Shadowdancer
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Not surprising -- it was the theme song of a James Bond movie.janta said:
I ran a Cyberpunk adventure once based on Steve Earle's "Copperhead Road."
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Adventure Ideas from Songs
- Thread starter Andrew D. Gable
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I ran a Cyberpunk adventure once based on Steve Earle's "Copperhead Road."
Maggan
Writer for CY_BORG, Forbidden Lands and Dragonbane
Sing me a song
Hmmm... reading the other replies I think I should go back to my Jethro Tull collection and see if I can mine some ideas. For Queen and Country would be a good song and Songs from the Wood a good album to get ideas from.
As for basing adventures on songs, I've done that on at least two occasions:
1. The girl with april in her eyes - Chris DeBurgh
In the middle of the summer the pcs stumble across a small forested valley, locked in deep winter. Due to ancient magic the seasons are antropomorphic in the valley, and spring has been imprisoned for ten years, unable to bring new life to the valley. Winter has gone mad and roams the forest, blind with rage. A tale of love and loss, despair and hope.
2. The riddle - Nik Kershaw
Near a tree by a river, there's a hole in the ground. There the witch Sorrow lies, hidden to the world. But there are forces that would bring her back, to once again rally the trolls and goblins, the poor and oppressed, in a war against the king. But not all is what it seems. Who is the little girl wandering the forest? Who sent the troll mercenaries? And who guards the entrance to the tomb of Sorrow?
I also based parts of a campaign on the Genesis classic Supper's Ready, but that's a lot less structured. I'd recommend early Genesis for good inspiration, as well as the album The Trick of the Tail.
Cheers!
Maggan
Hmmm... reading the other replies I think I should go back to my Jethro Tull collection and see if I can mine some ideas. For Queen and Country would be a good song and Songs from the Wood a good album to get ideas from.
As for basing adventures on songs, I've done that on at least two occasions:
1. The girl with april in her eyes - Chris DeBurgh
In the middle of the summer the pcs stumble across a small forested valley, locked in deep winter. Due to ancient magic the seasons are antropomorphic in the valley, and spring has been imprisoned for ten years, unable to bring new life to the valley. Winter has gone mad and roams the forest, blind with rage. A tale of love and loss, despair and hope.
2. The riddle - Nik Kershaw
Near a tree by a river, there's a hole in the ground. There the witch Sorrow lies, hidden to the world. But there are forces that would bring her back, to once again rally the trolls and goblins, the poor and oppressed, in a war against the king. But not all is what it seems. Who is the little girl wandering the forest? Who sent the troll mercenaries? And who guards the entrance to the tomb of Sorrow?
I also based parts of a campaign on the Genesis classic Supper's Ready, but that's a lot less structured. I'd recommend early Genesis for good inspiration, as well as the album The Trick of the Tail.
Cheers!
Maggan
Three_Haligonians
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Ooo, ooo! You take daft punk's "Discovery" album and you get a group of bard characters together to form a band...and then they are kidnapped and taken to another planer dimention and forced to play.
Hmmmm, seems familiar....has anyone seen Interstella 5555?
hahaha!
ahem. cough.
T from Three Haligonians
Hmmmm, seems familiar....has anyone seen Interstella 5555?
hahaha!
ahem. cough.
T from Three Haligonians
Zelda Themelin
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Try Rhapsody.
Hollywood metal type music.
And check dreamlands section out, there is whole campaing ideas
http://www.mightyrhapsody.com/index.php
They even have download lyrics service from Discography.
Oh, but prepare for heroic game, where dm uses Book of Vile Darkness a lot.
Hollywood metal type music.
And check dreamlands section out, there is whole campaing ideas
http://www.mightyrhapsody.com/index.php
They even have download lyrics service from Discography.
Oh, but prepare for heroic game, where dm uses Book of Vile Darkness a lot.
robberbaron
First Post
When I started running my previous D&D1 campaign (15 years ago) I went through my record collection and noted down any titles that immediately brought ideas to mind. The list ran to 2 pages but the ones I can remember include:
Hell's Bells (hunt for several linked EVIL artifacts) & Back in Black (rival returns with nasty powers) by AC/DC,
Hot Night in a Cold Town (fire creatures whooping it up in the player's home town) by Uriah Heep,
Beneath, Between and Behind (slightly bizarre cross-planar romp) by Rush and
Stone Dead Forever (basilisk hunt) by Motorhead.
