The Ultimate TTRPG Voice Acting Guide

Here are some easy voice acting tips and techniques you can use to create unique and memorable characters in your D&D or RPG game. Whether you're a player, a dungeon master, or just someone who likes to do funny voices, this video will help you get started with voice acting! Starting with the first technique, you can layer these one on top of the other to create a unique and memorable character.

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[barb]

"I'm such a bad singer, I can't even hit the wrong notes."
Me, playing a bard at my first time in D&D

[MOONSUNLife]

"I'm such a bad singer, I can't even hit the wrong notes."
Sometimes, one comes across a gem on YouTube purely by chance. This video, and this quote in particular, is one of them. Although technically, it's two of them (video + quote)...

[inkvampyr]

When I tried to do the lisp, it made a whistle sound. I wasn't expecting that and it's pretty cool actually.

[aspenator]

I know a guy who had his tongue cut out. Gotta say it's fairly accurate

[TheDungeonCoach]

Dude this is brilliant... seriously the BEST video to break this down for DMs

I’ve seen probably 100 videos on stuff while trying to improve myself... this... is the BEST

[quantum_ogre]

This is by far the best RPG voice acting video that I've seen. So many focus on theory or getting into character, but your tips get straight to the heart how to actually form the noises.

[socalacura]

Instructions unclear, I cut out my own tongue. Send help

[autisnt]

Instructions unclear, my warrior-girl from a distant land now speaks in a South Alabamian accent

[tomaszskowronski]

7:09 I'm Enchanter Pumat Sol
I'm also Enchanter Pumat Sol
I myself am also Enchanter Pumat Sol
The Invaulnerable Vagrant greets all of You humbly.

[Bardigrade]

0:55 Controlling the Pitch of your Voice
. . 1:33 high (young/skinny/small/feminine)
. . 1:52 low
. 2:12 Larynx
2:50 Modifying your Articulators (face/tongue/neck/jaw/lips)
. 3:45 Lips
. . 4:22 side lips (wise old grifter who knows the land, friendly old man)
. . 4:54 forward/puckered lips (take off your skin ~lighting mcqueen)
. . 5:18 lips inside mouth (old man without teeth)
. . 5:40 lips peeled (skeleton)
. 6:22 Jaw
. . 6:30 jaw forward (imperious, used to being taken seriously, lockjaw, mr.howl, barron)
. . 7:05 jaw back (nice country dumb or nerd um actually (not nasal))
. . 7:30 jaw to the side (mix between the above two)
. 7:49 Tongue
. . 8:20 spread to the sides (geeky voices/retainer/braces/nerd (not quite nasal))
. . 8:49 tongue hotdog bun shape (eating?)
. . 9:20 curled back tongue (no tongue)
10:00 Speech Impediments/Disorders
. 10:55 Lisp
. . . 11:09 napoleon dynamite
. . 11:23 Alveolar Ridge
. . . 11:55 more lisp
. 12:21 Stammering
. . 12:41 Stutter
. . 12:57 Fixed Posture aka Prolonged Letter Sounds
. 13:40 Spasmodic Dysphonia (old/sick people)
. . 14:00 Tighten Vocal Cords (add a higher pitch and I can do Parro's voice, note for myself)
. . 14:36 Shaking

[actingapple]

I’m currently playing a Wild Western styled character and I was making him speak in the Ozark English dialect because it sounded like something the “cowboys” would use, I didn’t know it had a name until I watched your video and now I can look up new phrases for him to use so he isn’t reusing the same 3 phrases over and over

[catboysephiroth]

I used to have a REALLY bad stutter, to the point where I wouldn't be able to communicate past the first three words of my sentences. I went to speech therapy, and since I've gotten into DnD I've decided to try DMing. I have several characters who have stutters, stammers and clutters. I personally don't find other people imitating speech impediments offensive, I like that they're somewhat normalized in DnD. I'm delighted that you demonstrated speech impediments.

[michelebenedetti]

you won me at the "I'm such a bad singer I can't even hit the wrong notes"

[nickwilliams]

Quite aside from the fact that this video gives practical tips that anyone can use, I just love that you realise that "voice acting" is a different thing from "roleplaying". Just a really practical video.


Though with Baron Vallakivich, I personally went for more of a manic screech. "All will be well!"

[Angelo]

I have a stutter, but I never try to do one for a character of mine. Not because I or anyone at my table finds it offensive, I just can't remember where to stutter. I think of my own stutter is random, so it's very hard for me to fake my own without being dramatic.








Btw, great video. Should've probably said that at the beginning, but seriously great! Most video are gender specific, so it's hard for me to just find basic tips.

[Gworgalad]

Amazing video. Now that I'm DMing over video it's become a lot more comfortable to use voices. Controlling breathing is also a good tool especially for monsters. Undead sound great on an inhale. Maybe someone nervous is not taking pauses and always at the end of a breath. Someone holding back secrets takes a deep breath and speaks slowly hardly exhaling at all.

[DeadDrunk]

As someone with chronic stammer, that tutorial was incredibly accurate. Typically, the consonants which require a lot of air or breath will be the ones where the vocal cords will tense up ig. H, M, S, T or P also known as Her Royal Majesty's Toilet Paper. Really nice video, well done!

[battelchicken]

Going over how things literally work is left out of a lot of tutorials in general, even thought it helps so much. This is a really good video and I appreciate the work that went into it.

[ConfettiCasket]

Me: Can sing, plays as a bard, likes music

Also me: *I REFUSE TO SING, IF YOU ASK ME TO SING ONE MORE TIME I WILL NEVER GIVE YOU INSPIRATION FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE.*

[reverie]

'this worked really well on The Witcher show'
lmfao im dying