RolePlay 101 - Voice, Character, & Improv Webinar
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Free
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Once / Saturday – 5:00 PM UTC
Sep 7
1.5 Hour Duration
29 / 40 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Unlock Your Roleplaying Potential! Are you a Game Master looking to enhance your roleplaying skills? Do you want to captivate your players with memorable characters and dynamic storytelling? Join us for a FREE, immersive, 90-minute webinar designed to elevate your GMing to the next level! You’ll learn character voicing, including vocal warm-ups, techniques for different tones and accents, and how to convey emotion effectively. We’ll also explore creating interesting characters, focusing on objectives, tactics, and characterization for both voice and body. Improvisation is key for dynamic storytelling, and we’ll guide you through improv basics, overcoming common fears, and practical exercises to boost your confidence and spontaneity. Throughout the webinar, we’ll have Q&A sessions and discussions to address your questions and share insights. ------ Hi there! I'm Solly KP aka Salman Corbette. I've spent more than a decade in improvisational theatre, where I've played, voiced, and directed hundreds of spontaneous characters in front of live audiences. I'm a professional GM who runs improvised and planned adventures in many systems, who voices a buttload of characters. I've taught hundreds of roleplay & improv workshops in my tenure, including to many professionals on this website. That is all to say, I'll make sure you learn at least one thing - maybe even two!
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Meet the Game Master
2 years on StartPlaying
836 games hosted
Highly rated for: Voices, Creativity, Inclusive
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
🦎 He/Him 🦎 StartPlaying's resident roleplay expert, with over a decade of experience performing, directing, and teaching theatrical improvisation. Based out of Montréal, Québec. Aside from running RPGs, I also offer roleplaying workshops and coaching sessions. If you would like to commission a session for you and/or your players and/or other GMs, please DM me. Or keep an eye out for my free webinars! I'm also a published children's author. I run weekly volunteer games for neurodivergent youth. I can play the piano and ukulele. I beat the final boss in Elden Ring. My favourite apple is Mcintosh. If you enjoy a bit of humour and a focus on growing your character and the world around your character, we're going to be like two peas in a pod. Or two goblins in a cave. Or two owls on a branch. Or two bananas in one peel - which is quite rare, but can happen.
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Creating your character
We'll be practising characters together, of course
What to expect
Preparing for the session
No need to prepare at all! Just make sure you have working headphones & mic. Cameras are optional, but highly recommended to fully engage in the concepts of this webinar.
What Salman Corbette/TOTAL IMPROV brings to the table
Over a decade of experience improvising & acting, half a decade of professional GMing, and at least one animated slideshow
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How Salman Corbette/TOTAL IMPROV creates a safe table
As this is a general seminar, we'll be establishing some basic boundaries, and then diving right into the lecture!
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