You learn an additional language. In addition, such is your insight into language, spoken or otherwise, that you can communicate short, simple concepts with any intelligent creature even if you don't share a language: enough for a greeting, farewell, warning of danger, conveying the need for help of some sort, or insulting someone. The Narrator is the ultimate arbiter of what you are capable of communicating. At scholar level 6 or higher, you may instead spend a hit die to replicate the *[tongues](https://a5e.tabletopbytheik.nl/compendium/spells/tongues)* spell on yourself. #scholarlyDiscoveries #language #basicCommunication #additionalSpells