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<blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 7086069" data-attributes="member: 2518">That doesnt change anything, encounters do not end just because the bard starts to sing. This example was specially crafted for the bard and the rest of the party is just backround. While it does happen that from time to time a character gets the spotlight, during the vast majority of the game you do not have encounters which are solved by one character while everyone else stands back and watches, like in every Orpheus example here, but everyone is &quot;doing their thing&quot; at the same time, especially when it isnt a major BBEG encounter. So while everyone is fighting orks Orpheus stands back playing his harp and shouting mocking insults at the orcs. And even though this is effective in D&amp;D rules as the insults do damage and the harp produces magical effects the imagery is silly. Yet those are exactly the images the rules try to evoke with both art and wording (except they usually go for a lute and not a harp)If you want to bring examples use normal encounter and not spotlight scenes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Derren, post: 7086069, member: 2518"] That doesnt change anything, encounters do not end just because the bard starts to sing. This example was specially crafted for the bard and the rest of the party is just backround. While it does happen that from time to time a character gets the spotlight, during the vast majority of the game you do not have encounters which are solved by one character while everyone else stands back and watches, like in every Orpheus example here, but everyone is "doing their thing" at the same time, especially when it isnt a major BBEG encounter. So while everyone is fighting orks Orpheus stands back playing his harp and shouting mocking insults at the orcs. And even though this is effective in D&D rules as the insults do damage and the harp produces magical effects the imagery is silly. Yet those are exactly the images the rules try to evoke with both art and wording (except they usually go for a lute and not a harp) If you want to bring examples use normal encounter and not spotlight scenes. [/QUOTE]

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