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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zappo" data-source="post: 1323723" data-attributes="member: 633">Boots of flying cost 16k. Wings of flying cost more than 50k. The gloves only give you a +5 bonus, and occupy the valuable gloves slot. Not all parties have paladins, and few paladins have a flying mount (they aren't even core). The spells are 4th level minimum, preventing many uses in the same day as it usually happens. Better not have horses if you're looking to ferry people around.  Comprehend languages is 1st level. Tongues is 3rd and it ends language-related problems; it doesn't give a +5, you don't need to carry people around, or to have a paladin with flying mount. Besides, with climb you climb everything, with speak language you can and will meet people whose language you don't know.  Now, I'm not saying that the movement-related skills are as good as Spot. They aren't the most useful skills, and enough magic will make them useless in many situations (in D&D, that's true of just about anything). However, that is hardly comparable to the almost total uselessness of speak language.I agree. Undoubtedly, the DM can make speak language useful by crafting an appropriate situation. That's not a proof that speak language is a useful skill. More the opposite, IMO.</blockquote>