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Dungeon Master’s Guide
While this doll is within 5 feet of you, you can spend a Short Rest telling it to say up to six phrases, none of which can be more than six words long, and set a condition under which the doll speaks
each phrase. You can also replace old phrases with new ones. Whatever the condition, it must occur within 5 feet of the doll to make it speak. For example, whenever someone picks up the doll, it
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, which double as weapons if the robots are threatened or drafted for security purposes. A worker robot’s voice is often utilitarian, programmed to use simple phrases without embellishment. Worker
mollifying phrases or make shallow but pleasant small talk.
Robots
Robots are Constructs created for heavy labor, menial tasks, or routine security. Despite robots’ hardy construction, their
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
what spawned this monstrosity. Strange phrases echo through their minds, and weird visions occupy their dreams. The sense that some colossal truth sits just outside their recall plagues them for days
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
mocking phrases that magically stun and ridicule their opponents. High fae nobles will spend countless years in mind-bendingly complicated games of political calculus, their alliances ever-shifting as
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Most kenku use a combination of overheard phrases and sound effects to convey their ideas and thoughts.
By the same token, kenku have no ability to invent new ideas or create new things. Kenku can
degradation or shifts in meaning. Human messengers might switch words or phrases and garble a message inadvertently, but the kenku produce perfect copies of whatever they hear.
Kenku Adventurers
Kenku
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Talking Doll Wondrous Item, Common (Requires Attunement) While this doll is within 5 feet of you, you can spend a Short Rest telling it to say up to six phrases, none of which can be more than six
words long, and set a condition under which the doll speaks each phrase. You can also replace old phrases with new ones. Whatever the condition, it must occur within 5 feet of the doll to make it speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Talking Doll Wondrous Item, Common (Requires Attunement) While this stuffed doll is within 5 feet of you, you can spend a short rest telling it to say up to six phrases, none of which can be more
than six words long, and you can set a condition under which the doll speaks each phrase. You can also replace old phrases with new ones. Whatever the condition, it must occur within 5 feet of the doll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
call the “Tiamat salute.” In addition, the phrases “All hail Tiamat!” and “They shall rise!” are frequently used pass phrases.
In addition to their signals, cultists often wear a five-colored band or
over. Until then, pass phrases and the salute are the recognition signals most used among Cult of the Dragon members.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
doll is within 5 feet of you, you can spend a short rest telling it to say up to six phrases, none of which can be more than six words long, and you can set a condition under which the doll speaks each
phrase. You can also replace old phrases with new ones. Whatever the condition, it must occur within 5 feet of the doll to make it speak. For example, whenever someone picks up the doll, it might say
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
call the “Tiamat salute.” In addition, the phrases “All hail Tiamat!” and “They shall rise!” are frequently used pass phrases.
In addition to their signals, cultists often wear a five-colored band or
over. Until then, pass phrases and the salute are the recognition signals most used among Cult of the Dragon members.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
phrases whenever the doll’s hand is squeezed. Jokesters used it to irritate faculty and staff members extensively before it was confiscated. The doll has sat in the attic of Captain Dapplewing’s Manor ever since, alongside other broken, malfunctioning, or forbidden items.
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
through a series of code phrases we exchange.
3
An ostentatiously wealthy vampire is my secret guild superior, summoning me to a luxurious estate by means of coded messages.
4
I have never
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
spoken phrases and trigger conditions, which the characters might activate. See the following section for details. Treasure. Sitting underneath Sassy Sally Jane is a doll wearing a suit and adorned
with a large white mustache. A purse held in the doll’s hands contains 25 gp. Sassy Sally Jane’s Phrases The rude phrases that are part of Sassy Sally Jane’s reputation are the subject of much
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
security purposes. A worker robot’s voice is often utilitarian, programmed to use simple phrases without embellishment. Worker robots designed to be in public view—such as units that carry out deliveries
, repairs, or transportation—have voices that more closely mimic those of their creators. These robots employ mollifying phrases or make shallow but pleasant small talk. One Pixel Brush Worker Robots
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
airborne. (No one in the village, including Captain Othelstan, knows where the castle goes after it leaves Parnast.) Characters can also learn one of two pass-phrases for safely entering for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
scented pages chronicling the love affairs of a long-dead noblewoman. The third book, which is missing its cover, contains Elvish translations of common Orc phrases and idioms. The last book is bound
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
rarely suffer degradation or shifts in meaning. Human messengers might switch words or phrases and garble a message inadvertently, but the kenku produce perfect copies of whatever they hear.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on. UNCOMMON
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on. VARIANT
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
supernaturally re-create vast varieties of noises, from crying babies to running water and short phrases in others’ voices. Cunning kenku use their mimicry to deceive foes, lure creatures into ambushes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
down a hillside. However, kenku cannot create new sounds and can communicate only by using sounds they have heard. Most kenku use a combination of overheard phrases and sound effects to convey their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Kenku Names Given that kenku can duplicate any sound, their names are drawn from a staggering variety of noises and phrases. Kenku names tend to break down into three categories that make no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
22. Arcane Scribblings Chalkboards. Mounted on the walls are several blackboards on which arcane phrases and formulas are written in chalk.
Table Trap. A wooden table in the middle of the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
interrogation, they repeat the following phrases: In a deep voice with an orcish accent: “Xanathar sends its regards.” In a thin, nasally voice: “Tie up the pretty boy in the back room!” and “Follow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
swarm, its mouth closes, and it can’t release another swarm until 1 hour has passed. COMMON DROW PHRASES
The following are a few key drow phrases you can use when roleplaying dark elves.
Oloth plynn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the Fey type, has Intelligence 7, and can speak and understand simple phrases and concepts in Common. Nene has a boisterous personality but is easily distracted. He can mime straightforward responses to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
marketplace can reproduce the cacophony of hawking vendors, barking dogs, bleating sheep, and the cries of street urchins. When mimicking voices, they can only repeat words and phrases they have heard, not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
survivors of an allip’s attack are sometimes left with a compulsion to learn more about what spawned this monstrosity. Strange phrases echo through their minds, and weird visions occupy their dreams. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
.) Characters can also learn one of two pass-phrases for safely entering for the castle from Gundalin or anyone who becomes a friendly helper to them: “Tiamat, Our Mother and Strength” or “Hail
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
compulsions. The survivors of an allip’s attack are sometimes left with a compulsion to learn more about what spawned this monstrosity. Strange phrases echo through their minds, and weird visions occupy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
arcane runes and phrases. The book is titled Arcturia’s Arcane Esoterica: Vol. IX, and it contains the following spells: antimagic field, astral projection, dominate monster, feeblemind, gate, incendiary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
-eye to smaller creatures—unless angry
5 Uses Draconic words and phrases even when speaking other languages
6 Punctuates speech with bestial sounds—growls, roars, croaks, chirps, or
me on a different world in the Material Plane is hoping to destroy me and steal my hoard.
How to Name Your Dragon Many Common phrases have origins in Draconic names. “Great googly-moogly,” “goody
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
evil vampire Kas, and because they didn’t catch on to his plan. Alustriel and Tasha answer questions confusedly and in short phrases. After a few minutes, the wizards regain their poise and tell the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
or phrases, tics and habitual gestures, vices and pet peeves, and whatever else you can imagine. Each background presented in this chapter includes suggested characteristics that you can use to spark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
word, and multiple tir’su connect to form phrases and sentences.
Githyanki and githzerai both speak Gith, but each race has a distinct dialect and accent. Similarly, the two races of gith






