How to do crazy NPC voices in Dungeons & Dragons/Tabletop RPGs!

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  • @moroccangemsbok8723
    @moroccangemsbok87236 жыл бұрын

    "They're nerds too, and they won't judge you for it." So true...

  • @I-VisiBomb-I

    @I-VisiBomb-I

    4 жыл бұрын

    oh, they WILL judge you, but they'll avoid making voices themselves, because they're too insecure about it.

  • @Korrupt27

    @Korrupt27

    4 жыл бұрын

    I VisiBomb I Not always

  • @calebharper5019
    @calebharper50195 жыл бұрын

    Every female voice I try to do ends up being the classic female Monty Python voice

  • @MissRuthina

    @MissRuthina

    4 жыл бұрын

    That made me laugh a lot. Good job! Every accent my husband does turns into a bad Irish accent. Unless it's the bad Russian accent. They are literally the best thing in my life

  • @binguspogglebonk7089

    @binguspogglebonk7089

    4 жыл бұрын

    My goblin PC has a scratchy Russian accent but bc I suc it’s horrible

  • @simoncollignon4437

    @simoncollignon4437

    3 жыл бұрын

    Caleb Harper monty python are the best so be happy.

  • @pizzaisyummy1004

    @pizzaisyummy1004

    2 жыл бұрын

    My female voices are actually better then my male ones. And im male

  • @FuzunRobot
    @FuzunRobot5 жыл бұрын

    7:27 - The Tough 13:30 - The Wise 17:38 - The Innocent 19:38 - The Crazy 22:32 - The Pathetic

  • @jelly-filleddonuts1874

    @jelly-filleddonuts1874

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gabriel de Mello thank you, this list is great for when I just want to review these voices on a rewatch

  • @kevinmcc100

    @kevinmcc100

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol thanks, I appreciate him doing this but that 7:27 minutes was not necessary

  • @johngrim5088

    @johngrim5088

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @shaegoldstin

    @shaegoldstin

    4 жыл бұрын

    thank you!

  • @game_shork5661

    @game_shork5661

    3 жыл бұрын

    0:05 gobln

  • @danielknight8351
    @danielknight83517 жыл бұрын

    I ran a DnD game last night and was told my voices made the session. Thanks Mark, for your insane tips that somehow work

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic comment to get! :D Thanks and glad it helped!

  • @allie-ontheweb
    @allie-ontheweb7 жыл бұрын

    I think that confidence is so important for things like this - I often feel pretty jealous of Mark on High Rollers since I'd love to be that confident.

  • @chrisbarnes4749

    @chrisbarnes4749

    7 жыл бұрын

    You know that you're a bit of a celebrity in the High Rollers community now, right Alex?

  • @SixFourSucks

    @SixFourSucks

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure it helps, but I think just enjoying it helps a lot more! I don't have great confidence but I relish the chance to do a variety of voices as a player and DM. It's also quite an amazing feeling to portray an entire scene of different people talking in first person using nothing but your voice.

  • @allie-ontheweb

    @allie-ontheweb

    7 жыл бұрын

    Chris Barnes Yeah, I guess so :)

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    My confidence comes from the fact that I am playing with good friends (who laugh with me at my cringey moments) and can relax. Maybe even give your friends a heads up and say "Gonna try doing some different stuff this time guys, try to just roll with it" etc. :)

  • @FunLovingPotato
    @FunLovingPotato7 жыл бұрын

    Mark, I would have literally just watched an entire video of you pulling voices out of your arse. xD

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hahah, maybe one day. ;) I do love just doing dumb voices!

  • @ftlcaptain2417
    @ftlcaptain24177 жыл бұрын

    I now have a mental image of Korak with a stone caught in his throat and that's how he has his really deep voice.

  • @borderlineben7610

    @borderlineben7610

    7 жыл бұрын

    FTL Captain He's just constantly choking on a rock that caught there. Talk about gravel!

  • @Vargavinter83
    @Vargavinter837 жыл бұрын

    The main reason I prefer to speak English when I dm and play dnd is because there are so many accents you can use that we can associate with fantasy instead of Swedish. But one does what one can. Voices and accents give so much flavor to the game. Great vid, Mark! Very inspiring.

