level as a feat which is more reliable long term than the spell.
3) The real hole that needs to be filled is a spell for Wild Speech (talking in wild shape). A first level spell with an suitable duration/level would be preferred here. I don't think giving up a feat for Wild Speech is very helpful for a druid. In fact, I'm not sure how much the game mechanic is served by having the shape changed character not be able to talk in a non-native form versus the feat/spells necessary to accomplish it. Perhaps it would be better to just make it a part of the class wild shape progression if the need is felt that it contributes to role-play/game balance.
Thoughts?
1) You can cast this spell while in animal
form, using animal-appropriate somatic components.
3)you can speak normally 10 minutes/level
what really are other lv 2 spells that you need to cast all that often?
Thanks all for the responses.
Chester thank for the Ring idea. I missed that earlier. Would likely do Common, and 3 Elemental languages to talk with Summoned Elementals.
Chess. Already have natural spell feat. For my second levels I usually cast Bull's Strength, Bear's Endurance, and Barkskin at least.