This is an as-yet unannounced project so some details have been changed or otherwise obfuscated to avoid spoilers for what's upcoming.
This will be a series of in-character "backstory monologues" a dramatic read to give us a sense of the character's personality with some hints towards their origins in a vague-enough way so that such characters can be easily fit into anyone's TTRPG game without much or ideally any changes necessary.
For our first season we have a total of 12 characters. You are encouraged to play around with a creative but genuine character voice as we want each one to feel unique, recognisable, and real.
Every role is paid a flat rate of $5 via PayPal for a singular short paragraph monologue.
Alrighty so I was absolutely NOT expecting so many auditions for this right out of the gate xD Usually takes a few days or so to get this many and y'all flooded in on day 1 xD
Suffice to say I'm feeling honoured and humbled in equal measures haha. Already had some fantastic auditions in and some auditions for a couple roles it's going to be REAL hard not to pick already after one day of this two and bit week casting call xD
I am thoroughly excited to see what y'all come up with.
This is a short dramatic monologue in-character, getting the character's personality and emotion through is key, and a unique voice or accent is encouraged (provided it sounds genuine).
Y'always start off good. Ain't no thing really as a bad kid, just bad upbringin'.
Then you gotta get involved proper. Then you ain't so innocent, 'specially when folks start itchin' for their pound of flesh.
I'm just a family man, and I will always protect my family.
This is a short dramatic monologue in-character, getting the character's personality and emotion through is key, and a unique voice or accent is encouraged (provided it sounds genuine).
You know I never really understood what happened that day. Not really. It's entirely possible the real me died that day and I'm just... something else.
The pursuit of knowledge requires dirtying one's hands. I simply hadn't realised how dirty theirs already were until they were grasping for me.
This curse. Whatever it is. It keeps me hidden. Because now I can be anyone, and they'll never see me coming.
This is a short dramatic monologue in-character, getting the character's personality and emotion through is key, and a unique voice or accent is encouraged (provided it sounds genuine).
Anger issues, violent tendencies, attitude problems. A lot of big words just to say I don't mind throwing hands.
I ended up finding some folks who appreciated my talents, turns out a firm hand is useful for collecting debts.
The one thing that keeps my loyalty more than money, is more money.
This is a short dramatic monologue in-character, getting the character's personality and emotion through is key, and a unique voice or accent is encouraged (provided it sounds genuine).
History, archaeology, anthropology. Those are the core foci of the college I attend.
The ruins we were delving into were supposed to be long abandoned but it had since become the nest of a great and terrible beast.
Facing off against such a predator and with my team behind me laying it to rest, was the single-greatest thrill of my life.
This is a short dramatic monologue in-character, getting the character's personality and emotion through is key, and a unique voice or accent is encouraged (provided it sounds genuine).
To draw blood from a stone is considered an impossible feat.
This, it was the stone that served as the foundation for so much suffering, the pedestal upon which stood a bloody tyrant.
Truly it is not my blood that drips from my wounds, it is theirs that fell upon his empire, their cries, their curses, it maddens me, and it fuels me towards a vengeance unfamiliar.
This is a short dramatic monologue in-character, getting the character's personality and emotion through is key, and a unique voice or accent is encouraged (provided it sounds genuine).
Experimentation is such a big part of the experience as a mage! Personal injury is most certainly a risk.
Take me for instance, a simple stutter on an arcane phrase and POOF my eye and a good portion of my face is turned to ice! Let me tell you, I scrambled very quickly to find a way to stop it melting away.
As I said, perseverance is key, it is both the journey and the destination for our kind, so we move forward onto the next discovery.
This is a short dramatic monologue in-character, getting the character's personality and emotion through is key, and a unique voice or accent is encouraged (provided it sounds genuine).
We all are born from darkness, so too will we return to it. It is both what we fear, and what brings us peaceful rest at night.
The darkness, the shadows, are ever present in our world, in our hearts, and thus must we stand as a beacon of light to cast these shadows outward.
Never lose faith, for your shadow watches. My shadow watches. My shadow punishes. My shadow cleanses. My shadow saves.
This is a short dramatic monologue in-character, getting the character's personality and emotion through is key, and a unique voice or accent is encouraged (provided it sounds genuine).
Many moons I’d sail the open seas with the gushing waves and tides as my backdrop, it was home.
I woke up, broken, alone, in the wet sand as the chattering waves mocked my plight. I struggled to survive as my once-beloved taunted me without mercy.
Now I hear the waves even clearer than I did at sea, I hear their praise, their apologies, and their promises to protect me and this land I now call home.
This is a short dramatic monologue in-character, getting the character's personality and emotion through is key, and a unique voice or accent is encouraged (provided it sounds genuine).
YOU ALL THOUGHT I’D FAIL! YOU ALL THOUGHT I’D DIE FOR YOUR STUPID ENTERTAINMENT. WELL FUCK YOU! HAHAHAHAHAAHAA!
YOU KEEP SENDING YOUR CHAMPIONS. IF YOU WANT ENTERTAINMENT YOU CAN SIT UP THERE AND WATCH ME WIN.
HAVE YOU RUN OUT OF TWIGS FOR ME TO SNAP?! HEHEHEHeheheheh….. which means there won’t be enough of you to stop me… WRRRRAAAAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS ROLE IS FOR TWO CHARACTERS THAT SHARE A VOICE, BUT HAVE DIFFERENT TONES.
Aim for a subtle, but still noticeable, different in tone - but keep in mind they are the same voice.
This is a short dramatic monologue in-character, getting the character's personality and emotion through is key, and a unique voice or accent is encouraged (provided it sounds genuine).
[Normal Speech] Okay, I think this is the one! I finally managed to carve the arms without them coming off.
[Sinister Speech] I think you should work on the face some more, after all a clear expression is the key to making it feel ‘alive’ don’t you think?
[Sinister Speech] Have I ever led you astray? [Normal Speech] No, but- [Sinister Speech] Trust me, trust yourself! If you can capture the look in their eye it’ll be like you never lost them
This is a short dramatic monologue in-character, getting the character's personality and emotion through is key, and a unique voice or accent is encouraged (provided it sounds genuine).
For the best and brightest academics in the region, the lot of them were blind stupid. Useful, that’s for sure. But gullible.
Bah! All I needed was a cure, and I made out like a bandit with that and more.
Simply being so close to that blurred edge of mortality has granted me an edge of my own. It’s never been easier to scratch names off my list.
This is a short dramatic monologue in-character, getting the character's personality and emotion through is key, and a unique voice or accent is encouraged (provided it sounds genuine).
Oh, alright, hello there. Uh, my name is Nelson. Or uh, rather, I am Sir Estratus
Well I wasn’t actually trusted with a weapon I was there I suppose just to make the place feel more guarded.
This was one of the five Great Divine Pillars and was supposedly immovable fixtures in the heavens to all except the divinely ordained protectors of the realm.
