Talking while Wild Shaped?

[RUMBLETiGER]

Yes, I know Natural Spell Feat allows your animal grunts and noises to cast spells, but is there a feat, spell, magical item, etc, that would allow a PC to speak Common or another language while within an animal form?

Am I correct in remembering that while Polymorphed into a non-speaking form, one cannot speak either?

 

[Dandu]

You can't speak (unless, I guess, you were in the form of a parrot) but sign language may still be usable if you are in a form with hands.

 

[Omegaxicor]

Parrots are specified as NOT being able to speak despite their abilities, as for sign language I assume you would have to learn it in normal form and then you could.

 

[Sekhmet]

I think the most common method is to have an ally with Speak With Animals active.
Pathfinder has the Wild Speech feat, your DM might allow it.

 

[Omegaxicor]

minor problem, either your ally would have to be level 1440 or they would need to prepare/cast Speak with Animals multiple times (and still be massively over-levelled)

 

[Sekhmet]

minor problem, either your ally would have to be level 1440 or they would need to prepare/cast Speak with Animals multiple times (and still be massively over-levelled)

Or a 4,000GP ring.
As a DM, I would drop the cost dramatically from the suggested four grand, though.

 

[Vegepygmy]

I think the most common method is to have an ally with Speak With Animals active.

With all the errata on polymorph effects out there, I could be wrong, but I don't believe wild shape changes your type to animal.

 

[Samloyal23]

Not very mythic. I see no reason for a druid to not be able to speak, myths and legends are full of talking animals that could have been wild shaped druids in disguise. Why not let them speak?

 

[Grogg of the North]

A master of many forms has a class feature which allows them to retain their ability to speak while wildshaped.

 

[RUMBLETiGER]

Hm... here I was hoping there was something simple.

I guess I'll pursue Telepathy then. All good.