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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4793865" data-attributes="member: 19675">Its been mentioned before, but it bears repeating- imitate a celebrity...or maybe even someone your group knows.There are probably one or two people you can mimic well enough to set your PC apart.I'm a bit more gifted in that area than most, but it still illustrates the power of doing this:1) I did an Elvis impression as the voice of a creature one party's Druid had Awakened.2) I did a Ronald Reagan impression as the voice of a wise but addled priest who was a common adviser to a party.3) As a player, I did a Monty Python French knight thing as the voice of...well...a French Paladin.4) Also as a player, I did a Rocky Balboa/Sylvester Stallone voice for a dim-witted warrior.  Most of THAT was mumbling and incoherent.5) I used an Arnold Schwarzenegger impression as the voice for a Minotaur I was playing...and every Minotaur since then has sounded a bit "Austrian."In each case, the PCs were quite distinct and a blast to play.  In certain cases, other players actually played in such a way as to force me to use those voices, just for giggles- like making the Sly Stallone fighter convince someone to let the party into a building.</blockquote>