What does a dragon's voice sound like?

[fba827]

Search for clips about Granamyr from He-Man.

(There are two different episodes where He-Man meets Granamyr the dragon). He has a very old but soft voice, with a very hauty personality that thinks of humans as pests.

Though his personality is adjusted slightly between his first and second episode appearance.

I don't recall the title of the first episode, but his second episode appearance was called Return of Granamyr.

random fun fact: in the commentary on the he-man dvd set, they mention that granamyr was "based on a dragon used in his D&D game" (I can't recall if it was a writer, director, or producer that said this).


You could also look for clips of Alomar from Pirates of Dark Water episode called "The Quest" though his presence is really really short.

Or Conan the Adventurer cartoon, the Kari dragon appears in about 3 episodes, but I don't recall their titles off the top of my head.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

Because dragons in D&D are so powerful and draconic is so often made out to be "the language of magic", I ike to think of them as having a very unearthly, super-human quality to their voice. How you pull that off in a gaming session, I've got no idea, other than mere description:
While speaking to "normal folk", they might be whispery or raspy or monotone, so as not to dazed the mortals.

But when speaking to other powerful beings, the sensation is more surreal, maybe something like: "The silver dragon sounds like James Earl Jones, Patrick Stewart, Betty White, Chris Rock and Jimmy Stuart, all speaking simultaneously through a pure-silver pipe organ echoing in a cathedral built of crystal and rubber. When he speaks, bright objects seem to take on faint colorful haloes, and the mild taste of some undefined exotic spice washes over your tongue."

Basically, talking to a dragon is trippy. And licking a dragon is utterly mind-blowing, man!

 

[Mark CMG]

Wallace Shawn?


You've beaten my kobolds, which means you're at least as tough as a domestic cat, so you'd still need a magic sword to beat me, trusting on your fire resistant shield to save you, so I can clearly not choose to fight you on the ground. But, you've also bested my stirges, which means you must have a ranged weapon, and in doing so quickly you must be a decent shot, thus I can divine that you might also have magic arrows, so I can clearly not choose to fight you from the air.

 

[Stormonu]

I've always been partial to the depiction of Smaug inthe Rankin-Bass production of the hobbit. A calm, grandfatherly voice, but animalistic when enraged. I'd link to a youtube video, but I can't seem to figure out how from a ipad.

 

[Glade Riven]

I like to think that a dragon may sound like Slythe from the Thundercats, yeesss?

 

[howandwhy99]

John Huston

Or simply talk as low as you can without hurting your voice. In whisper or in shout. These are big creatures.

 

[Starfox]

Sean Connery

 

[TheAuldGrump]

A basso profondo, with reverb.

Alan Rickman (says the guy with Alan Rickman as his avatar)
James Earl Jones
Orson Wells
Charles Dance
Michael Dorn
Keith David
Gordon Bok
Harry Belafonte
Max VonSydow

For humor:
Abe Vigoda
Billy Crystal
Queen Latifa

The Auld Grump

 

[Glade Riven]

I can see Orson Wells - he did a good job playing a planet eating robot.

Antonio Banderas, Dave Chappel (as Rick James, b****!), William Shatner (KHAAAAAN!), Lenard Nemoy (actually, he does a good villain voice)...

Ooo...I know, Mark Hamil. Sure, most people know him from his Skywalker days, but he does great Big Bad Evil Guys (like Joker from Batman: The Animated Series or Fire Lord Ozai from Avatar for something more recent).

 

[KingSoft]

Mark Hamil's Joker is one of my favorite voices of all time, but I just could not keep a straight face with a dragon cackling like a hyena, which is what my poor impression of the joker would end up being.