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Old 02-22-06, 05:48 AM #1
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Default Druids While Shifted

I was wondering about the mental state of a druid while he is shifted. Obviously he can still think for himself, and at like an intelligent being, but can he also speak? Is the speech limited to animal?
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Default Re: Druids While Shifted

I would suggest, because of the limited vocal capacity of most animals, that, yes, they are limited in speech to animal, unless they are in a form (like dragon shape) that has an expansive vocal system.

Then again, I don't play a druid.
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Default RE: Druids While Shifted

maybe simple things like "Points his mussel toward the water well" or something else simple?
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Default RE: Druids While Shifted

Emotes aren't spoken language, though; of course a druid-badger could prance around saying "*Races about with the snarl of ultimate evil that the badger truly is*" and that's cool. It's when a giant wooly bear or something trots up to you and says "Oh my, I seem to have misplaced my spectacles; is that you Robert? It IS! Oh goodness it's been ages dear, how ARE you?" that you start to get weirded out.
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Default Re: Druids While Shifted

D&D manual states that....

"....a druid loses her ability to speak while in animal form because she is limited to the sounds that a normal, untrained animal can make, but she can communicate normally with other animals of the same general grouping as her new form. (The normal sound a wild parrot makes is a squawk, so changing to this form does not permit speech)"
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i use animal language while shifted
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