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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Michael Tree" data-source="post: 78633" data-attributes="member: 1455">So the many stories of the supernatural effects of Orpheus' music are absurd?  The medieval stories of troubadors beguiling hapless listeners with their songs are absurd?  The magical powers of the bard Taliesin, and the innumerable examples in Irish folktales about music enchanting people, making them dance or sleep, turning them into strange shapes, helping them fight with tremendous endurance and courage, and even songs that make spears fly straighter and control the winds, are all absurd?You really should read more about folktales and mythology before you make sweeping statements about what is and isn't absurd.  Saying magical bards don't fit your campaign setting is one thing, but saying that they're absurd is quite another.</blockquote>