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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 4180944" data-attributes="member: 1656">Right, but activating the item requires that the word be spoken as part of a standard action.So if you accidentally speak the word in normal conversation, then you'll either a/ activate the item if you're taking the Activate an Item standard action to do so, or b/ fail to activate the item if you're not taking the Activate an Item standard action to do so.If I say "Bamf!", while taking a standard action to activate my Cloak of the Mountebank, I Dimension Door.If I attack someone as a standard action, and then say "Bamf!" as a free action, my cloak isn't activated - I don't have a standard action available.So it's only possible to activate the item accidentally if you have a standard action available to do so.  One might rule, I suppose, that if you accidentally say the word at the start of your turn, then your standard action is used in activating the item.  But if you accidentally say the word at the end of your turn, you are incapable of activating the item, because both the word and the standard action are required.-Hyp.</blockquote>