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    I hadn't considered how other languages could affect DMing, but that's kinda cool to know! TYVM!

  • @oOPPHOo

    @oOPPHOo

    7 жыл бұрын

    Damn, I know this too well. I remember getting curious about TTRPGs a few years ago. I somehow brought it up to two old friends of mine and we arranged a game. The second session they made me a DM and the first thing I said was, "alright guys, we have a lot of NPCs in this campaign and since I can only do so much with mannerism, pitch and texture, I'll also be using accents to make them stand out from one another. I can't do a Scottish or even a Spanish accent in Danish, because you never hear those people speak Danish, so we're all switching to English"

  • @h_b_

    @h_b_

    7 жыл бұрын

    It just feels more 'right' to speak english, in D&D. id' say Danish just sound to boring. Plus danish aren't good at other accents, other than the nordic languages.

  • @feedthebeastgaming

    @feedthebeastgaming

    7 жыл бұрын

    Same with me and norwegian, can't really do much with it unless I don't care about offending every other dialect, luckily my friends also like using english for fantasy games

  • @guillermorelobalopez7553

    @guillermorelobalopez7553

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ikr, every English-speaking dwarf is either Scottish or Irish, and it is cool cause it is a consolidated trope. But if I made every gnome in my world Argentinian or Mexican (and we Spanish speakers have hundreds of accents with more than twenty countries to pick from) it would seem either plainly stupid or even racist.

  • @wizzzard999
    @wizzzard9997 жыл бұрын

    Only one can do a granny Trell voice, it cannot be copied XD

  • @AnimeWolf5193
    @AnimeWolf51934 жыл бұрын

    The most important part, at leasr for me, is having fun doing your voice. When you have fun doing a voice, it's infectious, and it adds so much more to your campaign.

  • @Sc0ts
    @Sc0ts7 жыл бұрын

    We need Matt to explain Granny Trell perfectly for us

  • @hamishwoodland7424
    @hamishwoodland74247 жыл бұрын

    I would watch this on silent if I were you. Then imagine it is a man being stung by bees from the waist down.

  • @hamishwoodland7424

    @hamishwoodland7424

    7 жыл бұрын

    Specifically the start

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    :P

  • @Qu33nAl3x

    @Qu33nAl3x

    7 жыл бұрын

    also put it on 2 times speed

  • @jonathanmoore577
    @jonathanmoore5777 жыл бұрын

    Great video Mark, I'm going to use this for the voices of my NPCs in my edge of the empire campaign I'm running

  • @Deunstephe
    @Deunstephe7 жыл бұрын

    i love doing silly voices with my friends, can't wait to (hopefully) do it in d&d. just caught up with high rollers, sadly couldn't catch the stream sunday, but the VOD is up and i really loved your frost giant's "scandinavian" voice. keep up the good stuff!

  • @Michael_Shay
    @Michael_Shay7 жыл бұрын

    I dm for the first time in 3 minutes xD

  • @elofkarlsson6343

    @elofkarlsson6343

    7 жыл бұрын

    A bit late perhaps. But how did it go? :)

  • @Michael_Shay

    @Michael_Shay

    7 жыл бұрын

    It went pretty good, I've always been pretty good at voices but everything helps

  • @nicolascampos6670

    @nicolascampos6670

    6 жыл бұрын

    Michael Shay 10/10 icon

  • @simply42

    @simply42

    5 жыл бұрын

    So, uh... How did the campaign go?

  • @Korrupt27

    @Korrupt27

    4 жыл бұрын

    I know this is three years ago but good luck to the past you

  • @goodmorning1465
    @goodmorning14654 жыл бұрын

    *reaching very high pitched voices* me: huh that kinda sounds like me. oh no

  • @lawrencemartin9300
    @lawrencemartin93007 жыл бұрын

    Love this video! The voices are definately one of the awesome things about D&D (And High rollers) Can't wait for the next Weekly video. Keep it up Mark! :D

  • @damirsfist
    @damirsfist5 жыл бұрын

    These are fantastic tips! Especially the physicality and points of voice projection! Thank you ser

  • @randomfeller
    @randomfeller2 жыл бұрын

    This is a great video for voice over actors in general. There aren’t a ton of detailed videos for creating character voices for voice over on KZread, surprisingly. I recently started D&D a few weeks ago to work on my character improv and came across voicing D&D characters videos, like this one, as I was researching gameplay in general, and they are so much better than the videos focused on voice over. Very well done bud!

