Totem Talk (4E)

Totem Talk

You can talk to animal spirits.

Level: 3	Component Cost: 25 gp.
Category: Divination	Market Price: 90 gp.
Time: 10 minutes	Key Skill: Nature
Duration: Instantateous

You speak to the spirit-guides of animals. It is as if you are speaking to the animals themselves, and they respond intelligently. There must be animals within 100 squares (150 yards) of you when you use this rite. The animal will not put itself in a dangerous position or allow itself to be used, but answers questions about the locale it lives in.

You do not need a to select a Totem to use this rite, but if you have a Totem, animals will react differently depending on your totem and the type of animal you talk to. If the animal is of a different type than your totem, you suffer a -5 penalty on the Nature check; if it is of your specific totem species you gain a +5 bonus.

An animal normally knows a fairly small area, perhaps 10 miles in diameter. Certain animals such as raptors and wolves range further, but have less depth of knowledge over their area; impose a -5 penalty on the Nature check but increase the size of the area to 50 mile diameter or even more.

The information gained depends on the result of the Nature check.

Nature Check Result	Information
9 or lower	The health and motivations of the animal you talk to; what it lives on and what threatens it.
10-19	A general description of nature in the area the animal lives in.
20-29	A general description of all creatures the animal knows of in the area.
30-39	An account of the settlements in the area; their location, size, and exterior.
40 or higher	An account of what creatures passed trough the area in the last week and how they traveled.