Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
Tewligan said:I'd rule that you need to be able to form proper words to cast a spell with verbal components. Doesn't the Spellcraft skill let you identify other spells being cast because you recognize the verbal and/or somatic components? I think of verbal components as being a kind of "universal language" that's the same regardless of race.
I long ago ruled (and decided for my worlds) that the words are unimportant it is the tones (ie sonic vibrations) which the words cause and the way these interact with the 'Song of Creation' which create magic. (ie all matter is energy and exist at a particular frequency that magic alters etc etc) This helped explain why speakers of diferent languages could produce the same spell and also why musical instruments etc could produce magical effects too (ie bards sing the tones)
This logic then extends to anything - crystals magnify magic by creating specific harmonics, dolphin whistles also create the correct tonal resonances to effect magic, awakened dogs can learn to bark spells (though I might put a penalty to these attempts Concentration DC 20 perhaps)...