Monk Rules Question

[James McMurray]

In my campaign we use 3. Paramecium would be a bit hard to communicate with, since they've got no intelligence, and plants would be the same (although they'd be slightly more informative than paramecium ). Animals are more intelligent, but will still communicate mostly in emotional states, desires, and concrete (unnamed but fuly described) physical realities.

The monk in my campaign used the ability to chat with some giant snails that were rescued along with some humans from Duergar Animal Pens. Check the Story Hour link in my sig.

It hasn't been a problem in my game, but I could see where it could bcome one if the amount of information animals and plants can convey is too high. Animals and plants would never know names, nd wil have a hard time even describing things in terms humans can understand. Plants will be even worse off, since they lack any sensory organs to speak of.

 

[htetickrt]

"Any living creature" means any living creature, not every living thing.
So I guess I choose number 2, Tongues and Speak with Animals, mostly. If a plant has intelligence, though, I'd call that a creature, too, even if it would take Speak with Plants to talk to it.

For some reason I was thinking it said "any living thing," despite the fact that both my PHBs and the SRD said creature. Using creature, I think I like this the best. The dictionary includes animals, after all.

Anyway, it will make my life as a DM easier, since the monk will be able to talk to the druid, who doesn't have speaking wild shape or anything like that.

Thanks for all the help!