diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/Audience.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/Audience.java
index bb934e07b1..68ddfb536e 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/Audience.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/Audience.java
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Collector;
 import net.kyori.adventure.bossbar.BossBar;
+import net.kyori.adventure.chat.ChatType;
+import net.kyori.adventure.chat.SignedMessage;
 import net.kyori.adventure.identity.Identified;
 import net.kyori.adventure.identity.Identity;
+import net.kyori.adventure.identity.PlayerIdentified;
+import net.kyori.adventure.identity.PlayerIdentity;
 import net.kyori.adventure.inventory.Book;
 import net.kyori.adventure.pointer.Pointered;
 import net.kyori.adventure.sound.Sound;
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.ComponentLike;
 import net.kyori.adventure.title.Title;
 import net.kyori.adventure.title.TitlePart;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
@@ -175,7 +180,7 @@ default void forEachAudience(final @NotNull Consumer<? super Audience> action) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sends a chat message with a {@link Identity#nil() nil} identity to this {@link Audience}.
+   * Sends a system chat message with to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType#SYSTEM system} chat type.
    *
    * @param message a message
    * @see Component
@@ -185,37 +190,41 @@ default void forEachAudience(final @NotNull Consumer<? super Audience> action) {
    */
   @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
   default void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message) {
-    this.sendMessage(Identity.nil(), message);
+    this.sendMessage(message, ChatType.SYSTEM);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sends a chat message from the given {@link Identified} to this {@link Audience}.
+   * Sends a player chat message from the given {@link Identified} to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType#SYSTEM system} chat type.
    *
    * @param source the source of the message
    * @param message a message
    * @see Component
    * @since 4.0.0
+   * @deprecated since 4.12.0, client errors and can reject identified messages without {@link SignedMessage} data, this may be unsupported in the future, use {@link #sendMessage(ComponentLike, SignedMessage, PlayerIdentified)} instead
    */
+  @Deprecated
   @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
   default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identified source, final @NotNull ComponentLike message) {
     this.sendMessage(source, message.asComponent());
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sends a chat message from the entity represented by the given {@link Identity} (or the game using {@link Identity#nil()}) to this {@link Audience}.
+   * Sends a player chat message from the entity represented by the given {@link Identity} to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType#SYSTEM system} chat type.
    *
    * @param source the identity of the source of the message
    * @param message a message
    * @see Component
    * @since 4.0.0
+   * @deprecated since 4.12.0, client errors and can reject identified messages without {@link SignedMessage} data, this may be unsupported in the future, use {@link #sendMessage(ComponentLike, SignedMessage, PlayerIdentified)} instead
    */
+  @Deprecated
   @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
   default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identity source, final @NotNull ComponentLike message) {
     this.sendMessage(source, message.asComponent());
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sends a chat message with a {@link Identity#nil() nil} identity to this {@link Audience}.
+   * Sends a system chat message with to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType#SYSTEM system} chat type.
    *
    * @param message a message
    * @see Component
@@ -225,37 +234,40 @@ default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identity source, final @NotNull Componen
    */
   @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
   default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message) {
-    this.sendMessage(Identity.nil(), message);
+    this.sendMessage(message, ChatType.SYSTEM);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sends a chat message from the given {@link Identified} to this {@link Audience}.
+   * Sends a player chat message from the given {@link Identified} to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType#SYSTEM system} chat type.
    *
    * @param source the source of the message
    * @param message a message
    * @see Component
    * @since 4.0.0
+   * @deprecated since 4.12.0, the client errors on receiving and can reject identified messages without {@link SignedMessage} data, this may be unsupported in the future, use {@link #sendMessage(Component, SignedMessage, PlayerIdentified)} instead
    */
-  @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
+  @Deprecated
   default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identified source, final @NotNull Component message) {
     this.sendMessage(source, message, MessageType.SYSTEM);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sends a chat message from the entity represented by the given {@link Identity} (or the game using {@link Identity#nil()}) to this {@link Audience}.
+   * Sends a player chat message from the entity represented by the given {@link Identity} to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType#SYSTEM system} chat type.
    *
    * @param source the identity of the source of the message
    * @param message a message
    * @see Component
    * @since 4.0.0
+   * @deprecated since 4.12.0, the client errors on receiving and can reject identified messages without {@link SignedMessage} data, this may be unsupported in the future, use {@link #sendMessage(Component, SignedMessage, PlayerIdentity)} instead
    */
+  @Deprecated
   @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
   default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identity source, final @NotNull Component message) {
     this.sendMessage(source, message, MessageType.SYSTEM);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sends a chat message with a {@link Identity#nil() nil} identity to this {@link Audience}.
