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<blockquote data-quote="DarrenGMiller" data-source="post: 1967819" data-attributes="member: 23174">I am not sure that I qualify as using different voices for NPC's, and certainly not a different one for each NPC (if I did, I could be famous, having DM'ed for so long and in so many different campaigns), but I do try to use different approaches, as others have stated.&nbsp;I am decent with some accents and horrible with others, but since I am a singer, I do attempt to create a variety of vocal timbres for various NPC's.&nbsp; My male voices are obviously better than my female voices (being a male with a relatively deep voice).&nbsp; I also try to incorporate vocal tics, colloquialisms, various vocal cadences/rhythms/tempos, and a host of other things.&nbsp;I have experimented with accents and tend to go Scottish for Dwarves (stereotype... probably from Warcraft), soft and sinsong and almost a hint of Irish for Elves, a slight French inflection for Gnomes (not too obvious though), some barbarous peoples get a touch of Ahhhnold (not to imply anything except that Conan is the default barbarian, and halflings get my best Frodo or Samwise (a la movie trilogy) impresssions (which are not that good).&nbsp; Serpents and lizards get a lissssssthpy long &quot;s&quot; timbre, while creatures like Drow that are just evil and pretty intelligent tend to speak more slowly than the more flighty and short-lived races.&nbsp; Treants speak ex - ceeeeed - innnnnggg - lyyyyyy slooooooooooooow - lyyyyyyyyy and small faeries races like brownies and such speaksoquickylthattheirwordsalmostruntogether.&nbsp;Those are all I can think of at the moment.&nbsp;DM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DarrenGMiller, post: 1967819, member: 23174"] I am not sure that I qualify as using different voices for NPC's, and certainly not a different one for each NPC (if I did, I could be famous, having DM'ed for so long and in so many different campaigns), but I do try to use different approaches, as others have stated. I am decent with some accents and horrible with others, but since I am a singer, I do attempt to create a variety of vocal timbres for various NPC's. My male voices are obviously better than my female voices (being a male with a relatively deep voice). I also try to incorporate vocal tics, colloquialisms, various vocal cadences/rhythms/tempos, and a host of other things. I have experimented with accents and tend to go Scottish for Dwarves (stereotype... probably from Warcraft), soft and sinsong and almost a hint of Irish for Elves, a slight French inflection for Gnomes (not too obvious though), some barbarous peoples get a touch of Ahhhnold (not to imply anything except that Conan is the default barbarian, and halflings get my best Frodo or Samwise (a la movie trilogy) impresssions (which are not that good). Serpents and lizards get a lissssssthpy long "s" timbre, while creatures like Drow that are just evil and pretty intelligent tend to speak more slowly than the more flighty and short-lived races. Treants speak ex - ceeeeed - innnnnggg - lyyyyyy slooooooooooooow - lyyyyyyyyy and small faeries races like brownies and such speaksoquickylthattheirwordsalmostruntogether. Those are all I can think of at the moment. DM [/QUOTE]

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