I have a paladin in my campaign that through "Oath of the Ancients" has the Speak with Animals spell, but that's a ritual spell and Paladins don't have ritual spell casting as a class feature. Can he still cast the spell or does he have to get something first?
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The ritual tag identifies spells that can be cast as rituals, not spells that must be cast as rituals. Your Paladin can cast Speak With Animals as a regular Paladin spell using the normal rules.
From the SRD:
Certain spells have a special tag: ritual. Such a spell can be cast following the normal rules for spellcasting, or the spell can be cast as a ritual.
