Ogrid's Origins
Project Overview
If you're not familiar with us, "Ogrid's Adventuring Club" is a podcast for a TTRPG group in Colorado Springs. We use audio to enhance real-time gaming experiences for a growing community of tabletop enthusiasts. Our listeners are passionate and engaged, tuning in regularly to immerse themselves in our world.
This season, titled "Ogrid's Origins," we're diving into the backstory of our fan-favorite NPC tavern owner, Ogrid. It's a chance to explore how this beloved character got his start, and we need your help to bring it to life.
Here's what we're offering:
A chance to voice a variety of characters in scripted roles (about 200 words each)
Creative freedom to interpret your character(s) as you see fit
Your name featured in episode descriptions
An opportunity to link to your own projects or portfolios
A fun, collaborative experience with our team and other voice actors
While this is an unpaid gig, it's a great opportunity to flex your voice-acting muscles, add to your portfolio, and connect with our enthusiastic listener base. Plus, you'll be part of a project that directly enhances the gaming experience for our community.
We're all about creating memorable moments and rich storylines, and we'd love for you to be part of that. If you're up for a creative challenge and want to join a project with a dedicated following, we'd be thrilled to hear your audition.
Let's work together to uncover Ogrid's past and craft some amazing audio storytelling!
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The living embodiment of a curse is placed upon the tavern owner named Ogrid. This is a monster role, something creepy and powerful. Feel free to use any audio editing you think works for your voice, I plan to do some manipulation of the voice myself.
The half-giant from the north cannot venture on, for I am here to destroy.
I am as ceaseless as the ocean waves, as determined as a mountain, Ogrid will die should he leave this place.
Something is protecting you, half-breed, but it can only hide you away, it cannot save you.
An old Aasimar adventurer who has made many friends through the years. They are kind, friendly, and charismatic. They know they are about to die (wounds and ailments add up you know) and now are inviting some of their friends to the funeral.
It is with my deepest regret that I must bid this life farewell, yet I know that the greatest adventure is about to begin.
You have been a faithful friend to me and so I invite you to my funeral to meet others of your same caliber.
(Based on the idea of a Greek Citezen at the height of Ancient Greece) Proud of their home, people, and culture.
Here, it is a place of dignity and culture, learnedness and philosophy
Oh, to be one of us is such great favor by the gods themselves, our power is mightier than any that have come before us.
A minotaur mafia member on the planet of Eberron who has connections in different worlds and is trying to go up in the ranks of his gang.
- male adult
Ran into our mysterious friend—you know the one, never gives a real name but always has the best jobs.
Now, here's the beef: Sharn's got this big pulse, a real heartbeat of opportunity, if you catch my drift.
Kobald barista who uses... odd ingredients to make underground coffee.
Dolgrim nail powder, when processed the right way adds such a good tangy flavor and crunchy texture to the coffee.
A experiemental wizardologist who explores the crystal spheres and the membrane barriers of alternate realities. Clever, brave, exploritve and curious.
I’ve dedicated my life to piercing the veil between realities.
The membranes are... thin near here. The natural viscosity of the reality separating qualities is rather thing, allowing perfect launch into places like Oddspace or Otherspace.
Entrepreneurial interdimensional mover for elder horrors
'Blink and It's There Movers' - we specialize in relocating your entire castle to a new plane of existence!
When you have a Devil Lawyer writing your contracts your can rest more comfortably knowing your moving a demi-lich out of your plane.
Large Luigi is a friendly Beholder who lives on an asteroid colony called the Rock of Bral. He's a deep voiced and jovial individual, which is odd because Beholders are pretty much always evil.
- male adult
You see, I stumbled upon a curious mold growing on asteroids in the astral sea
throughout the heavens, exotic varieties of interstellar dust kindle interest; nourishing growth. such enigmatic ecosystems keep surprising results, exuding vibrant essences nourished generously. enthusiasts uncover perplexing options, needing youthful origins. uniting.
A cool and trendy Auto-gnome who is quirky, ambitious, and energetic. They repair ships in Outerspace for adventurers and are full of passion for their job,
Now, I gotta say, I’m super psyched I could return the favor after you helped us out big time by taking down that nasty Astral Kraken.
Hope things are rocking (pun intended) over there in Amnwater! [Ah-men-water]
A middle-aged witch-themed after Lorali Gilmore from Gilmore Girls and Granny Weatherwax from the Discworld books. She is perky and cheeky, and likes to layer her language with flirtatious sarcasm.
(This role is about 700-words)
- female young adult
- british
In thrilling news from my brewing chamber, I’ve discovered the most fascinating creatures. Tiny little things that frolic in the air and take up residence inside the human body, causing the most ghastly of maladies.
