Can the warlock use the Actor feat to mimic speech through the familiar using the Voice of the Chain Master eldritch invocation

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The Actor feat states (PHB, p. 165):

You can mimic the speech of another person or the sounds made
by other creatures. You must have heard the person speaking, or heard
the creature make the sound, for at least 1 minute. A successful
Wisdom (Insight) check contested by your Charisma (Deception) check
allows a listener to determine that the effect is faked.

The Voice of the Chain Master eldritch invocation for warlocks states (emphasis mine):

You can communicate telepathically with your familiar and perceive
through your familiar’s senses as long as you are on the same plane of
existence. Additionally, while perceiving through your familiar’s
senses, you can also speak through your familiar in your own
voice
, even if your familiar is normally incapable of speech
.

In a nutshell: Can I make my familiar imitate someone else's voice in a way that might fool them?

Basically, I'm hoping for some fun ways to sow discord, confusion, and otherwise mess (or even parley) with my enemies, all from the safety of a distant enough location on the same plane of existence.

Similar questions have been asked here, but they all centered around the ability to cast spells, or use spell-like abilities (you can't).

My gut says that while technically it's not my characters' voice per se, it is my character's voice imitating someone else's in a mundane (non-magical) way, so it should function properly.

Is there an official rule or ruling on whether this works?

Best Answer

You're speaking in your own voice, so you can mimic speech.

There's no strict ruling regarding this, but the rules you mention specify that you're speaking using your own voice, so it stands to reason that you can mimic others using the Actor feat. As it is your own voice, the listener could still attempt the opposed Wisdom (Insight) check against your Charisma (Deception) check, even though it's technically your familiar making the noise.

The same thing would apply to spells like Animal Messenger or Magic Mouth that play back the sound of your voice--you're doing the mimicry when you create the message, and thus the Actor feat applies.