oh gosh that info is wonderful thank you! i have now brainstormed a few ideas, two fails (likely) & one that's a super long shot...
there's a mix of verbal and what probably is telepathic, here. there's maybe also a case for some sort of astral projecty type situation when it comes to commune with nature/beast sense maybe, but i feel that like's a mod call depending on the game's setting/mythos.
→ definite failure 1 | speak with animals spell (verbal; specifically animals rather than creatures/beasts, and she doesn't have access to it in game so it would be repeated failure / fizzle.) in essence she'd hang out by them and keep trying to cast it and then being like 'ok hi hello did it work let's be friends' before finding that the spell failed and crying in the corner about it
→ assumed failure 2 | she might attempt commune with nature - specifically in an attempt to reveal influence from other planes of existence. ie, are these things from this dimension to begin with and if not could she figure out where they belong??? ~ the reason i figure it fails is that the spell rules dictate that it doesn't work in places like dungeons or towns, where 'construction has replaced nature' but i didn't want to assume anything about how to treat this setting oocly (though she totally assumes BASE is outside nature icly).
→ long shot | beast sense! a spell that allows her to 'sense' the world as if she were the beast on which it's cast-- she sees what it sees and hears what it hears. she has to be still and meditate and keep concentration for as long as she's actively using it. in addition, any special senses the beast has will convey information to her in their manner. if the beast is unwilling though, it won't work -- but hey maybe the rejection of the spell would adversely affect her or something?
also now that i am looking up at that long ramble, i worry that i've infodumped you too much if you're mechanics familiar! i'm never quite sure how much to give you but i don't want to make you feel like you're pulling teeth so if there's anything i can do to better explain my intentions please holler at me. especially if i'm failing to process it through a narrative lens enough. i don't want to bog you down in too much crunchy peanut butter when the game is so dang creamy otherwise <333
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there's a mix of verbal and what probably is telepathic, here. there's maybe also a case for some sort of astral projecty type situation when it comes to commune with nature/beast sense maybe, but i feel that like's a mod call depending on the game's setting/mythos.
→ definite failure 1 | speak with animals spell (verbal; specifically animals rather than creatures/beasts, and she doesn't have access to it in game so it would be repeated failure / fizzle.) in essence she'd hang out by them and keep trying to cast it and then being like 'ok hi hello did it work let's be friends' before finding that the spell failed and crying in the corner about it
→ assumed failure 2 | she might attempt commune with nature - specifically in an attempt to reveal influence from other planes of existence. ie, are these things from this dimension to begin with and if not could she figure out where they belong???
~ the reason i figure it fails is that the spell rules dictate that it doesn't work in places like dungeons or towns, where 'construction has replaced nature' but i didn't want to assume anything about how to treat this setting oocly (though she totally assumes BASE is outside nature icly).
→ long shot | beast sense! a spell that allows her to 'sense' the world as if she were the beast on which it's cast-- she sees what it sees and hears what it hears. she has to be still and meditate and keep concentration for as long as she's actively using it. in addition, any special senses the beast has will convey information to her in their manner. if the beast is unwilling though, it won't work -- but hey maybe the rejection of the spell would adversely affect her or something?
also now that i am looking up at that long ramble, i worry that i've infodumped you too much if you're mechanics familiar! i'm never quite sure how much to give you but i don't want to make you feel like you're pulling teeth so if there's anything i can do to better explain my intentions please holler at me. especially if i'm failing to process it through a narrative lens enough. i don't want to bog you down in too much crunchy peanut butter when the game is so dang creamy otherwise <333