  • @cypherix93
    @cypherix934 жыл бұрын

    For me, I do these voices when I am driving by myself. I play out entire conversations between NPCs I have in my campaign on my drive to work, or doing groceries etc. It feels amazing to have the privacy and no limit on "how loud you can be"... looking at my wife >_>

  • @feedthebeastgaming
    @feedthebeastgaming7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this Mark, I listened to your advice and started practicing weird/silly/funny voices when I am alone, found it really fun and can't wait to use it in sessions

  • @NerdyByNatureGames
    @NerdyByNatureGames7 жыл бұрын

    I just had my first session as DM for our group and I love doing the voices! You and Mercer are such a joy to watch and, quite frankly, steal ideas for voices from :) Just subbed. Great idea, this channel. Cheers, Mark!

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks friend! And welcome!

  • @NerdyByNatureGames

    @NerdyByNatureGames

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tabletop Weekly thank YOU! Keep up the good work!

  • @GeorgePikalov
    @GeorgePikalov4 жыл бұрын

    Perfect voices and very valuable explanations. You feel so comfortable acting out different characters.

  • @AndrewSmith-fq5pw
    @AndrewSmith-fq5pw7 жыл бұрын

    I love this video, it's helped me with the voices of the NPCs i'm doing. One being a D&D creation of my Larp Character Northorn (he's got a gruff, slightly Northorn accent) and the other being a Dijjin(inspired by Robin Williams). It also helped with my Snow Elven Princess, Helayna Frostwalker, Evocation Wizard

  • @TheMattork
    @TheMattork7 жыл бұрын

    Great video Mark, I like to do voices as well and will definitely do them whenever I DM. I think the physicality aspect is pretty important like you said, I always try have my body portray the character as well. I have some funny voiced characters that I'm just waiting for my players to come across in my WoW RPG game, including a Gnome couple who are like 190 years old.

  • @makasher100
    @makasher1004 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video, your tips are practical and easy to understand!

  • @walkermoore9518
    @walkermoore95184 жыл бұрын

    @Sherlock Hulmes Thank you for the video! This will be a huge help for my games! This is truly wonderful content.

  • @keithmccormack7848
    @keithmccormack78485 жыл бұрын

    great video man. i took a ton of notes and found myself constantly rewinding. this will help me greatly as a dm

  • @GearsOfZack
    @GearsOfZack7 жыл бұрын

    Hey Mark, thanks a lot for these tips and tricks. I've watched High Rollers since it started and love it to bits! As some who loves D&D but can't play it due to lack of friends who dare to jump into the world of D&D I really appreciate that you share these things, because it makes me more confidant in trying to get people to play it and someday become a awesome DM like you.

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Look for people in online groups, or maybe just invite your friends over and dump pre-made characters in their lap and start narrating a scene. See if they roll with it. ;) I know plenty of people who turned their noses up at TTRPGs but then actually loved playing them. ;)

  • @SuccubusKayko
    @SuccubusKayko7 жыл бұрын

    I actually really enjoyed this video. It actually reminded me of some of the things I learned in choir a long time ago. How to make certain sounds and pitches, ya know? Thanks so much for making this video.

  • @izabella4242
    @izabella42427 жыл бұрын

    This was brilliant, thanks Mark. Found this really useful and hopefully it will help me in the future with characters. :)

  • @ShinjiHoshi
    @ShinjiHoshi7 жыл бұрын

    thanks for the coaching ;) I will have these tips in my mind when I DM for the first time :)

  • @jayphillips4167
    @jayphillips41677 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mark, very helpful. I've been watching High Rollers lately and caught up from the beginning in a week, I've managed to watch the last 7 episodes live now and it's really got me into D&D. Me and my friends hav now got two sessions running and last week I DM'd TLMOP but I just thaught that it was a bit bland without the crazy voices so this is very helpful for me. Thanks again

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped! Sometimes I find if the DM is willing to be a bit silly and do voices it can encourage the players to RP a bit more as well and that can lead to more interesting developments and stories! Sorry for the slow reply, been so damn busy! :O

  • @jayphillips4167

    @jayphillips4167

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tabletop Weekly that's ok, I'm sure your busy with Jingle JAM and all of the streams happening. I have another question though, when are all of the Yogs going to Insomnia?

