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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Princelucianus" data-source="post: 7874981" data-attributes="member: 6749738">Thanks for all the brainstorming. It helped immensely and I have a small set up.A small bit of extra info first:Due to deaths in the group, the bard has taken 5 levels of rogue to help in the fighting.And, always hearing that Plonko is so great, made him play less and less music (basically only songs of rest, he declined to play in a pub when Plunko's name was mentioned an hour before).Plunko would kill Plonko on the spot.So, how about this.Some kind of creature (vamp/lich/other) has taken control of Plonko and uses his essence to regain his life. (Plonko might or might not be aware of this, think Psi vampire).Both bards share the same muse (think twins) and get/got equal shares of the inspiration and virtuoso.So, when one stops playing and conducting, the other receives more.(Maybe they have to be within 100 miles of each other for this to work).Knowing Plunko would kill Plonko, the creature needs to keep Plonko away from Plunko.For this to work, Plonko needs to be clueless about Plunko's existence.So maybe the creature needs Plonko to give up on being a bard completely to get all the essence and regain her/his life-force.Future info:Plunko receives news that he had several siblings he never knew he had.Plonko's star rises while Plunko becomes more resilient to play.The creature becomes more powerful and sends death squads to kill Plunko.Plonko becomes aware of Plunko.So, how could this end?It needs a poetic ending worthy of a great bard in despair.....(And then Plunko got killed two sessions later while accidentally cutting his head off while shaving*)*Blackadder the second</blockquote>

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