[Game] Songs as Adventures

[Drawmack]

American Pie:
20 years ago there was a horrible accident that killed the lands most popular party of Bards. As time has gone on the music of these bards is becoming nearly extinct. There is one young man in a nearby town who is a talented Bard and a big fan of their music. He is the one man in all the realm the can salvage these bard's music. This man is wasting his life on drinking, woman and just hanging out down by the Levee. The spirits of the dead bards visit the party and emplore them to turn the young man around and save their music.

Next Song: Goodbye Earl by: The Dixie Chicks.

 

[Angelsboi]

((I love Dixie Chicks))

Good Bye Earl

Two close childhood friends graduate from a mage university. One of them sets out to find adventure in the big known world and the other decides to make a life for herself in their hometown. Well the girl who stayed was forced to marry an ogre to save their villiage and was abused. She sent out a distress call to her friend and her friend came back.

The ogre had taken away his wifes magic abilities with magic dampeners and the two decided they had to get rid of him conventionally. Through alchemical living.

When he went missing, his fellow clan camee by looking for him but no one knew where he was. The two best friends opened an herbalist shoppe and now the two dont lose any sleep at night, cause the ogre had to die.

Die Another Day - Madonna

 

[thullgrim]

Someone has discovered a metaphysical loophole, allowing themselves to live forever. They are teaching this to anyone who will listen. The gods are unhappy about this, and the characters have to put a stop to it. Twist, the guy doing the teaching is not evil he is simply trying to help people.

Next: Tengerine, Led Zepplin

 

[Angelsboi]

Tangerine

A druid went missing during the High Summer Solstice and no one was able to find her. Now, the PCs are approached by a man who still has hope that she is alive. The PCs go to her last whereabouts and find a Faerie Ring.

Landslide - Stevie Nicks

 

[thullgrim]

Evil Archamge or Cleric seeks to change his way after having his life touched by a very special individual. He looks back on his life and sees the things he has done and loathes himself. He determines to atone for his misdeeds. Unfortunatley he has mader alot of enemies during his time and they seek his end, additionally, his associates (now former) seeks his soul as punishment for betraying them.

Next: Alison Row, the Gin Blossoms

 

[Psion]

Double post! Oh well, postcount=postcount+2

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What are you a cobol programmer? postcount += 2. Get with it man.

 

[gamecat]

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What are you a cobol programmer? postcount += 2. Get with it man.

That is Visual Basic.

For I am a magician. A wizard whose wand is his keyboard, his spells electrons slaved to his will through arcane languages. That magician, my friend, is a programmer.

(My programming manifesto )

 

[WayneLigon]

Next: Alison Row, the Gin Blossoms

For d20 Modern: A man driving home from work late one night accidentaly hits a woman walking on the side of the road. Terrified, he flees the scene of the accident, not knowing that she was still savable at the time. Hours later she succumbs to her wounds and dies, cursing her murderer. She returns as a ghost and haunts that spot, which he passes by each night after work.

The man has seen her and is drawn to her. He starts to see her in his dreams, and in other places along that road. Anyone else in the car with him sees nothing. She is gradually enticing him, drawing off his life a little bit with each encounter. If nothing is done, finally he will stop and she will get in the car. She'll kiss him, draw out the last of his breath and he'll die in a horrible accident, burning slowly to death as she watches, smiling.

Indigo Girls -- Closer to Fine

 

[LazarusLong42]

I'm not chiming in with another song piece here, but just to point out that, Lazarus - that last hook of yours was masterful. Wow.

[blush] Thanks.

OK, now to take a stab at Closer to Fine:

A bard sings to the PCs, weaving a tale about life and all its facets, but also weaving a complex riddle into the lyrics--a riddle which one or perhaps more of the PCs feel compelled to pursue the answer to.* Even after the suggestion wears off, the interest in the riddle persists. After questing to speak with sages and oracles, and even speaking to those of less stature in bars across the land as they travel, they find each person has a different answer to the riddle. When they finally encounter the bard again, he laughs and tells them that there is no true answer to the riddle--only the answers life will give each of them.

*(Bard's fascinate/suggestion ability, Will save DC 18)

Gaming notes:

Talk about RP-intensive A possible reward for the PCs would be to be affected as if having read a Tome of Understanding +1 (inherent +1 bonus to Wis).

OK, that was a *really* tough song. Next up: Toad the Wet Sprocket: Fly from Heaven

LL