Jurdgel Sharptooth, Goblin Customs Official - Gender Identity and Character Voices with Caroline Vahrenkamp (D&D 5e)

01/17/23 • 39 min

Caroline Vahrenkamp brings Jurdgel Sharptooth to the table. Jurdgel is a goblin customs official who would like nothing more than staying home with a cup of tea and a romance novel.
Caroline and I discuss the challenge of voicing a male character as a trans woman, discovering something about yourself playing TTRPGs, and what neutrality means.
This character is built for D&D5e.
Caroline Vahrenkamp is a suburban parent of two who does silly D&D character voices on TikTok from time to time. Caroline’s podcast, Wonders of the World, is about all of the amazing places on Earth and the cultures that created them.
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Characters Without Stories - Jurdgel Sharptooth, Goblin Customs Official - Gender Identity and Character Voices with Caroline Vahrenkamp (D&D 5e)

Transcript

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Have you ever discovered something about yourself by playing TTRPGs?

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What do you do when using a character voice challenges your identity? And Wouldn't we all rather stay home drink tea and read a steamy romance novel than go out and kill monsters?

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Hello, friends welcome to characters without stories, a TTRPG podcast about the roads not yet traveled. I'm