Loremaster’s accent
Hello! I’m getting ready to start a new campaign in TOR as a Loremaster. It will be online, with players I hope to find online. I ran a shorter one (online too, but with people I already knew) a couple of years ago and it was okay, but I’m worried about one thing.
I’m not a native English speaker. I don’t really get enough practice speaking English out loud, and have what I would consider a strong accent. I can’t really do other accents either. Now, it wouldn’t really be a problem in homebrew settings in other systems, since I could always go “in this world, people talk like me, deal with it”, but this is TOR. This is Middle-Earth. This is THE British fantasy world. If the player Company meets a noble Elf-lord and he sounds like Borat, I imagine it would be quite immersion breaking.
The people I played with before assured me it was fine, but we were already friends. They wouldn’t want to hurt my feelings by telling the truth.
So, I come seeking truth from you. Would you mind a Loremaster with an accent? Have you played TOR or a similar setting-specific system with the GM or player whose accent does not really fit the setting? Was it immersion breaking? Should I take some classes / take a few months to practice my spoken word first? Honest opinions please.