So my question is: would it be possible to have speak with animals as an at-will extraordinary ability? I ask because there have been many examples of characters in literature who are raised by animals or are otherwise shown to be close to nature by their ability to speak with animals.
I've been reading through the 5E backgrounds, and it occurred to me that characters literally raised by wolves (or some other animals) or who have a closer connection to nature than usual might be able to talk with animals.
And, while I know this might be something of a racial trait for Elves and Gnomes, I didn't think it had to be limited to them. Thoughts?