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#redirect [[Verb:SPEECH]]
Talking in [[GemStone IV]] can be accomplished using the SAY verb or using an apostrophe ('). Players can change their character's language, the manner in which they speak (brag, assert), and/or the tone in which he/she speaks in (cheerful, timid).

<div {{log}}>
Usage:<br>
SAY [modifiers] {message} - Speak a message aloud

Where [modifiers] is zero or more of the following:<br>
<nowiki>:{tone}</nowiki> - Speak the message in a particular tone (see TONE LIST for a list of tones)<br>
<nowiki>::{object}</nowiki> or @{object} or <nowiki>{{object}}</nowiki> - Direct the message at someone or something (eg, ::door or {heavy door})<br>
]{object} or [{object}] - Attempt to throw your voice behind someone or something (eg, ]door or [heavy door])<br>
~{language} - Speak the message in a particular language (see SPEAK for a list of languages)<br>
={verb} - Choose a verb to indicate the speech style (see SPEECH VERBIAGE LIST for a list of verbs)
</div>

==Examples==
;'hi or SAY hi
<div {{log}}>>say hi<br>You say, "Hi."</div>

;Using a speech verb (needs a space after say): say =sneer Hi<br>or<br>'=sneer Hi
<div {{log}}>>'=sneer Hi<br>You sneer, "Hi."</div>

;Using a tone:
<div {{log}}>>':venomously hi<br>You venomously say, "Hi."</div>

;Speaking to a person/object:
<div {{log}}>>'::table hi<br>Speaking to a low table, you say, "Hi."</div>

;Using the @ symbol:
<div {{log}}>>'@table hi<br>Speaking to a low table, you say, "Hi."</div>

;Using the braces (needs a closing brace):
<div {{log}}>>'{table} hi<br>Speaking to a low table, you say, "Hi."</div>

;Throwing your voice:
<div {{log}}>>']table hi<br>Throwing your voice behind a low table, you say, "Hi."</div>

;Throwing your voice only with more keystrokes (needs a closing bracket):
<div {{log}}>>'[table] hi<br>Throwing your voice behind a low table, you say, "Hi."</div>

;Using a language:
<div {{log}}>>'~elven hi<br>Speaking in Elven, you say, "Hi."</div>

;All together now (include spaces between each modifier):
<div {{log}}>>'~elven =sneer :venomous ]table hi<br>Throwing your voice behind a low table, speaking venomously in Elven, you sneer, "Hi."</div>

:Or
<div {{log}}>>'~elven =sneer :venomous ::table hi<br>Speaking venomously in Elven to a low table, you sneer, "Hi."</div>

:Or
<div {{log}}>>'::table :venomous =sneer ~elven hi<br>Speaking venomously in Elven to a low table, you sneer, "Hi."</div>

;You can also set your tone prior to crafting your next message and only your next message:
<div {{log}}>>tone venomous<br>You will speak venomously on your next message.<br>>'hi<br>You venomously say, "Hi."</div>

==Speech Verbiage List==
{| {{prettytable}}
| accuse||acquiesce||add||admit||admonish
|-
| advise||agree||announce||answer||apologize
|-
| approve||argue||ask||assert||assure
|-
| attempt||babble||bark||beg||begin
|-
| bellow||blurt||boast||brag||breathe
|-
| call||challenge||chant||chide||clarify
|-
| command||comment||complain||concede||conclude
|-
| condescend||confess||confide||console||contend
|-
| continue||coo||correct||counter||criticize
|-
| croon||crow||cry||curse||deadpan
|-
| declaim||declare||demand||deny||disagree
|-
| drawl||drone||echo||emphasize||enthuse
|-
| exclaim||explain||gloat||goad||greet
|-
| groan||grouse||grovel||growl||grumble
|-
| grunt||guess||gush||hiss||holler
|-
| implore||imply||inform||inquire||insist
|-
| instruct||interject||interrogate||interrupt||intone
|-
| introduce||jest||joke||lambaste||lament
|-
| lecture||lisp||marvel||mention||mouth
|-
| mumble||murmur||muse||mutter||note
|-
| observe||offer||opine||order||persuade
|-
| plead||ponder||pout||praise||pray
|-
| preach||proclaim||prompt||protest||purr
|-
| query||quip||quote||ramble||read
|-
| reason||regale||relent||remark||remind
|-
| repeat||reply||report||reprimand||reproach
|-
| request||respond||retort||roar||say
|-
| scold||scream||screech||seethe||shout
|-
| shriek||sigh||slur||snap||snarl
|-
| sneer||sob||speculate||spit||squeak
|-
| stammer||state||stipulate||stress||stutter
|-
| submit||suggest||sulk||supply||swear
|-
| taunt||tease||threaten||urge||venture
|-
| vow||wail||warn||wheeze||whimper
|}