+   * Sends a system chat message this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType} corresponding to the provided {@link MessageType}.
    *
    * @param message a message
    * @param type the type
@@ -263,42 +275,51 @@ default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identity source, final @NotNull Componen
    * @see #sendMessage(Identified, ComponentLike, MessageType)
    * @see #sendMessage(Identity, ComponentLike, MessageType)
    * @since 4.1.0
+   * @deprecated for removal since 4.12.0, {@link MessageType} is deprecated for removal, use {@link #sendMessage(ComponentLike, ChatType)}
    */
+  @ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval(inVersion = "5.0.0")
+  @Deprecated
   @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
   default void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
-    this.sendMessage(Identity.nil(), message, type);
+    this.sendMessage(message, (ChatType) type);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sends a chat message from the given {@link Identified} to this {@link Audience}.
+   * Sends a player chat message from the given {@link Identified} to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType} corresponding to the provided {@link MessageType}.
    *
    * @param source the source of the message
    * @param message a message
    * @param type the type
    * @see Component
    * @since 4.0.0
+   * @deprecated for removal since 4.12.0, {@link MessageType} is deprecated for removal and the client errors on receiving and can reject identified messages without {@link SignedMessage} data, use {@link #sendMessage(Component, SignedMessage, PlayerIdentified, ChatType)} instead
    */
+  @ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval(inVersion = "5.0.0")
+  @Deprecated
   @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
   default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identified source, final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
     this.sendMessage(source, message.asComponent(), type);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sends a chat message from the entity represented by the given {@link Identity} (or the game using {@link Identity#nil()}) to this {@link Audience}.
+   * Sends a player chat message from the entity represented by the given {@link Identity} to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType#SYSTEM system} chat type.
    *
    * @param source the identity of the source of the message
    * @param message a message
    * @param type the type
    * @see Component
    * @since 4.0.0
+   * @deprecated for removal since 4.12.0, {@link MessageType} is deprecated for removal and the client errors on receiving and can reject identified messages without {@link SignedMessage} data, use {@link #sendMessage(Component, SignedMessage, PlayerIdentity, ChatType)} instead
    */
+  @ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval(inVersion = "5.0.0")
+  @Deprecated
   @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
   default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identity source, final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
     this.sendMessage(source, message.asComponent(), type);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sends a chat message with a {@link Identity#nil() nil} identity to this {@link Audience}.
+   * Sends a system chat message to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType} corresponding to the provided {@link MessageType}.
    *
    * @param message a message
    * @param type the type
@@ -306,37 +327,171 @@ default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identity source, final @NotNull Componen
    * @see #sendMessage(Identified, Component, MessageType)
    * @see #sendMessage(Identity, Component, MessageType)
    * @since 4.1.0
+   * @deprecated for removal since 4.12.0, {@link MessageType} is deprecated for removal, use {@link #sendMessage(Component, ChatType)} instead
    */
+  @ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval(inVersion = "5.0.0")
+  @Deprecated
   @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
   default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
-    this.sendMessage(Identity.nil(), message, type);
+    this.sendMessage(message, (ChatType) type);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sends a chat message.
+   * Sends a player chat message from the given {@link Identified} to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType} corresponding to the provided {@link MessageType}.
    *
    * @param source the source of the message
    * @param message a message
    * @param type the type
    * @see Component
    * @since 4.0.0
+   * @deprecated for removal since 4.12.0, {@link MessageType} is deprecated for removal and the client errors on receiving and can reject identified messages without {@link SignedMessage} data,  use {@link #sendMessage(Component, SignedMessage, PlayerIdentified, ChatType)} instead
    */
+  @ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval(inVersion = "5.0.0")
+  @Deprecated
   default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identified source, final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
-    this.sendMessage(source.identity(), message, type);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sends a chat message.
+   * Sends a player chat message from the entity represented by the given {@link Identity} to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType} corresponding to the provided {@link MessageType}.
    *
    * @param source the identity of the source of the message
    * @param message a message
    * @param type the type
    * @see Component
    * @since 4.0.0
+   * @deprecated for removal since 4.12.0, {@link MessageType} is deprecated for removal and the client errors on receiving and can reject identified messages without {@link SignedMessage} data, use  use {@link #sendMessage(Component, SignedMessage, PlayerIdentity, ChatType)} instead
    */
+  @ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval(inVersion = "5.0.0")
+  @Deprecated
   default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identity source, final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Sends a system chat message to this {@link Audience} with the provided {@link ChatType}.
