Talking to non intelligent animals in fantasy games

[tussock]

See, I'd much rather the spell just had the squirrel tell you about "buried treasure", and then find his squirreled nuts where he talked about it. Or even better, a dire-squirrel's hoard that the little guy's had his eye on.

Speak with Animals doesn't have to make them selfless friends of whoever asks, after all.

You are able to ask questions of and receive answers from animals, although the spell doesn’t make them any more friendly or cooperative than normal. Furthermore, wary and cunning animals are likely to be terse and evasive, while the more stupid ones make inane comments.

Do you guys smell that? I swear I can smell pussy. Maybe one of you stepped in some scat, can I smell your feet? Oh, hey, you have food, give me it. Give me all your food. Hey, you, now. What is this? How do I open this? Why does it smell like food? Can I eat this? Is this food? Oh, there's food inside it! Now I see.

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Mmm, food. But I swear I can smell pussy. Have any of you ....