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[Urdothor]

I had a quick brainstorm idea.
What if I made an addition race, Bards, who are specifically crafted by the gods to bring joyous sounds to the world.
To obtain instruments you have to disarm said musicians.
The instruments are the bards only weapons.
Thoughts?
It lets you reduce the number of instruments to have to be made, and be a specific just bard class.

Edit: Just a thought.

[Dwarf4Explosives]

Sorry about that.

Anyway, while it may help with getting the effects you want, it seems like it could disrupt storytelling to some degree. Then again, having your adventurer learn from the "Bard of legend So-and-so" could help storytelling. Depends on what you want, really.

By the way, does anyone think a mascot would be a good idea? I'm thinking dirigible spider, with icy spines along it's back, mechanical chelicerae, "coding error" mind grip, some dragon-like features (presumably just wings) and possibly tentacles due to the land squid. And root tentacles (treelords) and mallard duck beaks somehow figured into the whole mess. On the other hand, it may just seem like a bit too much self-insertion, so...yes/no?

[Urdothor]

What if I made music a secret you can learn from someone or something?

[Dwarf4Explosives]

That seems like a good solution, as that would allow you to implement bards without making them a specific race. It may also help you to get them to stay in the roles you want.

[Kazimuth]

Yay, thread updates! I don't want this to die

[Urdothor]

It wont. Quad state is almost over.

[Timeless Bob]

Music as a secret would truthfully be amazing.  Even different musics - drums, flutes, harps, ect... Being able to use an instrument as a secret, and having many instruments as separate secrets, each producing a Melody or Dance of Power... Marvelous!

[Poldon]

I gotta say, I also really enjoy the idea of music secrets. Songs of power appeal to my inner Tolkien fan.

[Dwarf4Explosives]

We could spice up our necromancer "dance" interaction with music, too.

[StLeibowitz]

Music plus magic would be interesting to work in. Beating a drum to give targets enhanced speed, bagpipes to sow madness and rage amongst your foes, panpipes that melt targets' brains, or better yet, musical necromancy! The ability to play the flute so well, the dead claw themselves out of their earthen graves, to dance one final jig...

[Urdothor]

I could replicate so many musical legends with this.
The french Danse Macabre.
The pied piper...

This is going to be fun.

[Dwarf4Explosives]

The Scratched version of the pied piper summons rattlesnakes instead of rats, right?

[Timeless Bob]

I thought the pie eyed piper merely entranced those who heard his music, rather than summoned them like some sort of wizard - isn't that how he was able to lead all those children into the river to drown?

[Urdothor]

The version of the tale I heard involves him leading away the rats AND the children.

And, speculation is the pied piper actually brought the rats so as to warrant his services

[StLeibowitz]

A shrewd man he was, in that case. Can interactions summon creatures, though?