What does a dragon's voice sound like?
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pawsplay
Hero
Wallace Shawn?
Andy Dick!
"Oh, ple-ease. I supposed you're hear to slay me now, is that it? Well, thanks a lot! I suppose you think you're the first person who's ever had that idea. Anything you want to say before we get to the slaying? Oh, you little @#$@#%, trying to get the jump on me! WELL, HOW ABOUT ME NOW, PRINCESS?!!"
Thunderfoot
Hero
Depending upon his/her size and ability - any way he/she damn well pleases. 
pawsplay
Hero
The key to a good NPC voice is not to try to speak in an unnatural way. RPGs are a game of imagination and your players should supply the character's true voice in their imagination. It is your job to suggest it. So, if you don't have a deep voice, speaking a little lower and trying to use more breath, so you're a little louder, may be enough to identify what is different about the NPC's voice. You're a storyteller, not an impression artist. If you listen to a book-on-CD narrated by Patrick Stewart, he's not going to go into a falsetto most likely for female characters. Instead, he's going to suggest more feminine characters, by using touches that suggest the character, rather than imitate them.
Bedrockgames
I post in the voice of Christopher Walken
True. But Peter McNichol would. If you've never heard his narration of the Dragonlance Trilogies, I highly suggest tracking them down (if only to hear his Tika voice).
Based on McNichol's performance, I think you are right. A guy trying to sound like a girl or a girl trying to sound like a guy, is really distracting more than anything else. Unless you are going for humor in your games (we have a GM in our group is does a wonderful Old Lady Who Smokes voice).
TheAuldGrump
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Sorry, all we could afford was Neil Connery....
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jckMZB854fs]Very, very sorry....[/ame]
The Auld Grump
Richard Burton
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