+   *
+   * @param message the message
+   * @param chatType the chat type
+   * @since 4.12.0
+   */
+  @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+    this.sendMessage(message.asComponent(), chatType);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sends a system chat message to this {@link Audience} with the provided {@link ChatType}.
+   *
+   * @param message the message
+   * @param chatType the chat type
+   * @since 4.12.0
+   */
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sends a signed player chat message from the given {@link PlayerIdentified} to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType#CHAT chat} chat type.
+   *
+   * @param message the message
+   * @param signedMessage the signed message data
+   * @param source the source of the message
+   * @since 4.12.0
+   */
+  @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentified source) {
+    this.sendMessage(message.asComponent(), signedMessage, source);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sends a signed player chat message from the given {@link PlayerIdentified} to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType#CHAT chat} chat type.
+   *
+   * @param message the message
+   * @param signedMessage the signed message data
+   * @param source the source of the message
+   * @since 4.12.0
+   */
+  @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentified source) {
+    this.sendMessage(message, signedMessage, source, ChatType.CHAT);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sends a signed player chat message from player identified by the provided {@link PlayerIdentity} to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType#CHAT chat} chat type.
+   *
+   * @param message the message
+   * @param signedMessage the signed message data
+   * @param source the identity of the source of the message
+   * @since 4.12.0
+   */
+  @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentity source) {
+    this.sendMessage(message.asComponent(), signedMessage, source);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sends a signed player chat message from player identified by the provided {@link PlayerIdentity} to this {@link Audience} with the {@link ChatType#CHAT chat} chat type.
+   *
+   * @param message the message
+   * @param signedMessage the signed message data
+   * @param source the identity of the source of the message
+   * @since 4.12.0
+   */
+  @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentity source) {
+    this.sendMessage(message, signedMessage, source, ChatType.CHAT);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sends a signed player chat message from the given {@link PlayerIdentified} to this {@link Audience} with the provided {@link ChatType}.
+   *
+   * @param message the message
+   * @param signedMessage the signed message data
+   * @param source the source of the message
+   * @param chatType the chat type
+   * @since 4.12.0
+   */
+  @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentified source, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+    this.sendMessage(message.asComponent(), signedMessage, source, chatType);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sends a signed player chat message from the given {@link PlayerIdentified} to this {@link Audience} with the provided {@link ChatType} chat type.
+   *
+   * @param message the message
+   * @param signedMessage the signed message data
+   * @param source the source of the message
+   * @param chatType the chat type
+   * @since 4.12.0
+   */
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentified source, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sends a signed player chat message from player identified by the provided {@link PlayerIdentity} to this {@link Audience} with the provided {@link ChatType}.
+   *
+   * @param message the message
+   * @param signedMessage the signed message data
+   * @param source the identity of the source of the message
+   * @param chatType the chat type
+   * @since 4.12.0
+   */
+  @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentity source, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+    this.sendMessage(message.asComponent(), signedMessage, source, chatType);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sends a signed player chat message from player identified by the provided {@link PlayerIdentity} to this {@link Audience} with the provided {@link ChatType}.
+   *
+   * @param message the message
+   * @param signedMessage the signed message data
+   * @param source the identity of the source of the message
+   * @param chatType the chat type
+   * @since 4.12.0
+   */
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentity source, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+  }
+
   /**
    * Sends a message on the action bar.