  • @abeingofpureenergy
    @abeingofpureenergy5 жыл бұрын

    This is insanely helpful to me as an aspiring DM. Thanks Mark!

  • @KellieMSolar
    @KellieMSolar7 жыл бұрын

    Nice video, Mark! It's actually a little easier for me to understand what you're talking about because I'm in choir. Will definitely remember this when I start DMing again :3

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm amazed I actually made any sense! XD

  • @wookiescott
    @wookiescott7 жыл бұрын

    absolutely amazing Mark! really helpful. hoping to get my mates into a game of DND soon all because of high rollers and the hatfilms Christmas stream last year!

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Look out for a new Hat Films RPG this Jingle Jam! ;) Chub Chub will return!

  • @richardkirke
    @richardkirke6 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Using physicality to inform voices is a great tip!

  • @ek7589
    @ek75896 жыл бұрын

    This is super helpful and well done! Thanks so much!

  • @TitanReece
    @TitanReece7 жыл бұрын

    Hey Mark, loving the content you are creating and high rollers. just watched 30+ hours of high roller streams and still have more to watch as I have had no time to watch them due to studies. A video I would love to see is how you create and setup character sheets and spells, mainly the entire process of character creation. Keep up the great work. Congrats on hitting 1 million dollars on the jingle jam :)

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Character Creation is the next "big" D&D Tutorial I want to do, as I think it's something a lot of folks get confused by! Thanks for watching! :D

  • @TitanReece

    @TitanReece

    7 жыл бұрын

    Great! cant wait will you also be covering multiclassing at some point as i have a player that would like to and would be great to know a bit more about how it works :) keep up the great work really enjoying the content you are producing

  • @bluepotato1371
    @bluepotato13714 жыл бұрын

    That visualization method really helps! Thanks!

  • @PS2_Peter_Pan
    @PS2_Peter_Pan7 жыл бұрын

    This was a great episode and it helped a lot. Thanks

  • @HarmelodicOld
    @HarmelodicOld7 жыл бұрын

    I love doing stupid voices. This is awesome. My favourites are a Smeagol-like one and a demon one because I can get it super deep and growly. Love the video, Mark!

  • @Qwertyish
    @Qwertyish7 жыл бұрын

    This video was super helpful not just for DND but also since i like doing wierd funny voices for drama so thanks Mark. p.s I like how there's just a coke can lying on your desk.

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    There's always a can of coke somewhere. ;)

  • @Qwertyish

    @Qwertyish

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tabletop Weekly Noice

  • @kierancowan5960
    @kierancowan59607 жыл бұрын

    Lovely video! I shall try to remember these tips for my next session :D

  • @SixFourSucks
    @SixFourSucks7 жыл бұрын

    The talking to yourself is the best advice, I do it while I'm doing chores, cleaning, sat alone etc, and just voice scenes from movies, books, scenes in my head, songs in an accent etc etc, it's something that the more you do it, the more comfortable you will get.

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yep! 100% agree with this!

  • @ZeNightmare1001
    @ZeNightmare10017 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant video! I think just about anyone can learn at least one new thing from this right here. Thank you for all the tips!

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

  • @doctortequila5268
    @doctortequila52686 жыл бұрын

    Vicktor, the black powder merchant! Ha-ha!

  • @rkgrkg
    @rkgrkg5 жыл бұрын

    So helpful! Nicely done. Thanks! I'll try some of these out on my esl students when I read dialogue, lol.

  • @leonijorna4891
    @leonijorna48917 жыл бұрын

    *tiny clapping* Honestly I love seeing the thought process behind the magic (especially as it's a wee bit insane! haha) This was actually super helpful to me and you're an amazing voice actor! (almost as talented as Granny Trell!) Thank you for doing what you do!

  • @jamesobrien8246
    @jamesobrien82467 жыл бұрын

    Hey mark! I love Highrollers!

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks James!

