Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Animal Speaking should grant Advantage for Animal Handling checks

My character has the Animal Speaking buff from a potion. Twice I've failed "Animal Handling" checks and have received no bonus from having the Buff active.


This would be consistent with the Elixir of the Colossus.

This basically amounts to arguing with your DM as to when they decide to give advantage or not.

LOL, It literally said "you talk to them" so there should be some type of bonus for actually speaking their language. There are plenty of bugs in this game. Like being surprised by one of the two above when I attacked first. The Elixir of the Colossus grants a bonus for Strength checks. You have a chance to "add" the bonus to your roll even if you haven't taken it yet. Why not have the Animal Speaking potion do the same for consistency?

Forgot another place where Animal Speaking should have an influence on the roll or a chance to add as bonus to keep up with the Elixir.

Speak with Animals doesn't modify rolls in 5e, why should it here? You are just making up rules at this point.

If you drink the potion before my second post, the whole encounter goes different. I'm not trying to change rules. I should be given the option to pop the potion during the dialogue. My thing is playability.

This basically is asking the fm.to be consistent and fair in their implementation of rules. Which is how games should be.