Let the spirits do their thing, while I focus on getting my shamanistic looks in order.
I do this by ripping off most of my clothes down to my underwear, and use the blood of the fallen to paint mystical symbols all over my own body.
All while I am chanting in an ancient and long forgotten tongue.
...Cosplaying is fine, but don't forget you are in middle of fight here.
3 - Eh, it's passing imitation.
"Come back here you coward!"
Dance around the spirits and demons and kill that orc bard, this time ignore the whistle his flesh will be weaker than it.
5
-1 - Song of Deathly Silence of Monks should suffice. You do sword dance while playing violin, except instead of using swords you use your legs. Your kicks slams the orc bard into throat crushing his windpipe. Good luck with breathing!
Now wielding the spines of his foes, the Lyrical Lyre man picks up his lyre and replaces the strings with the spines of his foes. He then places the lyre back down, picks up the nearest orc, and flings it at the highest speed possible towards the orc bard.
Spines don't make very good strings, you know.
3
-1 - Your highest throwing speed isn't very respectable. I mean you do throw helpless orc ten meters away, but that's not enough.
If I can't overwhelm the Death Whistle's power, I can outclass its owner.
Swiping the right hand across a bandoleer, I equip all the fingers with ring picks. Playing only one arm of the twin Archlute, the left hand dances across the frets while all the right hand fingers dazzlingly pluck and plink notes. I'm not even going Medieval on his ass, I'll go full out Baroque in Sonata form.
I-Alegro Vivace assai transcendental; II-Presto accelerando con bravura, brio, fuoco e moto; III-Prestissimo furioso orribile, cataclismico e trionfante!
Up a Stairway to Heaven, glimpsing the Music of the Spheres, and in agony down the Highway to Hell to keep company with your pets - my pets, now!
Get the whistle.
6 - Forget the stairway and spheres, you jump right into Highway to Hell, playing your archlute so violently you pluck few strings off! Which means to say your song takes over the Gate of Hell and transforms it bigger. A huge hairy hand extends out, grabs orc bard and pulls his physical body into Hell. The gateway remains open and pair of major demons step into this realm. Twice as tall as human, fire and lighting cackles between their twisted horns. They have come to claim this world once again!
Mellow minds with some calming smooooth jazz.
6 - "
Mellow out, man..." Things are going way too violent here, time out, boys! Let's chill out, smoke some weed, talk about peace and love, man. Sit down with me, guys...
Screams for blood are replaced with confused silence. Power of your song overwrites all those bloodlusting effects clouding people's mind. Even demons are recalculating their plans.
"...MY KEYTAR!!! I NEEDED THOSE KEYS!!!"
I Set My Keytar To "Hellish Untuned Orchestra" And Make the Orks Dance There way to Hell.
Mellow out, man: 2 - Chill it out, some dancing is definitely needed, but maybe not all the way to Hell.
6 - EVERYBODY DANCE NOW! DANCE FEVER ALL THE WAY! You show the way with your own example.
Move your body!Pluck the tune of ten-thousand raining spines upon my Amplified Cactus
Mellow out: 2 - No need to get violent, man! How about few breaths from pipe this one orc has lit and offers you.
Move your body: 1 - crazyabe is showing excellent form of dancing. You join him and growing number of dancing orcs, your goal being the best dancer around!
"Greetings, extradimensional benefactor. Thank you for accompanying us!"