    *
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/EmptyAudience.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/EmptyAudience.java
index 719c11c220..78737a9cb4 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/EmptyAudience.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/EmptyAudience.java
@@ -27,10 +27,15 @@
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import net.kyori.adventure.chat.ChatType;
+import net.kyori.adventure.chat.SignedMessage;
 import net.kyori.adventure.identity.Identified;
 import net.kyori.adventure.identity.Identity;
+import net.kyori.adventure.identity.PlayerIdentified;
+import net.kyori.adventure.identity.PlayerIdentity;
 import net.kyori.adventure.inventory.Book;
 import net.kyori.adventure.pointer.Pointer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.ComponentLike;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Contract;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -70,23 +75,39 @@ public void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identified source, final @NotNull ComponentLike message) {
+  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identity source, final @NotNull ComponentLike message) {
+  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
+  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentified source) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identified source, final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
+  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentified source) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identity source, final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
+  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentity source) {
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentified source, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull ComponentLike message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentity source, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identified source, final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identity source, final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/ForwardingAudience.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/ForwardingAudience.java
index 3bd50c7e1f..989de3efd9 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/ForwardingAudience.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/ForwardingAudience.java
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import net.kyori.adventure.bossbar.BossBar;
+import net.kyori.adventure.chat.ChatType;
+import net.kyori.adventure.chat.SignedMessage;
 import net.kyori.adventure.identity.Identified;
 import net.kyori.adventure.identity.Identity;
+import net.kyori.adventure.identity.PlayerIdentified;
+import net.kyori.adventure.identity.PlayerIdentity;
 import net.kyori.adventure.inventory.Book;
 import net.kyori.adventure.pointer.Pointer;
 import net.kyori.adventure.pointer.Pointers;
@@ -96,12 +100,32 @@ default void forEachAudience(final @NotNull Consumer<? super Audience> action) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identified source, final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identified source, final @NotNull Component message) {
+    for (final Audience audience : this.audiences()) audience.sendMessage(source, message);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+    for (final Audience audience : this.audiences()) audience.sendMessage(message, chatType);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentified source, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+    for (final Audience audience : this.audiences()) audience.sendMessage(message, signedMessage, source, chatType);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentity source, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+    for (final Audience audience : this.audiences()) audience.sendMessage(message, signedMessage, source, chatType);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  default void sendMessage(@NotNull Identified source, @NotNull Component message, @NotNull MessageType type) {
     for (final Audience audience : this.audiences()) audience.sendMessage(source, message, type);
   }
 
   @Override
-  default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identity source, final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
+  default void sendMessage(@NotNull Identity source, @NotNull Component message, @NotNull MessageType type) {
     for (final Audience audience : this.audiences()) audience.sendMessage(source, message, type);
   }
 
@@ -236,6 +260,26 @@ default void forEachAudience(final @NotNull Consumer<? super Audience> action) {
       return this.audience().pointers();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identified source, final @NotNull Component message) {
+      this.audience().sendMessage(source, message);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+      this.audience().sendMessage(message, chatType);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentified source, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+      this.audience().sendMessage(message, signedMessage, source, chatType);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull SignedMessage signedMessage, final @NotNull PlayerIdentity source, final @NotNull ChatType chatType) {
+      this.audience().sendMessage(message, signedMessage, source, chatType);
+    }
+
     @Override
     default void sendMessage(final @NotNull Identified source, final @NotNull Component message, final @NotNull MessageType type) {
       this.audience().sendMessage(source, message, type);
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/chat/ChatType.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/chat/ChatType.java
index 8027782867..e009310217 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/chat/ChatType.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/chat/ChatType.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
  * @sinceMinecraft 1.19
  */
 public interface ChatType extends Examinable, Keyed {
-  // todo should these be in another class/interface so as not to conflict with any implementations?
   /**
    * A chat message from a player.
    *
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ public interface ChatType extends Examinable, Keyed {
    * @since 4.12.0
    * @sinceMinecraft 1.19
    */
-  // todo TELLRAW or TELL_RAW? mc is inconsistent here (see teammsg)
   ChatType TELL_RAW_COMMAND = new ChatTypeImpl(Key.key("tellraw_command"));
 
   /**
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/chat/SignedMessage.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/chat/SignedMessage.java
index c8aaba4fd9..9fecfef221 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/chat/SignedMessage.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/chat/SignedMessage.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  * @since 4.12.0
  * @sinceMinecraft 1.19
  */
-@ApiStatus.NonExtendable // todo do we want this? realistically nobody but platforms should be making these..
+@ApiStatus.NonExtendable
 public interface SignedMessage extends PlayerIdentified {
   /**
    * The time that the message was sent.
@@ -64,5 +64,6 @@ public interface SignedMessage extends PlayerIdentified {
    * @since 4.12.0
    * @sinceMinecraft 1.19
    */
+  @Contract(pure = true)
   byte[] signature();
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/identity/PlayerIdentity.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/identity/PlayerIdentity.java
index 28ce4eb6c2..7f23a82faf 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/identity/PlayerIdentity.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/identity/PlayerIdentity.java
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import net.kyori.adventure.Adventure;
+import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
+import net.kyori.adventure.pointer.Pointer;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.examination.Examinable;
 import net.kyori.examination.ExaminableProperty;
@@ -39,7 +42,13 @@
  * @since 4.12.0
  */
 public interface PlayerIdentity extends Examinable, Identity {
-  // todo do we want identity/identified overloads here?
+  /**
+   * A pointer to a team name.
+   *
+   * @since 4.12.0
+   */
+  Pointer<Component> TEAM_NAME = Pointer.pointer(Component.class, Key.key(Adventure.NAMESPACE, "team_name"));
+
   /**
    * Creates a new player identity.
    *