  • @paorio600
    @paorio6007 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you advertised your channel on the office cam, now I know you have a channel

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Welcome! My selling out clearly worked! :D

  • @ILikeGreenDay
    @ILikeGreenDay7 жыл бұрын

    What you demonstrated with the different resonances was really cool and is extremely important in singing as well. Understanding the chest/head resonances will help you shape your vocal tone and colour. The "voice being pulled out the top of your head" is what my singing teacher always tells me to visualize when I try to sing higher notes. Top tips m8

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    I wasn't just talking nonsense?! I remembered something from my singing lessons?! :O Glad it was sensible stuff!

  • @ILikeGreenDay

    @ILikeGreenDay

    7 жыл бұрын

    Haha yes! It kinda makes sense, because in both singing and voice acting you use your body/respiratory system and visualisation to do your thing. I'd recommend to everyone dabbling in voice acting to look it up and maybe try some breathing/vocal exercises.

  • @lucasthompson6405
    @lucasthompson64057 жыл бұрын

    only thing this video is missing is reference to tharisdon (the insane beholder)

  • @Archonxtreme
    @Archonxtreme7 жыл бұрын

    I love this video! Ive always enjoyed doing weird and wonderful voices and accents, good to see im not crazy xD Thanks for the tips!

  • @AndrewFiddes
    @AndrewFiddes7 жыл бұрын

    By far one of my favourite voices my dm uses is the swedish chef for a specific character, it just adds so much character to the npc without the use of description or much conversation.

  • @Ralph404
    @Ralph4047 жыл бұрын

    Loving all these new videos Mark :) Could you perhaps do a supplementary video on this topic regarding performing a more regal sounding voice? Or maybe just how to nail Turps's voice so accurately? :P

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    I may do another video like this, but other stuff I want to cover in the meantime!

  • @mallets4lyfe
    @mallets4lyfe7 жыл бұрын

    This video made me laugh so much. Subscribed!

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Haha thanks friend! Welcome to the community!

  • @Carbadonia
    @Carbadonia6 жыл бұрын

    I considered myself a pretty decent voice actor before this video, but after watching and applying this advice I think my voice talent has improved by 110% Thanks a lot Mark =)

  • @tomrijpert646
    @tomrijpert6462 жыл бұрын

    I see the focus in this video is on the mic. Fitting ;)

  • @bensiegel7710
    @bensiegel77105 жыл бұрын

    Be careful when you say “go in the bath and just mess around”

  • @mohamadameen94
    @mohamadameen947 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, this helped me put a lot. Cant really do great voices, but the personalities of the characters are shining through a bit more. X)

  • @eeyorepuh3648
    @eeyorepuh36487 жыл бұрын

    Ohh visualizing where the voice comes from, really really helps a ton! I havent paid attention to that before

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's a weird, but cool thing right!?

  • @eeyorepuh3648

    @eeyorepuh3648

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tabletop Weekly damn right!

  • @WarmCatFurniture
    @WarmCatFurniture5 жыл бұрын

    I am looking forward to the silly voices - I honed my skills on bedtime stories voicing animals and silly people, a great way to really get the voices fixed as you have to quickly switch from one to the other and make them distinctive. Young kids soon tell you if you've slipped up, DMing should be a breeze after that tough audience.

  • @MrRoanRocks
    @MrRoanRocks7 жыл бұрын

    4,161 subscribers... The Yogscast don't promote other channels very well... This is the Best Channel!

  • @SteelShad0w_
    @SteelShad0w_7 жыл бұрын

    Knew this video was going to be entertaining once I saw the title haha. The "voice source" thing is a really interesting perspective though. I do weird/different voices quite a bit but never gave "how" I do them much thought. Will have to try your method out and see what happens :P

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Let me know pal, as I have no idea if this advice actually works for other people! Haha!

  • @Bornoffireandwater
    @Bornoffireandwater7 жыл бұрын

    This is absolutely fantastic. Great advice, and just plain fun! Tried out some voices during D&D last week, but my players said it just made them uncomfortable. Maybe another time with another group I suppose.

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sorry to hear that Alex! :( Is it a new group or one that's been playing for a while?