We both know Adette’s capable enough to charm a sentient tree stump (should it come to that), but this silence is about as comforting as a goblin at a garden party.
A rabbitfolk who speaks in odd grammar and is quite cross most of the time. She is a business owner that seems to feel sour about most things and that she isn't given her due in the world.
- female senior
Wish you well, of course. But do remember the mess you left. Not easily forgotten.
The chaos from your last "adventure" was, frankly, impressive.
A Storm Giant King of the north, think nordic titan. He's friendly enough, but formal and old school.
- male senior
Let the currents of fate whirl around us as freely as the northern winds.
My realm shall arise to meet your call, honoring both past debts and future hopes, as is the way of our people.
Algea works for a large company that hires adventurers, she herself is just a desk clerk and fact checker who writes reports about the fantastic adventures of others.
• Date of Engagement: Hammer 15, 1381
Adventurer O. engaged the target following standard operational protocols. Key actions taken during the mission included:
City watch guard in the large city of Sharn. They are good at what they do and don't put much stock in people being "good."
We got a tip about a plot to take out our captain. At first, we thought it was just another crack-pot rumor.
Look at this file. The replacement had a perfect background, references, everything.
A strange, skeptical, and conspiracy theorist gnome who lives in the slums of Sharn and belives that a shadow group is slowly taking over control of the world.
It's all there if you know where to look!
They've been around for thousands of years, pulling the strings, manipulating events across the planes!
A counterintelligence agent who is calm, measured, and full of justified confidence in her understanding of the enemy.
- female adult
Far from it. We've traced their activities across multiple crystal spheres. Waterdeep, Sigil, even as far as Krynn.
They use a combination of magic, technology, and good old-fashioned deception.
A dwarven city watch officer of Waterdeep who works in Vice. He recently uncovered a whole boat of illegal magical weapons being transported into the city.
- male adult
Wands of Disintegration, Scrolls of Meteor Swarm, even some experimental devices that looked like they could open portals to the Nine Hells.
By Tyr's right hand, I've never seen anything like it.
A weapons dealer from Neverwinter who isn't the brightest bulb in the shed, but somehow does decent business in running weapons and magical items.
Best advertising in the Realms, innit?
They're selling top-notch gear at bottom-barrel prices.
A gnome tinkerer who is also a professor at a university in Waterdeep, he specializes in the economics of magical items across the Crystal Spheres.
The weapons A60 is distributing aren't just dangerous - they're catastrophic.
f I may, the scale of destruction these weapons could cause... it's not just about toppling governments or reshaping borders
A very, very old Cloud Giant who is losing their marbles slowly. They once knew a lot, and is still asked for advice and information, but seems to have trouble staying on track or keeping his thoughts in order.
Your letter reached me, and it swirled so fast! The schema, the thing—The transducing coil, thing.
Yes. Something to connect you—cloud to mountain, storm to stone!
A warforged (steam powered robot) who studies books most of his days and speaks as a nerdy scholar.
In response to your inquiries regarding the transducer ring for utilization of Mythallar-derived arcanodynamics
The endeavor requires meticulous consideration of interplanar harmonics and spatial anchorage, with the mythallar serving as the pivotal energy fulcrum.
Survivor of a terrible tragedy talking to a podcast host about the event they witnessed 25-years ago.
It was... it was like nothing I'd ever seen before. The sky turned dark, and then there was this... presence. People started screaming, falling to the ground.
Even though it's been 25-years I've had nightmares about it every night so it feels like just a few hours ago.
They moved into a house, died by the hand of a wandering Troll, and now own property as a ghost.
A gorgeous view of the Astral Sea on one side and the lake on the other, perfect for entertaining.
He's still out there somewhere, probably terrorizing some other poor homeowners. (sighs)
Fast-talking, enthusiastic realtor across the Crystal Spheres.
(81-Word Role)
Properties? Oh, we've got properties galore! Empty buildings? We've got 'em by the dozen!
Or maybe you're interested in a quaint little boutique that's currently occupied by a family of gelatinous cubes? It's a bit of a fixer-upper, but the potential is oozing out of every corner!
A dragon warlord who has recently become a leader in a city he took over. He's not necessarily evil... even if he's not... not evil. Also there's some satire with this character.
It's absolutely crucial, you see. Without it, why, it would be chaos! Utter chaos!
You need a busy-ness license.
In some cases, it's just me saying, "Sure, go ahead and run that business. Oh, and don't forget to pay me—I mean, the city... regularly."
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