You know when you are running around waiting tables, and suddenly you are thinking about your D&D campaign? Then you think ... wait, hold on .... can Kenku use vocal spell components?!? And then you literally trip over an old couple attempting to eat their Caesar salads?
So yah that.
Can Kenku, use vocal spell components in spellcasting?
Yes. One detail of spells is that vocal components... aren't really strictly defined. Maybe they've heard the incantations at least once before and are capable of duplicating them. Maybe they have to build the incantation from disparate syllables they've heard. Maybe they're not even delivered with traditional words... maybe there's a particular bird call they make that, for them, fulfills the vocal portion of spellcasting. The vocal component can be anything your DM allows... some people might choose to deliver an actual phrase or chant, but it could be anything.
You know when you are running around waiting tables, and suddenly you are thinking about your D&D campaign? Then you think ... wait, hold on .... can Kenku use vocal spell components?!? And then you literally trip over an old couple attempting to eat their Caesar salads?
So yah that.
Can Kenku, use vocal spell components in spellcasting?
Yes. One detail of spells is that vocal components... aren't really strictly defined. Maybe they've heard the incantations at least once before and are capable of duplicating them. Maybe they have to build the incantation from disparate syllables they've heard. Maybe they're not even delivered with traditional words... maybe there's a particular bird call they make that, for them, fulfills the vocal portion of spellcasting. The vocal component can be anything your DM allows... some people might choose to deliver an actual phrase or chant, but it could be anything.
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Short answer: Yes.
Long Answer:
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