# Auditory

**Source** [_Core Rulebook pg. 629_](https://2e.aonprd.com/Sources.aspx?ID=1) [4.0](https://2e.aonprd.com/Sources.aspx?ID=1)  
Auditory actions and effects rely on sound. An action with the auditory trait can be successfully performed only if the creature using the action can speak or otherwise produce the required sounds. A spell or effect with the auditory trait has its effect only if the target can hear it. This applies only to sound-based parts of the effect, as determined by the GM. This is different from a [sonic](https://2e.aonprd.com/Traits.aspx?ID=147) effect, which still affects targets who can't hear it (such as [deaf](https://2e.aonprd.com/Conditions.aspx?ID=8) targets) as long as the effect itself makes sound.

## Actions

[Bolster Confidence](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=1485), [Coerce](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=52), [Command an Animal](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=58), [Demoralize](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=53), [Follow the Expert](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=514), [Forgive Foe](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=1438), [Grim Swagger](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=913), [Lie](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=47), [Make an Impression](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=50), [Point Out](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=97), [Pointed Question](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=549), [Primal Roar](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=763), [Rally](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=464), [Request](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=51), [Ring Bell](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=1230), [Screaming Skull](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=1171), [Unnerving Screech](https://2e.aonprd.com/Actions.aspx?ID=1267)

## Activities

[Follow the Expert](https://2e.aonprd.com/Activities.aspx?ID=4)

## Curses

[Curse of Petulant Whispers](https://2e.aonprd.com/Curses.aspx?ID=43)

## Equipment

[Alarm Snare](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=328), [Captivating Bauble](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=2098), [Captivating Score](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=2060), [Clockwork Monkey](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=1124), [Clockwork Chirper](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=1123), [Communication Pendants](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=1463), [Deafening Music Box](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=813), [Detonating Gears Snare](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=1126), [Ghost Ampoule](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=1948), [Harmonic Hauberk](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=1380), [Mask of the Banshee](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=738), [Missive Mint](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=1923), [Orchestral Brooch](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=1025), [Owlbear Egg](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=1924), [Rhythm Bone](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=970), [Sentinel Horn](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=2678), [Shrieking Skull](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=1233), [Talespinner's Lyre](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=2127), [Thumper Snare](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=2673), [Thunder Snare](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=577), [Violin of the Waves](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=2199), [Warning Snare](https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=348)

## Feats

[Beastmaster's Call](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1907), [Bon Mot](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2114), [Cadence Call](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2010), [Calaca's Showstopper](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2363), [Call and Response](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1645), [Can't Fall Here](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2375), [Catchy Tune](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2637), [Caterwaul](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1267), [Command Attention](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1934), [Contagious Rage](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=177), [Courageous Advance](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1638), [Courageous Assault](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1649), [Courageous Onslaught](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1658), [Courageous Opportunity](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1646), [Defensive Coordination](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1641), [Dragon Roar](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=451), [Eagle Eyes](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3265), [Eerie Proclamation](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3767), [Empathetic Plea](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1416), [Encouraging Words](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1210), [Enervating Wail](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3790), [Evangelize](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1180), [Fleet Tempo](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3040), [Frightful Moan](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3497), [Glory and Valor!](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2540), [Grovel](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1277), [Harbinger's Caw](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2442), [Narrative Conduit](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3036), [No Cause for Alarm](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2139), [No! No! I Created You!](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3047), [One for All](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1519), [Pistolero's Challenge](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3174), [Pride in Arms](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1034), [Public Execution](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=4143), [Push Back the Dead!](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3615), [Rallying Cry](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2379), [Reach for the Sky](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3256), [Reassuring Presence](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2763), [Reveal True Name](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3028), [Ringmaster's Introduction](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1248), [Rule of Three](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3037), [Share Rage](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=154), [Sing to the Steel](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3042), [Snap Out of It! (Marshal)](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2008), [Song of Grace and Speed](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3043), [Spot Translate](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1996), [Steel Yourself!](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2009), [Terrifying Howl](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=161), [To Battle!](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2013), [Triangulate](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3259), [Vigorous Inspiration](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1657), [Voice Cold as Death](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3590), [Voice of Authority](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=3331), [Watch This!](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=4140), [Whisper on the Wind](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=4209), [Wiles on the Wind](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=4217)

## Focus Spells

[Aberrant Whispers](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=491), [Call to Arms](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=748), [Charming Words](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=523), [Lament](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=614), [Roar of the Wyrm](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=629), [Shadow Illusion](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=663), [Sweet Dream](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=455)

## Hazards

[Color Spray Trap](https://2e.aonprd.com/Hazards.aspx?ID=175), [Phantom Bells](https://2e.aonprd.com/Hazards.aspx?ID=75)

## Rituals

[Tattoo Whispers](https://2e.aonprd.com/Rituals.aspx?ID=51), [Unseen Heralds](https://2e.aonprd.com/Rituals.aspx?ID=106)

## Skills

[Coerce](https://2e.aonprd.com/Skills.aspx?ID=7), [Command an Animal](https://2e.aonprd.com/Skills.aspx?ID=10), [Demoralize](https://2e.aonprd.com/Skills.aspx?ID=7), [Lie](https://2e.aonprd.com/Skills.aspx?ID=5), [Make an Impression](https://2e.aonprd.com/Skills.aspx?ID=6), [Request](https://2e.aonprd.com/Skills.aspx?ID=6)

## Spells

[Belittling Boast](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=1278), [Biting Words](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=868), [Blistering Invective](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=674), [Bullhorn](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=877), [Canticle of Everlasting Grief](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=879), [Command](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=45), [Compel True Name](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=1064), [Cutting Insult](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=1282), [Distracting Chatter](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=895), [Enthrall](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=104), [Ghost Sound](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=132), [Girzanje's March](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=1068), [Haunting Hymn](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=924), [Illusory Creature](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=158), [Illusory Scene](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=161), [Infectious Melody](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=933), [Instant Parade](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=1288), [Magic Mouth](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=181), [Message](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=190), [Musical Accompaniment](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=1289), [Overwhelming Presence](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=212), [Power Word Blind](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=226), [Power Word Kill](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=227), [Power Word Stun](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=228), [Procyal Philosophy](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=1224), [Rallying Banner](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=1293), [Shadow Army](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=994), [Sonata Span](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=998), [Tame](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=1014), [Unfathomable Song](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=349), [Ventriloquism](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=356), [Visions of Danger](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=358), [Wail of the Banshee](https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=361)