Adamantrue
2020-10-31, 02:42 PM
Sometimes a playgroup can develop weird habits.
In old playgroups I've been in, when we were speaking in a non-Common language, we would do impressions. Celebrity impressions, specific movie or TV characters, sometimes just an impression of someone we all knew.
I'm sure its not an original idea, though I haven't seen it mentioned before.
It was effective for the games, but it was also surprisingly fun. Especially if someone couldn't do a "good" impression. Not necessarily a good idea for something like a horror campaign, but to add some levity or light-heartedness its great.
So, I was thinking of "formalizing it, for future games I would run, and I'm compiling a new list. I'm trying to get rid of the inside-jokes, so I can roll into a new playgroup without having to come up with something new on the fly. Problem is, there were a LOT of inside jokes, so I have to fill in a lot.
I figured I'd toss it out here in case others would want to try it, or give better ideas than I could come up with.
Fair warning and a Suggestion- If you already have an established "voice" for an NPC, remember to do an impression of a person doing an impression. It is challenging, but hilarious.
Common: Normal voice (or character voice) Note: In non-Human games where another language is dominant, we used Larry the Cable Guy
Abyssal: Megatron from Transformers Beast Wars (...yes...)
Aquan: Mer-Man from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (lots of gargling while talking)
Auran:
Celestial: Castiel from Supernatural (I don't understand that reference)
Draconic: Sean Connery
Druidic: Tamarian from Star Trek (Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra, but use pop-culture references)
Dwarf:
Elf: Elvis (singing is allowed)
Giant: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Gnome: Inigo Montoya from Princess Bride (tribute to a character in an old game, NOT giving this up)
Goblin:
Gnoll:
Halfling:
Ignan:
Infernal: Tim Curry (try for "Darkness" from Legend, often devolves into Frank N. Furter, don't try too hard to fight it)
Orc: Grimlock from Transformers G1
Sylvan:
Terran:
Undercommon: Normal, but muffled with your hand over your mouth (sometimes comes across as Bane from Dark Knight Rises)
In old playgroups I've been in, when we were speaking in a non-Common language, we would do impressions. Celebrity impressions, specific movie or TV characters, sometimes just an impression of someone we all knew.
I'm sure its not an original idea, though I haven't seen it mentioned before.
It was effective for the games, but it was also surprisingly fun. Especially if someone couldn't do a "good" impression. Not necessarily a good idea for something like a horror campaign, but to add some levity or light-heartedness its great.
So, I was thinking of "formalizing it, for future games I would run, and I'm compiling a new list. I'm trying to get rid of the inside-jokes, so I can roll into a new playgroup without having to come up with something new on the fly. Problem is, there were a LOT of inside jokes, so I have to fill in a lot.
I figured I'd toss it out here in case others would want to try it, or give better ideas than I could come up with.
Fair warning and a Suggestion- If you already have an established "voice" for an NPC, remember to do an impression of a person doing an impression. It is challenging, but hilarious.
Common: Normal voice (or character voice) Note: In non-Human games where another language is dominant, we used Larry the Cable Guy
Abyssal: Megatron from Transformers Beast Wars (...yes...)
Aquan: Mer-Man from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (lots of gargling while talking)
Auran:
Celestial: Castiel from Supernatural (I don't understand that reference)
Draconic: Sean Connery
Druidic: Tamarian from Star Trek (Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra, but use pop-culture references)
Dwarf:
Elf: Elvis (singing is allowed)
Giant: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Gnome: Inigo Montoya from Princess Bride (tribute to a character in an old game, NOT giving this up)
Goblin:
Gnoll:
Halfling:
Ignan:
Infernal: Tim Curry (try for "Darkness" from Legend, often devolves into Frank N. Furter, don't try too hard to fight it)
Orc: Grimlock from Transformers G1
Sylvan:
Terran:
Undercommon: Normal, but muffled with your hand over your mouth (sometimes comes across as Bane from Dark Knight Rises)