Quote Originally Posted by Allanimal View Post
If you are stuck for feat slots, magic to the rescue!
In one campaign I am playing, the DM gave us a magical pipe. When lit & smoked, an elemental will emerge, automatically knowing the languages of the person who lit the pipe, and everyone previously. The thing's been around for a while, so we have an instant translator! He's a bit cranky though, unless you give him really good tobacco. We have a lot of fun with ol' Smokey, and he helps us communicate. And it is always great RP experience to try to figure out how to get strange creatures you can't talk to, to smoke a pipe, so Smokey can learn a new language.
That just makes me want to gargle bleach for about an hour to be honest.