All Creatures: Speech Files #5
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From Llamageddon, "SPEECH is actually a bit misleading. With this specific speech token it refers to the comments other creatures will make upon killing this creature. Example for dwarf.txt - 'who tunneled away from me like a frightened mole.'
Nearly all speech tokens and files are actually very customizable, but are generally only prominent in adventure mode, with the exception of naming certain artifacts. The documentation doesn't state this, but I have a hunch some are also used by visitors to taverns and possibly other potential fortress locations.
I am not sure for certain what the token SLAIN_SPEECH does, and why it only appears on dwarves and elves, though it appears to use tags like SLAIN_DWARF as an argument rather than dwarf.txt . This appears to be a redundancy where instead of referencing the text file using SPEECH , you can reference the lines of dialogue as an object in that text file, under custom object names (e.g. SLAIN_DWARF)
This specifically, doesn't appear to be comprehensively documented anywhere that I can find it."