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The '''SPEAK''' [[verb]] allows players to change which language the character speaks when using [[SAY (verb)]]. The possible languages are based on class and race as well as the [[Dhe'nar]] and [[Tehir]] cultures. All characters can speak common.
|verb=SPEAK
|type=Roleplaying
|pageintro=The {{boldmono|SPEAK}} verb allows players to change which language the character speaks when using [[Verb:SAY|{{boldmono|SAY}}]]. The possible languages are based on class and race as well as the [[Dhe'nar]] and [[Tehir]] cultures. All characters can speak common.


SPEAK is also used to change languages when [[WRITE|WRITING]].
{{boldmono|SPEAK}} is also used to change languages when {{boldmono|[[WRITE|WRITING]]}}.
}}

==Help==
<pre{{log2}}>
<small>'''''Please note:''' This populates with {{boldmono|SPEAK HELP}} or {{boldmono|SPEAK}} by itself. The options that populate are based on what is available to the individual character.''</small>
Usage:
<pre{{log2}}>Usage:
SPEAK {language} - Speak further messages in the given language
SPEAK {language} - Speak further messages in the given language


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You may choose a tone for your speech by clicking an option from the tone list.
You may choose a tone for your speech by clicking an option from the tone list.
You are currently speaking Common.
You are currently speaking Common.</pre>

</pre>
==Additional Information==
==Behind the Scenes==
===Behind the Scenes===
At one point in GemStone history, languages were changed by using the race name or by the word guild. As an example, if a half-elf wished to speak half-elven, they would simply have typed ''halfelf''.
At one point in GemStone history, languages were changed by using the race name or by the word guild. As an example, if a half-elf wished to speak half-elven, they would simply have typed ''halfelf''.


When the method used to change languages was implemented, half-elf as a language was deprecated. Half-elves now speak common and elven.
When the method used to change languages was implemented, half-elf as a language was deprecated. Half-elves now speak common and elven.
[[Category:Verbs]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:SPEAK}}

Latest revision as of 21:36, 12 January 2026

SPEAK
Type Roleplaying

The SPEAK verb allows players to change which language the character speaks when using SAY. The possible languages are based on class and race as well as the Dhe'nar and Tehir cultures. All characters can speak common.

SPEAK is also used to change languages when WRITING.

Help

Please note: This populates with SPEAK HELP or SPEAK by itself. The options that populate are based on what is available to the individual character.

Usage:
    SPEAK {language}  - Speak further messages in the given language

Where {language} is one of the following:
    COMMON
    DARKELF
    ELVEN
    SORCERER
    FAENDRYL

You may choose a tone for your speech by clicking an option from the tone list.
You are currently speaking Common.

Additional Information

Behind the Scenes

At one point in GemStone history, languages were changed by using the race name or by the word guild. As an example, if a half-elf wished to speak half-elven, they would simply have typed halfelf.

When the method used to change languages was implemented, half-elf as a language was deprecated. Half-elves now speak common and elven.