The Ultimate D&D Pronunciation Guide

[Morrus]

We've resurrected and reformatted an ancient (in internet terms) EN World article, the D&D Pronunciation Guide. This guide includes pronunciations of a vast number of D&D terms, from "coup de grace" to "Drizzt" to "Xvart".

A few select samples from the page:

• Coup de Grace is the subject of many arguments. People will often gleefully tell you it's pronounced "coo de grah" because of the way "gras" is pronounced in "Mardi Gras". They're wrong. "Grace" and "Gras" (which means "fat") are entirely different words. "Grace" has a strong "ss" sound at the end of it, and the phrase is pronounced "coo de grass". You can hear a Frenchman say it here.
• Tiefling is pronounced TEEF-ling, not tie-fling, as you can hear here.
• Keith Baker indicates that there is no set pronunciation for Eberron words, but that he personally prefers SEER-e for Cyre.

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[darjr]

uh.. this is wonderful!

 

[messy]

"blaggard."

um, seriously?

 

[Morrus]

"blaggard."

um, seriously?

Yes. It's a real word, not a D&D one.

 

[hafrogman]

"blaggard."

um, seriously?

It's one of those things that gets worn down by pronunciation very easily. Specifically if you treat it as one word instead of two, say it quick enough and you'll be pronouncing it blaggard anyways.

 

[Ichneumon]

Yes. It's a real word, not a D&D one.

That one might hit the top of the Believed But Most Ignored charts.

 

[Morrus]

That one might hit the top of the Believed But Most Ignored charts.

Try it. You'll enjoy it.

 

[Minigiant]

The guide is wrong.

You pronounce "Drizzt Do'Urden" as "Overused Chaotic Good (CENSORED) that ruined RANgers".

Don't forget the emphasis of the first syllable of rangers.

 

[Ichneumon]

The guide is wrong.

You pronounce "Drizzt Do'Urden" as "Overused Chaotic Good (CENSORED) that ruined RANgers".

Don't forget the emphasis of the first syllable of rangers.

That Drizzt. Such a blaggard.