Here's something not design-related from Explorers Design. A confession: I can't do accents. Not even coherent bad ones. So, when I prep for my sessions, I deliberately redesign NPCs without them. www.explorersdesign.com/how-to-rolep... - ThreadSky

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explorersdesign.bsky.social • 36 days ago

Here's something not design-related from Explorers Design. A confession: I can't do accents. Not even coherent bad ones. So, when I prep for my sessions, I deliberately redesign NPCs without them.

https://www.explorersdesign.com/how-to-roleplay-without-accents/

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albino-poet.bsky.social•30 days ago

My husband does great bad accents. I don't even try :)

foreignplanets.bsky.social•20 days ago

Deeply useful post. I feel Hissy/Whispery is my go-to voice.

jacobmarks.bsky.social•35 days ago

This is super useful to me. I just get too embarrassed to do accents, and often my npcs all start feeling the same to me after a while. Latching onto one extreme vocal tic or behavior will really help I think.

explorersdesign.bsky.social•36 days ago

I would roleplay NPCs with a Boston or Maine accent if I could. Imagine a Mothership campaign where those accents are inexplicably everywhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3L5czFvyCc

aefact.bsky.social•20 days ago

This blog post is a great resource for GMs everywhere. Kudos 👍

One might simply convert all its excellent substantive bits into some random tables for dice rolling... 😉

aefact.bsky.social•20 days ago

@explorersdesign.bsky.social for example, picking up some of the evocative bits, perhaps something like this:

aefact.bsky.social•19 days ago

^ Table above, a substantial reproduction, is ©️ 2025 Clayton Notestine / @explorersdesign.bsky.social. Subject to takedown, in the creator's discretion.

aefact.bsky.social•20 days ago

Or, maybe just one big d52 table / deck of cards...

vulpusarmory.bsky.social•33 days ago

I can do ok Slavic, decent Irish, and Texan. and in french I have a strong english canadian accent.

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