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<blockquote data-quote="Herobizkit" data-source="post: 3413149" data-attributes="member: 36150">Running and playing in Solo campaigns has become my forte over the years, and so I've gotten quite adept at differentiating between groups of two, three, or even four NPC's speaking to one another.&nbsp; The trick is to use different manners of speech; tone, vocabulary, speed, and even degrees of enunciation can do it.For example, I played a solo campaign with one PC and (up to) a group of 7 NPCs of various types and attitudes.* The fiery priestess was all about &quot;women's rights&quot;, how women should be treated as equals.&nbsp; She would scold the PC often if he started to get too chauvinistic.&nbsp; She spoke in &quot;proper&quot; English.* The &quot;best friend&quot; warrior spoke simply and quietly, only occasionally using slang.* the female sexpot assassin was a loudmouth, using slang and sexual innuendo all the time.* The black Monk was, to be short, the &quot;token black guy&quot;.&nbsp; He was actually the first NPC to get &quot;settled&quot; and go off-screen because I couldn't keep faking &quot;ebonics&quot;. * The lizardman barbarian spoke like Dinobot from Beast Wars Transformers.&nbsp; A riot.* The tiefling Bard spoke like a snobby noble, making everyone aware of his station and trating people accordingly.* the &quot;pretty girl in smart clothing&quot; Bard/Sorceress I modeled after Edie from the Brendan Fraser version of &quot;The Mummy&quot;, British accent and all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Herobizkit, post: 3413149, member: 36150"] Running and playing in Solo campaigns has become my forte over the years, and so I've gotten quite adept at differentiating between groups of two, three, or even four NPC's speaking to one another. The trick is to use different manners of speech; tone, vocabulary, speed, and even degrees of enunciation can do it. For example, I played a solo campaign with one PC and (up to) a group of 7 NPCs of various types and attitudes. * The fiery priestess was all about "women's rights", how women should be treated as equals. She would scold the PC often if he started to get too chauvinistic. She spoke in "proper" English. * The "best friend" warrior spoke simply and quietly, only occasionally using slang. * the female sexpot assassin was a loudmouth, using slang and sexual innuendo all the time. * The black Monk was, to be short, the "token black guy". He was actually the first NPC to get "settled" and go off-screen because I couldn't keep faking "ebonics". * The lizardman barbarian spoke like Dinobot from Beast Wars Transformers. A riot. * The tiefling Bard spoke like a snobby noble, making everyone aware of his station and trating people accordingly. * the "pretty girl in smart clothing" Bard/Sorceress I modeled after Edie from the Brendan Fraser version of "The Mummy", British accent and all. [/QUOTE]

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