Don't generally play music during games 'cos it is more distracting than mood-setting.
Hell's Bells (hunt for several linked EVIL artifacts) & Back in Black (rival returns with nasty powers) by AC/DC,
Hot Night in a Cold Town (fire creatures whooping it up in the player's home town) by Uriah Heep,
Beneath, Between and Behind (slightly bizarre cross-planar romp) by Rush and
Stone Dead Forever (basilisk hunt) by Motorhead.
Don't generally play music during games 'cos it is more distracting than mood-setting.
Wraith Form
Explorer
I always liked the line,
"The fabric of dreams is ripped apart
As you feel the twist of the shadowed dagger"
....but i always thought it was shadow dagger and thought it'd make a great evil artifact, a la Ravenloft.
Props to those who can "name that tune," including song name and band..!
(I've used this one before, so a few of you might remember it from last time this topic came up...)
"The fabric of dreams is ripped apart
As you feel the twist of the shadowed dagger"
....but i always thought it was shadow dagger and thought it'd make a great evil artifact, a la Ravenloft.
Props to those who can "name that tune," including song name and band..!
(I've used this one before, so a few of you might remember it from last time this topic came up...)
I had a space opera sort of campaign based on the Heavy metal soundtrack. Each song defined a turning point in the campaign.
Worked out rather well.
Weird thing was it was a duel campaign. Meaning it was two campaigns depending on the characters choices. More or less they were framed for a crime (not knowing each other at all) and sent to a prison planet and then an opportunity to escape came. If they failed off to the prison campaign, if they escaped off to the fugitive campaign. It was an interesting idea that never played out due to different reasons. May some day revive it using D20 future or something like that.
later
Worked out rather well.
Weird thing was it was a duel campaign. Meaning it was two campaigns depending on the characters choices. More or less they were framed for a crime (not knowing each other at all) and sent to a prison planet and then an opportunity to escape came. If they failed off to the prison campaign, if they escaped off to the fugitive campaign. It was an interesting idea that never played out due to different reasons. May some day revive it using D20 future or something like that.
later
DungeonmasterCal
First Post
Wraith Form said:Props to those who can "name that tune," including song name and band..!
It's from "Nerves", by Bauhaus.
What do I win?
DungeonmasterCal
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EGAD!!!! I love Rhapsody!!!!Zelda Themelin said:Try Rhapsody.
Hollywood metal type music.
And check dreamlands section out, there is whole campaing ideas
http://www.mightyrhapsody.com/index.php
They even have download lyrics service from Discography.
Oh, but prepare for heroic game, where dm uses Book of Vile Darkness a lot.
Inspirational songs
No Led for our heads yet?
Immigrant Song
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
No Quarter
Close the door, put out the light.
You know they won't be home tonight.
The snow falls hard and don't you know?
The winds of Thor are blowing cold.
They're wearing steel that's bright and true
They carry news that must get through.
They choose the path where no-one goes.
Achilles Last Stand
Into the sun the south the north, at last the birds have flown
The shackles of commitment fell, In pieces on the ground
Oh to ride the wind, To tread the air above the din
Oh to laugh aloud, Dancing as we fought the crowd
To seek the man whose pointing hand, The giant step unfolds
With guidance from the curving path, That churns up into stone
The Battle of Evermore
Ramble On
Leaves are falling all around, It's time I was on my way.
Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay.
But now it's time for me to go. The autumn moon lights my way.
For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it's headed my way.
Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I've got one thing I got to do...
Although the lyrics do not a campaign make they get the juices flowing.
Mr. Lobo
No Led for our heads yet?
Immigrant Song
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
No Quarter
Close the door, put out the light.
You know they won't be home tonight.
The snow falls hard and don't you know?
The winds of Thor are blowing cold.
They're wearing steel that's bright and true
They carry news that must get through.
They choose the path where no-one goes.
Achilles Last Stand
Into the sun the south the north, at last the birds have flown
The shackles of commitment fell, In pieces on the ground
Oh to ride the wind, To tread the air above the din
Oh to laugh aloud, Dancing as we fought the crowd
To seek the man whose pointing hand, The giant step unfolds
With guidance from the curving path, That churns up into stone
The Battle of Evermore
Ramble On
Leaves are falling all around, It's time I was on my way.
Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay.
But now it's time for me to go. The autumn moon lights my way.
For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it's headed my way.
Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I've got one thing I got to do...
Although the lyrics do not a campaign make they get the juices flowing.
Mr. Lobo
