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#1 burningspear Dec 09, 2004 7:10:49	i have a general game mechanics question: regarding a person who morphs in to a animal or such, with poly morph or the wild shape abilitie, are u able to speak as a human being with any language u know in those forms and where does it get clarified? i aksed it in another room but got 0 replies....so i try here :bounce:
#2 elonarc Dec 09, 2004 7:28:10	For example in the description of the druid's wild shape class ability: A druid loses her ability to speak while in animal form because she is limited to the sounds that a normal, untrained animal can make, but she can communicate normally with other animals of the same general grouping as her new form. (The normal sound a wild parrot makes is a squawk, so changing to this form does not permit speech.)
#3 elonarc Dec 09, 2004 8:45:38	Or in the description of the spell alter self, to which polymorph refers: If the new form is capable of speech, you can communicate normally. You retain any spellcasting ability you had in your original form, but the new form must be able to speak intelligibly (that is, speak a language) to use verbal components and must have limbs capable of fine manipulation to use somatic or material components. That should answer your question. I hope I was of help.