  • @Bornoffireandwater

    @Bornoffireandwater

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well it's my friends and I at Uni, so we've been together playing D&D for about two years now. Two years, and this was our second campaign, my first DMing for these guys. So I'm thinking they were uncomfortable due to both my attempts at character voices (which our old DM didn't do), and maybe just my style of DMing. They voted to disband D&D until next semester though, at which point our old DM will retake the reins. So I guess it gives me time to practice! :)

  • @quincykouame8836
    @quincykouame88367 жыл бұрын

    You know you're watching a geeky video when there is a health and safety notice about making voices XD. Love this vid.

  • @TheOcwarrior
    @TheOcwarrior7 жыл бұрын

    Dat intro! XD love it!

  • @jhowza2990
    @jhowza29907 жыл бұрын

    Hey Mark, very helpful video, one video I would like on would be on note making and the amount you should note up as being a first time DM I can never quite get the balance, thanks.

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Roger wilco Jake, I think I should probably do a couple of videos for "first time DMing" etc as it's something I get asked a lot.

  • @southron_d1349
    @southron_d13497 жыл бұрын

    It's easy to get carried away and think that every NPC needs its own special sound. The players speak with 16 NPCs and it's a real struggle to find different voices. It can be exhausting, too. Mark, you spoke about mannerisms in terms of an aid to get the voice right. Even if a DM doesn't really need a special "Smeagol" voice, just hunching up and putting on an eager expression will help. Often that's all you need to do. I have a leader of the thieves guild in my homebrew setting who is a former PC from an old 2nd-edition campaign. I did a couple of simple things. First, just a lighter tone to my voice - the friend who played the character has a kind of middle range tone. I also tended to clasp my hands together and occasionally blew upwards as though trying to get a wisp of hair off my forehead, mimicking a couple of her habits. My current players have never met this friend (she has long moved interstate), so the mannerisms and the tone became that guildmaster.

  • @flyingfujigi8560
    @flyingfujigi85606 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite NPCs I have used is just essentially a clone of the black knight from Monty Python. He just guards the mouth of a cave holding holy relics and is instructed by his superiors to let no-one pass, and just the voice alone was the most fun thing of the encounter. *None shall pass*, and *Then you... shall... die* was the only thing I said too.

  • @PintsAndPaperbacks
    @PintsAndPaperbacks4 жыл бұрын

    Wow this was super helpful!!!

  • @GlenHallstrom
    @GlenHallstrom3 жыл бұрын

    Okay, Mark, you're wayyyy too good. We need to meet and have a voice-off.

  • @LeprechaunLouse
    @LeprechaunLouse7 жыл бұрын

    Yo my dog this is the exact kind of tutorial i've been looking for for dming. Many thanks

  • @tearstoneactual9773
    @tearstoneactual97736 жыл бұрын

    Okay, some follow-up that might be useful for people. The high, mid-, and lower registers are great. For grandmotherly types I wouldn't go quite so high. Vocal chords elongate over time so even women's voices drop in pitch over time a bit. Keep this in mind and they go from being silly to matronly, or they can. For doing female voices, working in the higher register is good, but keep your breath more airy. Not so much struggling for air but softer and more breathy. Think of silk curtains blowing in a breeze. The register doesn't have to be as high. (This is something that was mentioned by Mr. Matthew Mercer, who is a phenomenal voice actor.) Another thing you can look at is the low, mid, and high registers of the voice, but then combine them with the Seven Dwarves. There's a great video on Geek & Sundry's channel in the GMTips playlist where Satine Phoenix and Talesin Jaffe talk about this subject and that was something that he brought up. Using those two combinations, even without accents will give you 21 different characters or archetypes, and htere was more to be added. Combine them with accents, even two or three, and you jump to like over sixty. And with your five types, crossing them with the others, you get a huuuge amount of leeway. If you're also struggling with it, consider impressions. Find a character from a movie, or a famous person and try to get close with impressions. And then branch off, or find more. Unless you're super good, you might not be spot on for people to realize what you're doing. And if you are, you'll probably be complimented. (Stay away from Arnold Schwarzenegger though, cuz that gets silly, unless you're actually running someone with his accent, and doing it as a serious character.) I do impressions and funny voices for friends and to entertain myself, but I don't really use them for my online games. I don't know those people as well, and many are from the UK, and I'm afraid I might offend someone, even if I have a good Cockney/Londoner accent, or a good Posh/Received Pronounciation English accent. What might work in my ears might not work for them. Same for Scottish or Irish, and I normally enjoy doing those. I used to have a good Aussie but now I'm paranoid about that too. I get suuuuper self-conscious about it, despite my own enjoyment. I worry about pissing someone else off by being bad at it. Wot if it's really good though? I dunno. Aaaand having social anxiety doesn't help so I don't use it, even if it used to be something in my DMing toolkit. I wound up taking a 10 year break from tabletop gaming (involuntarily) and now I feel like I'm so rusty .. I dont have the freedom, confidence, or what not.. that I used to. I used to run off the cuff, and off the top of my head, but now.. I don't feel like I can as much. Maybe it's over-prep or something. Anyway, enough of my rambling, but hope those few tips help, and resources. One more thing, the International Dialects of English Archive is great for learning accents.

