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Author: GreatDinn

Guest Author’s Note:
“I like voices (I know, shocking). I like to use voices as shorthand. This character is big and threatening, they have a deeper voice; this character is timid, they get a higher pitched voice, or a stutter; this character is batty, they get breathy and wildly alter pitch, etc. But I’m not actually a big proponent of the ‘all characters must have special voices’ aspect that’s popped up in RPGs as of late. I certainly enjoy adding flavor to a character via an accent, or a change in timbre, but I don’t think it’s what makes or breaks a character. Heck, it’s not even that important in voice acting. If you think about the voice more than the character themselves, you’re going to miss out on a lot of opportunities.

And for those occasions when out-of-character voice gets mixed with in-character? It’s easy enough to clarify.

Story Time prompt: Any occasions in your RPG history where a voice was used to great or poor effect? (Forgotten Ones players, please spare me from the many barbs I definitely deserve.)”

MD: While you figure out what you might want to look up: Applejack, and Pinkie Pie, while you’re finishing preparations for the Fall Formal, Sunset Shimmer enters the gym with two minions.
AJ: Here we go again.
MD: How did you decorate the room Pinkie Pie?
PP: Iunno. Streamers, balloons, confetti, the usual stuff? It’s just a school dance.
MD: “Is this supposed to be a dance or a child’s birthday party? I’m not surprised this was the best you could come up with.”
PP: What the heck, you didn’t even tell me what the theme was!
MD: That was just in-character, she’s being a jerk. “It’s my coronation, and I expect everything to be perfect.” “Yeah, less balloons!” “Fewer streamers!”
AJ: What was that voice?
MD: Menacing? No, yeah, I heard it too. Chumps it is.