Another thing is a complete missing conversation.
I wanted to try to talk to halsin while in his bear form...as a druid or with speak with animal that should be possible. Getting near the cage triggers the cutscene though.
Now i went to the door in catshape but could not talk to him through the gates.
Jumped in the cage, still not possible to talk to him. Reverting to normal triggers the cutscene with the PC standing outside the cage again.
Would really be nice to have a chat with him like this
It certainly doesn’t seem possible to speak with any animals when your (PC) druid is wildshaped, but I have no idea if this correct per RAW or not. It makes sense that your character can’t speak to animals as they can’t speak, but you’d think that they could understand them. And it would also make sense that another character who had speak with animals active could understand your character, so two wildshaped druids both with speak with animals could have a conversation. But again, I’ve no idea if this is how the spell actually works.
With respect to talking to Halsin if he’s in bear form but you’re not wildshaped, that should work iirc, but within the cutscene. I’ve not tried it for a while, though.
Thats the thing, you can talk to practially every animal while wildshaped. Even to the Owlbear, which is techically not categorized as an animal. Just Halsin stays mute.
Not beeing wildshaped will trigger the cutscene.
What i have not tried though is casting "speak with animals" and then starting the cutscene. If there are any dialogue options popping up.
Update: Casting "speak with animals before entering the cutscene does not open up any dialogues options but you can understand waht the bear is saying and the opening text of halsin is slightly changed.
I would still like to be able to actually talk to him in shapeshift form without the goblins noticing. But since that is probably a druid only option, it wont happen. Even though using invisibility and speak with animals could open that way up for others as well.