==Tones==
{| {{prettytable|text-align:center}}
|-
|width=14.3%| abrupt ||width=14.3%| absent
|width=14.3%| accusing ||width=14.3%| acerbic
|width=14.3%| acid ||width=14.3%| acrid
|width=14.3%| adamant
|-
| admiring||adoring||affable||affectionate||airy||amiable||amicable
|-
| amused||angry||annoyed||annoying||anxious||apologetic ||appreciative
|-
| apprehensive||approving||arch||argumentative||arrogant||authoritative||avaricious
|-
| avid||awkward||bashful||begrudging||belated||belligerent||bemused
|-
| bitter||bland||bleary||blithe||blunt||bold||bored
|-
| boring||bossy||brash||breathless||bright||brisk||broad
|-
| brusque||callous||calm||candid||careful||casual||caustic
|-
| cautious||cheerful||clear||clueless||cold||comforting||comical
|-
| commanding||complacent||compulsive||concerned||condescending||confident||confidential
|-
| confiding||confused||consoling||contemptuous||contented||contrite||cool
|-
| coy||cranky||crass||crisp||cross||crude||cruel
|-
| cryptic||curious||curt||bgcolor=#99CCFF| dark||dazed||decisive||decorous
|-
|bgcolor=#99CCFF| deep||defensive||defiant||delicate||delighted||demure||derisive
|-
| despairing||desperate||despondent||didactic||diplomatic||disappointed||disapproving
|-
| disbelieving||disdainful||disgruntled||disgusted||disinterested||dismissive||disparaging
|-
| distant||distasteful||distracted||doleful||doubtful||dramatic||dreamy
|-
| drunken||dry||dubious||dull||eager||earnest||embarrassed
|-
| emotional||emphatic||encouraging||enticing||evasive||even||exasperated
|-
| excited||expectant||explicit||express||faint||fearful||feisty
|-
| fervent||fierce||firm||flat||flippant||flirtatious||fond
|-
| forceful||formal||frank||frantic||fretful||frosty||frustrated
|-
| furious||generous||gentle||gleeful||glib||gloomy||glum
|-
| gracious||grandiose||grateful||grating||grave||greedy||grim
|-
| grudging||gruff||grumpy||halting||happy||harsh||hasty
|-
| hateful||haughty||bgcolor=#99CCFF| hearty||heated||heavy||helpful||hesitant
|-
|bgcolor=#99CCFF| hoarse||hollow||hopeful||hopeless||humble||bgcolor=#99CCFF| husky||hysterical
|-
| icy||idle||impatient||imperious||impish||imploring||impulsive
|-
| incredulous||indifferent||indignant||indistinct||indulgent||informal||ingratiating
|-
| innocent||inquisitive||insincere||insistent||insolent||interested||intimidating
|-
| intoxicated||irritated||joking||jubilant||kind||knowing||laborious
|-
| laconic||lame||light||listless||lofty||longing||loud
|-
| loving||loyal||lusty||magnanimous||malevolent||meditative||meek
|-
|bgcolor=#99CCFF| melodic||menacing||mendacious||merry||mild||mischievous||miserable
|-
| mocking||bgcolor=#99CCFF| monotone||morose||mournful||musing||mysterious||nasal
|-
| nervous||neutral||nonchalant||noncommittal||oblivious||obnoxious||obsequious
|-
| offhanded||ominous||outraged||outrageous||passionate||patient||pawky
|-
| pedantic||peeved||peevish||perky||perspicacious||petulant||pious
|-
| piqued||placating||plain||plaintive||playful||pleading||pleasant
|-
| pleased||pointed||polite||pragmatic||prayerful||prim||prompt
|-
| proud||querulous||quick||bgcolor=#99CCFF| quiet||bgcolor=#99CCFF| raspy||reasonable||reasoned
|-
| reassuring||regretful||relieved||reluctant||remorseful||reproachful||resigned
|-
| respectful||reverent||rhetorical||rough||rude||rueful||sad
|-
| sagacious||sage||sarcastic||sardonic||sassy||savage||scathing
|-
| scornful||seductive||serene||serious||shaky||sharp||sheepish
|-
|bgcolor=#99CCFF| shrill||shy||silky||simple||sincere||skeptical||sleepy
|-
| slow||sly||smarmy||smooth||smug||snide||snobbish
|-
|bgcolor=#99CCFF| soft||solemn||somber||soothing||sorrowful||sour||speculative
|-
| spiteful||bgcolor=#99CCFF| squeaky||stern||stiff||stoic||stout||strict
|-
| strident||stubborn||stupid||submissive||subtle||sudden||suggestive
|-
| sulky||sullen||surprised||surreptitious||suspicious||sweet||sycophantic
|-
| sympathetic||tart||tearful||teasing||tender||tense||tentative
|-
| terse||testy||theatrical||thick||thoughtful||threatening||throaty
|-
| thunderous||timid||tired||tremulous||trite||triumphant||truthful
|-
| uncertain||uncomfortable||unconvincing||understanding||uneasy||unhappy||unhelpful
|-
| urgent||vague||vehement||venomous||vexed||vicious||vigorous
|-
| vociferous||warm||wary||waspish||bgcolor=#99CCFF| weak||weary||whimsical
|-
| whining||wicked||wishful||wistful||wondering||wooden||worried
|-
| wounded||wry
|}

Tones highlighted in blue may be used with TONE SET.

==External Links==
*[http://www.houseaspis.com/resources/tonesbytone House Aspis guide to GemStone IV speech]

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