Verb:LISTEN

LISTEN is a roleplaying verb. There are special options for Sylvans and Half-Sylvans.

Usage

• LISTEN - Incline your ear to listen
• LISTEN {self} - Listen to yourself
• LISTEN {target} - Listen to a target
• LISTEN SET [option] - Shows or sets the LISTEN verb options available

Messaging

People targets

STANDARD

FIRST PERSON - You listen carefully to (target).

OTHERS - Vanah turns an inquisitive ear towards (target).

SYLVAN

FIRST PERSON (living) - You tilt your head slightly toward (target), noting the subtle changes in his/her muscles and breathing.

FIRST PERSON (dead) - You tilt your head slightly toward (target), noting the absence of breath in the body.

Self target

STANDARD

FIRST PERSON - You listen carefully to yourself. Typical.

OTHERS - Vanah turns an inquisitive ear to herself.

SYLVAN

FIRST PERSON - You listen quietly to the sounds of nature all around you, letting your heartbeat slow to join in perfect time with the pulsating rhythm of life.

OTHERS - Vanah lowers her arms to her sides, breathing slowly and rhythmically, as a soft sigh escapes her lips.

Object targets

STANDARD

FIRST PERSON - You turn your ear toward a (target). Sounds about like you expected.

OTHERS - Vanah turns an ear towards a (target).

FIRST PERSON (held item) - You hold your (target) up to your ear and listen carefully. Sounds just like a (target).

OTHERS (held item) - Vanah holds a (target) up to her ear.

SYLVAN

FIRST PERSON - You lean in toward the table, pricking up your ears in an attempt to register every sound the table emits from the play of environmental forces upon it.

OTHERS - Vanah leans in toward the (target), her pointed ears raised ever so slightly.

Creature targets

STANDARD - You listen carefully to a (target). Yup, sounds like a (target) all right.

SYLVAN

FIRST PERSON - Raising the tips of your fingers briefly to one earlobe, you focus your hearing on the minute sounds of the (target)'s internal life force.

OTHERS - Raising the tips of her fingers briefly to one earlobe, Vanah seems to be channeling sounds from the (target)'s very being.

No target

STANDARD

FIRST PERSON - You listen, but don't hear anything unusual.

OTHERS - Vanah inclines her ear, but doesn't hear anything unusual.

SYLVAN

FIRST PERSON - You incline your ear in the direction of the natural air currents and intently focus on the slightest sound within your environment.

OTHERS - Vanah's concentration shifts and becomes more focused as she slightly tilts an ear in a particular direction.

Other

There are special messages when listening to seashells.