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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7213711" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>It seems to me, Tongues and Telepathy are moreorless identical.</p><p></p><p>The main difference is, Telepathy has the limitation of communicating with only one other person at a time, while Tongues is a free-for-all. Telepathy seems to have the benefit of the conversation being unknown to others.</p><p></p><p>Either way, both seem appropriate as a 2nd-level spell, and perhaps can merge. It is easy to view Tongues as achieved telepathically my mentally imbuing linguistic knowledge.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"</p><p><strong>Tongues</strong></p><p>This spell grants the creature you touch the ability to understand any spoken language it hears. </p><p></p><p>Moreover, when the target speaks, any creature that knows at least one language and can hear the target, understands what it says.</p><p></p><p>"</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"</p><p><strong>Telepathy</strong></p><p></p><p>Telepathy is a magical ability that allows a [telepath] to communicate mentally with another creature within a specified range.</p><p></p><p>The contacted creature doesn’t need to share a language with the [telepath] to communicate in this way with it, but it must be able to understand at least one language.</p><p></p><p>A creature without telepathy can receive and respond to telepathic messages, but can’t initiate or terminate a telepathic conversation.</p><p></p><p>A [telepath] doesn’t need to see a contacted creature, and can end the telepathic contact at any time.</p><p></p><p>The contact is broken as soon as the two creatures are no longer within range of each other or if the [telepath] contacts a different creature within range.</p><p></p><p>A [telepath] can initiate or terminate a telepathic conversation without using an action, but while the [telepath] is incapacitated, it can’t initiate telepathic contact, and any current contact is terminated. </p><p></p><p>A creature within the area of an antimagic field or in any other location where magic doesn’t function can’t send or receive telepathic messages.</p><p></p><p>"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 7213711, member: 58172"] It seems to me, Tongues and Telepathy are moreorless identical. The main difference is, Telepathy has the limitation of communicating with only one other person at a time, while Tongues is a free-for-all. Telepathy seems to have the benefit of the conversation being unknown to others. Either way, both seem appropriate as a 2nd-level spell, and perhaps can merge. It is easy to view Tongues as achieved telepathically my mentally imbuing linguistic knowledge. " [B]Tongues[/B] This spell grants the creature you touch the ability to understand any spoken language it hears. Moreover, when the target speaks, any creature that knows at least one language and can hear the target, understands what it says. " " [B]Telepathy[/B] Telepathy is a magical ability that allows a [telepath] to communicate mentally with another creature within a specified range. The contacted creature doesn’t need to share a language with the [telepath] to communicate in this way with it, but it must be able to understand at least one language. A creature without telepathy can receive and respond to telepathic messages, but can’t initiate or terminate a telepathic conversation. A [telepath] doesn’t need to see a contacted creature, and can end the telepathic contact at any time. The contact is broken as soon as the two creatures are no longer within range of each other or if the [telepath] contacts a different creature within range. A [telepath] can initiate or terminate a telepathic conversation without using an action, but while the [telepath] is incapacitated, it can’t initiate telepathic contact, and any current contact is terminated. A creature within the area of an antimagic field or in any other location where magic doesn’t function can’t send or receive telepathic messages. " [/QUOTE]
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