  • @Wrathura
    @Wrathura5 жыл бұрын

    Practicing beforehand makes it much easier. Although I don't practice for nervous characters, that way I'm actually nervous and it comes out naturally.

  • @DominicKrall
    @DominicKrall7 жыл бұрын

    I started D&D a few months ago, my first character was Donnie Trumpet, a slightly...dim high elf, who had an obsession of constructing walls of course. The accent for this character was obviously key, and massively improved the emersment!

  • @itsliam1799
    @itsliam17997 жыл бұрын

    Mark, thanks to you and Matt mercer you have convinced my friends to play dnd all I can say is thank you 👍

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yay! Thank YOU for watching our streams and being inspired!

  • @itsliam1799

    @itsliam1799

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm playing a dwarf cleric, hopefully I do not let my team die

  • @RobertAdducci
    @RobertAdducci7 жыл бұрын

    Great video, would love to hear some other voices.

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure they will crop up in other videos Robert! :D

  • @AnAmbientBlack
    @AnAmbientBlack7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks to your influence I ended up developing a ridiculous range of stupid/unique voices that have been inflicted on my players for the best part of a year. Great content as always! : )

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Win! :D

  • @TheSkulldugary
    @TheSkulldugary7 жыл бұрын

    Hey mark, another great video, do you think we could get a D&D world building video next or maybe a story idea video. Thanks another great video, can't wait to use these voices on my party.

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Probably not next video, as that will require a lot of prep/scripting. But definitely on the cards!

  • @trentrexbob3126
    @trentrexbob31267 жыл бұрын

    Oh man, mark and his cocacola addiction visible in the background

  • @foulbowl2756
    @foulbowl27565 жыл бұрын

    Haha "blew off my thumbs you see" 😂👍 Great video, thanks for sharing, your really good. I was trying them, its true, i immediately got embarrassed and I'm by myself... at home, talking to myself... haha ha 😬

  • @PitmanTheFilthy
    @PitmanTheFilthy7 жыл бұрын

    Watching this great video about voices, I can't help but feel sad that Little Moonbeam's parents don't have a Scottish accent, that was so, can't think of better words to describe it, terrifying and adorable at the same time. Really sad Mark, but great video nonetheless. :D

  • @borderlineben7610
    @borderlineben76107 жыл бұрын

    Before this, my pinnacle of voices was a hybrid I named Christopher PlankWalken, a swashbuckling version of the classic voice. Now I can do several voices that are slightly more unique than impressions. A genuine thanks from me, a Babby DM.

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was of help Ben! :D

  • @ShumaiAxeman

    @ShumaiAxeman

    5 жыл бұрын

    I need to hear an example of this like now hahahaha.

  • @alex16cole
    @alex16cole4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mark!

  • @maxevans9995
    @maxevans99957 жыл бұрын

    Im the one of the two players in all of my groups that uses a voice, my favourites are Ak, the massive orc with intelligence and wisdom of 3, and Craphat the insane goblin necromancer wuth his pet creation- daisy. It adds so much to these characters and without the voice you wouldn't get a sense of Ak's dumbness and Craphats insanity. Try it if you're a player or DM and everyone will love it.

  • @moonclaw1963
    @moonclaw19637 жыл бұрын

    you've helped alot thank you!!!

  • @robbiem13
    @robbiem137 жыл бұрын

    Hi Mr Hulmes! Just binged a ton of your videos at 1 in the morning haha. I was wondering if you have any homebrew rules that you would suggest using in campaigns like how you've banned darkvision in Arrak

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think that's a good topic to make a video on TBH. There's a ton of Homebrew stuff I *wish* I had included in HR from the start as it would be difficult to add now.

