Your favorite bands as adventuring parties.

[Flyspeck23]

Hüsker Dü in their prime:
Bob Mould - Barbarian
Grant Hart - Fighter
Greg Norton - Rogue

The late Hüsker Dü:
Bob Mould - Bard
Grant Hart - Bard
Greg Norton - Rogue
And yes, I like the early Hüsker Dü better

 

[Krug]

Beastie Boys... I'm thinking about the Sabotage video.

And of course Gorillaz.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

Roxy Music:

Bryan Ferry (vocals): Rogue (beginning of career)/Aristocrat (circa Flesh + Blood/Avalon)

Phil Manzanera (guitar): Wizard

Andy Mackay (sax): Bard

The Great Paul Thompson (drums): Fighter (lots of controlled power)

Eno (keyboards, tapes, distortion): Sorceror/Rogue (early career)/Archmage/Sage (later career)

Roxy Music went through bassists like Spinal Tap went through drummers, so they're all monks because they're just...doomed.

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If my favorite musician, John Foxx was an adventurer? I'd give him levels in monk (because his father was a pro boxer and he picked up how to punch from him), bard (because of his wanderlust), and Sage.

 

[csi]

Wouldn't all band members be Bards by nature? Except for ones who really couldn't play, like Sid Vicious, who were Rogues disguising as Bards

 

[Shadowdancer]

I once used Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart as NPCs in an adventure.

Ann was a sorceress and Nancy an axe-wielding fighter.

The adventure also featured Lita Ford (Leeta of the Fjord) as an axe-wielding barbarian, and Elton John (Elfin John) as a half-elf bard.

 

[Richards]

Originally Posted by RangerWickett:

* Paladin (John)

Originally posted by Dogbrain:

Paladins don't give donations to the Irish Republican Army.

They also don't make half-hour films about their genitalia, nor do they use illegal drugs. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Beatles fan, but I really don't see John Lennon as a paladin of any stripe. As a druid, maybe.

Johnathan

 

[Tyler Do'Urden]

Well, now that KMFDM is fighting WW III, I wonder what classes they are:

From the land of volcanoes
The lovely Lucia
Her voice will fill you with wonder and fear
She screams like a banshee and she moves like a cat
I could tell you much more but lets leave it at that

Clearly Lucia is a Half Fire Elemental Drow Bard/Rogue.

The Lord of Lard
The mighty swine
He loves manchego and a bottle of wine
Also known as Raymond Watts
He screams out his lungs while his brain slowly rots

Hmm... we're going to have to reach into Arcana Unearthed here. Raymond is an Undead Human Pig Totem Warrior/Drunken Master.

The one and only, the great Steve White
His morals are loose but his shirts are tight
Challenged by few and rivaled by none
He's a low down dirty son of a gun

Hmm... a bit tougher, but I'm seeing a Human Fighter/Sorcerer/Gunglyph.

Andy Selway, the master of skins
Frequently found screwing chicks behind bins
His hobbies include but are not limited to
Things you and I would rather not do

Human Bard/Necromancer/Acolyte of the Skin, obviously.

And here we have Joolz, the king of guitar
He's only at home when he's inside a bar
Rings and spikes and chains and tatoos
He breeds new lifeforms inside his shoes

Ooh, another interesting one. Half-Orc Fighter/Fleshcrafter/Tatoo Mage/Master of Chains. Wicked.


I am Kap'n K, the korrupter of youth
My word is gospel of the honest truth
I am the father of industrial rock
And if you don't believe me you can suck my glock

Ooh... Sascha K, the leader of the party. Tiefling Fighter/Cleric/Bard/Virtuoso, high level.

All the members of KMFDM are clearly Chaotic Neutral, perhaps with evil tendencies. They spend a lot of time in the underdark. And they are clearly the coolest adventuring party ever. And they'll tell you such, over, and over, and over...

 

[Dogbrain]

They also don't make half-hour films about their genitalia, nor do they use illegal drugs. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Beatles fan, but I really don't see John Lennon as a paladin of any stripe. As a druid, maybe.

One with lots of levels in Herbalism.

 

[Dogbrain]

I'm fully down with the Beatles fighting Orcs!

However, they would be fighting against the Lawful Evil Orcs with blue skin.

 

[Vrecknidj]

Jim Morrison Rogue 5 / Bard 5 / Some really bizarre PrC based on drugs 10
Align: CN

And, remember, no one here gets out alive.

Oh wait, maybe he's a Clr of a chaos deity, level 20.

Dave