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#1 Ragitsu Sep 27, 2009 21:14:37	When you are speaking as an NPC that uses a language different than your and your player's own, do you attempt to speak with an accent or just say they are speaking in "heavily accented x"?
#2 finalascent Sep 27, 2009 21:46:59	When you are speaking as an NPC that uses a language different than your and your player's own, do you attempt to speak with an accent or just say they are speaking in "heavily accented x"? I think it would depend on the skill of the player to forge accents. If I could get an accent down pat, sure I would use it. But if I couldn't, a phrase like "In his thick eastlander accent..." is a common goto.
#3 backstabbist Sep 27, 2009 22:29:01	yeah, but only the ones that I can do (or cheesey faux accent) we had a GM in a WW2 campaign do Brit  &  cheesey french & italian, but he made every german sound like Ahnuld's brother
#4 TheRealOrion Sep 27, 2009 22:47:09	Given that there's no other way to perform these characters, yes, I make frequent use of accents, both as a player and a GM. Having a voice for the character gives me a way to play them, even if it's not an accent per se, but instead a speach pattern of a particular kind. If you're among friends, then it's okay if the accent in question isn't bang on perfect, but I have found that it's best not to do a British accent in front of the British guy, for example.
#5 DwarfFighter Sep 28, 2009 12:00:30	I sometimes give it a try, and it fails. -DF
#6 buzzxf Oct 08, 2009 21:28:21	I run my games via play by post, o I never have run into the situation.