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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 9413254" data-attributes="member: 85555">I wasn't thinking in terms of larping, more in terms of speaking in character. It is true though you wouldn't need to sing in an RPG, you could just do something else. But I feel like music is so essential to musicals, it would probably be better to go the actual singing direction. I think&nbsp; it is true most groups don't break into actual song for bards. I have seen a person do this in one session, and I have certainly seen people nod to it briefly but most of the time my experience has been a person says something like &quot;I sing a song about X&quot;. On the speaking every sentence of a negotiation. Maybe not every single sentence, but in most groups I have been in, it has been the norm (not saying it is an across the board thing but speaking largely in character is pretty common on many groups)It wouldn't. You are right it can be done another way. Personally I think I find the idea of people trying to sing it a little more fascinating but I am not sure how well it would play out in practice Sure if you are going more the mechanical route, I think this is fair. But I think most people heard musical and tended to imagine people singing at the table. I get it can be done different, and the action movie comparison is a good one. But the difference there is you really can't punch your friends at the table or drive a car over a cliff at the table; you could sing if you chose to though. Still I think either approach would be viable as an RPG I could see what you are talking about working. If musical numbers had some kind of impact on where things go in the game (i.e. persuading people to do something), you might almost be able group them into types based on effect</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 9413254, member: 85555"] I wasn't thinking in terms of larping, more in terms of speaking in character. It is true though you wouldn't need to sing in an RPG, you could just do something else. But I feel like music is so essential to musicals, it would probably be better to go the actual singing direction. I think it is true most groups don't break into actual song for bards. I have seen a person do this in one session, and I have certainly seen people nod to it briefly but most of the time my experience has been a person says something like "I sing a song about X". On the speaking every sentence of a negotiation. Maybe not every single sentence, but in most groups I have been in, it has been the norm (not saying it is an across the board thing but speaking largely in character is pretty common on many groups) It wouldn't. You are right it can be done another way. Personally I think I find the idea of people trying to sing it a little more fascinating but I am not sure how well it would play out in practice Sure if you are going more the mechanical route, I think this is fair. But I think most people heard musical and tended to imagine people singing at the table. I get it can be done different, and the action movie comparison is a good one. But the difference there is you really can't punch your friends at the table or drive a car over a cliff at the table; you could sing if you chose to though. Still I think either approach would be viable as an RPG I could see what you are talking about working. If musical numbers had some kind of impact on where things go in the game (i.e. persuading people to do something), you might almost be able group them into types based on effect [/QUOTE]

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