  • @robbiem13

    @robbiem13

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tabletop Weekly thanks for the quick reply. I've never run a campaign before so I wouldn't want to add/change rules myself because I don't know what works well yet.

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Fear not friend, I'll talk about some basic stuff.

  • @luigiff3431
    @luigiff34317 жыл бұрын

    Mark, what's the voice you like doing the most on high rollers and what type of character would you most like to voice in a video game/anime/etc. Your method of doing voices is really interesting, and makes sense, to a certain degree. Greetings from Brazil.

  • @Vinewood8
    @Vinewood87 жыл бұрын

    More of this please :D

  • @burnsbits5829
    @burnsbits58294 жыл бұрын

    Watching from a sunny Essex right now as someone that's new to D&D! And although I don't sound as you suggest I can confirm Many do 🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @corpralcobra420
    @corpralcobra4207 жыл бұрын

    this video has been extreamly helpful, i have been doing some of this stuff subconsciously or natrually, but now i can add more and be mindful about what i am doing. and also The Tough=Rainbow dash The Wise=Applejack The Innocent=Fluttershy The Crazy=Pinkie Pie The Pathetic=Rarity The normal voice=Twilight just a thought.

  • @lukebaggott3558
    @lukebaggott35587 жыл бұрын

    Hey, Mark really helpful video, been struggling with this kind of stuff for a while! Might be interesting to do some more detailed character voice analysis, if that would be something interesting to you? Almost like a breakdown of how to achieve a particular voice. And, just on a purely visual critique, having the camera focus on you may make the video more aesthetically pleasing to watch as the microphone being the focal point came across a little distracting! Keep up the awesome work!

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sorry about that! Still getting my focus right. I don't think I could explain how to do specific voices more than I did in this video sadly! IT's really hard to describe/explain how I do it. XD

  • @lukebaggott3558

    @lukebaggott3558

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tabletop Weekly No worries, just trying to help in any way I can! Yeah, I think I can understand why you'd struggle haha! But still, super helpful stuff!

  • @Miniko
    @Miniko3 жыл бұрын

    gotta love how the mic is in focus the entire video lol

  • @jadengilchrist4300
    @jadengilchrist43003 жыл бұрын

    voices are extremely difficult for me due to my damaged lungs and diaphragm but this has helped me so much.

  • @hectrum8140
    @hectrum81407 жыл бұрын

    Could you explain how to create interesting player able character/ NPC's?

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    On my big list of "stuff I want to make videos about!"

  • @fefe6461
    @fefe64617 жыл бұрын

    My favourite Dm voices so far: T-bone The goblin companion who almost literally knows nothing, Harken a cockney half orc bartender and Roshi a racist elf sadist (she is my favourite npc to rp ever). Any one else got a favourite dm voice list?

  • @twistedironpaw

    @twistedironpaw

    7 жыл бұрын

    felix vogel I am quite partial to the Cockney Ettin Roy'Olly whose heads refer to eachother as 'Roigh bruv' and 'Oh ley bruv'.

  • @dakotaharmon2825

    @dakotaharmon2825

    6 жыл бұрын

    I had Grezek, a curmudgeonly old goblin. "I spitses upon the graves of their ancestors!"

  • @maxevans9995

    @maxevans9995

    6 жыл бұрын

    Golem is that you?

  • @connorfallon9548

    @connorfallon9548

    6 жыл бұрын

    Pumat Sol from Critical role 2

  • @blackhillsbirder881

    @blackhillsbirder881

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jethro, the nasally/gravelly kobold who often goes on tangents about his youth, probably.

  • @d4tsuc800
    @d4tsuc8005 жыл бұрын

    I’m currently playing as an opium-addicted human CG/CN gunslinger. When high he gets a temporary damage resistance, changes from CG to CN, and changes his voice from a southern drawl to foghorn leghorn. My friends think it’s hilarious.

  • @awesomeben9025
    @awesomeben90257 жыл бұрын

    A perfect video and you are perfect to do this video

  • @SherlockHulmes

    @SherlockHulmes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks pal! :D

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