Speak With Animals 5e Monstrosity
In 5E DD games I run I rule any creature that does not speak a language regardless of creature type relies to some degree on Animal Handling.
Speak with animals 5e monstrosity. For two minutes per level of experience the caster could speak any creatures language through whatever medium audio tactile pheromones sign language dance empathy. The tongues spell states. You can totally train an owlbear if you get to it early enough but being a magical abomination it lacks the connection to.
A monstrosity is a catchall term for creatures who dont fit into another catagory and are often the result of magic. Wisdom Animal Handling checks serve completely different purpose according to the rules. Youll probably need to take their intelligence into account so yo.
There are two approaches as i see it. Humanoid though tends to be used only for sentient races rather than monster things. The knowledge and awareness of many beasts is limited by their intelligence but at a.
So speak with animals wont work. There are spells for this like Speak With Animals Animal Friendship Dominate Beast and so on. First one is to literally give them a voice and speech for the benefit of the spell.
No part of this spell requires that the target creature be able to actually speak. Speak with animals 5e barbarian. The creature possesses additional hit points equal to your Charisma modifier.
Anything beast-like that is unusually powerful or has magical abilities like a griffon is going to be a monstrosity or something else. So depending on the type of DM you are you could allow it or just have it attack because the Druid didnt know their animals. You can comprehend and communicate with animals.