Hey, druids & rangers: Tricks for your snake?

Driddle

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It's pretty easy to imagine nifty pet tricks to teach your doggy or kitty animal companions -- and even the parrot sitting on your shoulder can be taught to drop poop in your enemies' eyes on command.

But what about them thar slitherin' snakies? How many useful tricks have you taught your companion vipers and constrictors?

"Sit, Ubu, sit. ... Good boy."
 

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How about teaching them to twist into the shapes of letters in order to communicate with the rest of the party? Or communicate with others?

If the Druid is evil then he could send the snake in to deliver a message to an enemy:

"What is it, snake? Oh, you bear a message from my enemies...E..X...P...L...O...S...I...V...E...R...U...N...E...uh oh! *BOOM!*
 

1 slither up my sleeve.

2 just wave back and forth while I play this pipe, hiss occasionally.

3 offer this magic apple

4 hold really still while I shoot you from my bow

5 turn into a staff
 


I had an idea for a Druid to Wildshape into a snake and then have someone with a high Bluff play the flute. The Druid dances to the music and does tricks... rake in the money.
 

Source of venom for arrows, spy, possible use for intimidate, "diplomat" for contact with good serpents (like nagas), and can look around corners all off the top of my head.
 


Well, first off there's the initial benefit of having an animal companion, a loyal friend. Now comes the interesting part, when opportunaty strikes for your snake, you take it. Let's say your travelling along a trail to yet embarke on another adventure, when all of a sudden you spot a family of farmers, who happen to have a rat problem, and let's say your faithful slithery friend hasn't had a good meal in a while, so, kill two birds with one stone, show off to your fellow party members that having a snake along side you is good, and possibly get a free meal and a rest for the night for your sudden generosity. Now, lets say you've taught your faithful serpantine friend how to identify and search for different types of plants, lets say you character is at a really high level now, when all of a sudden your party has been stricken with dumbwombe, causing your bones to bend in akward places, and there's no one around to save you, and your too week to move to attempt to gather the type of plants conviently located in the forest next to you. Since snakes are immune to this disease, you can have your faithful animal friend gather up the plants you need, problem solved. Now, these's encounters arn't likely to happen, but the point I'm trying to make is cease every opportunity you can to make the usuful traits of the serpant, and for fun, try improvising a little and see what happens.
 



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