Requirements: Rank: Novice

The character can speak to and understand a general class of animals: birds, marine animals (fish, crustaceans, etc.), insects, mammals, reptiles, etc.

She doesn’t control them, but can attempt to persuade them to help or provide whatever information creatures of their type might understand. The GM should impose appropriate modifiers when conversing with pets, hostile or skittish animals, predators, or those animals who have been hunted or preyed upon.

The vocabularies, memories, and comprehension of such creatures are limited by their type—a dog knows and understands far more than a fish, for example. The nature of the world may also define how much its animals understand.