Wicca, a modern pagan religious movement, was founded in the mid-20th century. The exact year of its founding is a subject of debate among scholars and practitioners. While Wicca draws inspiration from ancient pagan traditions, it is considered a newly-founded religion. **Many believe that Wicca was founded in 1954** by Gerald Gardner, a British civil servant and amateur anthropologist. Gardner is credited with popularizing Wicca and creating its modern framework, but some argue that he drew upon earlier occult and magical practices. Regardless of the precise year of its founding, Wicca has since grown and evolved into a diverse and vibrant spiritual tradition with a worldwide following.
When you cast Magic Mouth you are embedding a message in a usually mundane object to be spoken at another time. It is physically the object that speaks the words. Since you are not providing the spell's components, you are unable to cast the spell.
Commands can be as general or as detailed as desired, although only visual and audible triggers can be used, such as the following Speak only when a venerable female human carrying a sack of groat clusters sits crosslegged within 1 foot. As you allow the energy to flow through you, your esoteric intonations, your practiced gestures, and your carefully prepared bits of fluff and pinches of dusts all serve to focus the spell to its purpose, guiding its energies.
Regardless of the precise year of its founding, Wicca has since grown and evolved into a diverse and vibrant spiritual tradition with a worldwide following..
Magic Mouth (Wizard Spell)
When this spell is cast, the wizard imbues the chosen object with an enchanted mouth that suddenly appears and speaks its message when a specified event occurs. The message, which must be of 25 words or less, can be in any language known by the spellcaster, and can be delivered over a period of one turn. The mouth cannot speak magical spells or use command words. It does, however, move to the words articulated—if it is placed upon a statue, the mouth of the statue would actually move and appear to speak. Of course, the magic mouth can be placed upon a tree, rock, door, or any other object, excluding intelligent members of the animal or vegetable kingdoms.
The spell functions when specific conditions are fulfilled, according to the command of the spellcaster. Some examples are to speak “to the first creature that touches you,” or “to the first creature that passes within 30 feet.” Commands can be as general or as detailed as desired, although only visual and audible triggers can be used, such as the following: “Speak only when a venerable female human carrying a sack of groat clusters sits crosslegged within 1 foot.” Such visual triggers can react to a character using the disguise ability. Command range is 5 yards per level of the wizard, so a 6th-level wizard can command the magic mouth to speak at a maximum encounter range of 30 yards ("Speak when a winged creature comes within 30 yards."). The spell lasts until the speak command can be fulfilled; thus, the spell duration is variable. A magic mouth cannot distinguish invisible creatures, alignments, level, Hit Dice, or class, except by external garb. If desired, the effect can be keyed to a specific noise or spoken word.
The material component of this spell is a small bit of honeycomb.
\$\begingroup\$ Are you speaking the words? If yes, they satisfy the requirement. If no, they do not. In the case of the spell, though it may be in your voice at your volume, it is specifically the object that speaks the words. As an aside, past editions of D&D have explicitly ruled out using Magic Mouth to fulfill verbal spell components so this is in line with established expectations of what the spell is capable of doing. \$\endgroup\$
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