Be able to talk to monsters that are capable of talking.

[Nuc-621]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

After playing experimental, I found an interesting feature where you could talk to monster-types humans (gawky guardian, panicked person, etc.), and i would like this mechanic to be applied to other monsters that also have human speech.

Solution you would like.

Be able to talk to monsters with speech like: experimental mutant, cunning feral, etc, but the most of the convos are like the one's with the non-npc humans.

Describe alternatives you have considered.

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Additional context

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[PGR-14]

Well, maybe not the cunning feral, as most ferals are incapable of speech (See lore docs) (But then again they're outdated & I think talking ferals would be cool (Also, by talking, not like conversations, more like unnerving laugher, words, & phrases)), but I'd like for more talkative monsters, even if they can't explicitly talk (I.E. hand motions). Perhaps you can convince Overconfident Officers & Futile Fighters to calm down a bit.

[Standing-Storm]

I've thought about letting you read ferals' minds in Mind Over Matter for flavor reasons, but one disadvantage of this that stops me from doing it, and might also be a disadvantage here, is that if you open the chat window to give orders to NPCs, you would have to scroll through

feral human
feral human
feral human
feral human
feral human
feral human
feral human
feral human

...etc to select your NPCs if any ferals or other talkable monsters are nearby.

[PGR-14]

It usually isn't too much of a problem (At least in my experience) 'cause it's usually sorted by proximity.

[ADekema]

Some ferals are clearly more intelligent than others. Some cunning feral might be capable of speech. There is also the mad scientist, feral cop and feral officer that are described as muttering so they should be capable of speech. Crazed survivalist and mad militia might also be a good choice as they still have enough common sence to run away from you when harmed so a survivor with enough speech skill pointing a gun at them might convince them too turn the other way.