Back up He Who Shall Not Be Named with accordion music meant to strengthen and otherwise maintain his presence on the Prime Material Plane
Few mouths on the tentacle stop singing for a moment and respond you:
"̽̏̚͟҉͓̭́N͖̜͚̝̒ͨ̓o͓̖̪̮̱̒͗͑͘ ̷̗̤̣͚ͨ͠͝p̷̲̭̓̐̓͠ͅŗ̵̬͇̰̜̱̹̩͖͛͛̓ͮ̈́̓̏̇̄͠ó̴̥͙̣̪͐ͩ̑̾͑̄̂b̵̷͇͎̖͙̞̝̻̊͂l̩͉̬̱̯ͤ͑͐̐̏ͅę̰̤̻͈͓̯ͧ̾̏m̧͚͚̠̰̫̺̪̰̼ͪ͊̀ͯ̽ͩ̐̊,̣̦̬̜̪̟ͬ͛ͧ͡ ͯ҉̖͔̠̹͉̹b͚͈̃͂ͣ̔̏͋̂̚͝r̵̶̡̲̼̗͕̟̲̯̹ͤô̴̦̮̖ͥͬͭͧͭ̈́̌!̵̣̩͔̲͇̰͌̇ͮ͗̃ͫ̐̍̍ ̩͇͇̼̊͠͞͠H̡̛͖̲̮̜͇̺͑̾̏͂͆̒̈́ȃ̴͗͗͜҉̖͇̳̝̖̮̩p̨̝̼̭͍̥̱̠̂̔̎ͧ̔̚p̴̘̬͇̬̫̫̯͔̀ͤͯ͒ͨy̴̢͔̙͖̤͙͙͍̣͂́͞ ̘̒ͥ̈́͐̕͡t͉̹̃̐͗̓́̚ȏ͕͙̰̱̪̫̺͟ͅ ̨͔͍͍̠̃f̪̠̈̐ͧ̅͂͐i͈̱̼̱͔̤ͪ͑̃n̙̰̠̦̦̥͎̦͐̈́̈͋d̺̞̦̼̘̾̀̄ ̹͍͉̲̑̒̽ͮ̿̾a̧̲̤̰ͭͧ͞n̶̳̰̞̆ͯ̔͘ơ̶̦͉͈̠̘̟̺̙ͬ̊̉̍́t̜̹̙̦̗͐̍ḧ̩͔͓̮̯́ͨͥ̆̐̔ę̽͆̊ͯ͒̏͐̏́҉͏͓̫͕̰̞̼͙ͅr̵̢̡̖̟̤̮̺̬̱̠̊̎̋ ̟̀͒ͫͤͨ̿̌͞p̢̛͕̞̱͖͂̚͞ͅo̓́̚͜҉̞͍̯̰̘͙l̪̖̦̜̟͆ͨ̔͘k̸̷̭̪̭͔̮͗͒̆̍̽ͤ̾́ͅả̧̰͎̗̾ͯ͋̾͗͠ ̹͚̹͇̫̤͔̯͋̅ͦ̿͗̇̇̕͢͡l̙̟̙̤̞̙̼̒ͣ̑o̪ͮ̓̈́ͥͩ͐͗́vͩͩ͑̍̆ͦͤ͢͏̰̜̯̞̟͈͕e̜͕͕̯̮͕̯͛̐̓ͤ̾ͪr͔͖̤͙̤͐̿ͪ!͚̹̏͋͜ͅ"̻̭̦̬̜̝̳͉̒̔ͧͭ͛̕Move your body: 6 - Dance fever shall never move even your finger!
3 - The rift stays open.
Crank the volume, but this time play the brown note!
Mellow out, bro: 3 You brifly consider smoking a pipe and chilling out on a beach drinking beer.
Dance fever: 4 - Dancing doesn't feel like a proper choice here either.
2
-1 - Brown note is very specific frequency. In order make all out of it you fiddle a bit with your theremin, taking its electric components apart and putting back together in different configuration. Huh, there seems to be few extra parts... Wonder where those came from? Whatever, time to make people shit their pants!
Except the sound comes out wrong. Not strong enough, and directed in wrong way. It makes you clench your butt very hard.
Can I get a different instrument when I get back in?
Sure.
Make all extradimensional and non-corporeal shit that's not strictly on our side go away!
Mellow out: 6
-1 - No power holds sway on your mind unless you permit it!
Dance fever: Rejected!
4 - You play powerful song of bitter farewells, banishing demons, Gate of Hell, spirits summoned by orcs and Jack the Ripper because he's still focused on stabbing KiwiOui.
Keep wrecking orcs!
Mellow out, man: 2 - Nah, instead you succumb on dance fever.
S̶̺͎̗͕̟̬ͪ̍̀͌̄͝i̧͉̯̩̮͙͔͉̱ͯ͠͝ͅn̸̫̰̠͇̫͎ͪ̾̑͛ͩ̐̽̓ͅg̴̛̝̗͚̼̖ͣ̿͛ͧ͗̚ ̪̥̫͍̔ͩͨ̌̄̄ͨ̇T̴͚̫̟͍̫̠͛ͯ̉͒͑͡w̟̞̱̜̺͍͔̩̿̄̇̒ͤ̂͠͞e̞̲̠̤ͭ̔̓͛̋́͊͊͡n̈͂͂҉̫͈̤̠̘̺ͅṫͬ̈̇͊́͂҉̶̯̠̖̺y̩͓͈͙̗̺̤̅ͯ͜͡ ̷̮̘̽͜͠N̦͕̘̪̝̈̆͗̒ͯͥ͢͡ĩ̋͏͔̺͡ǹ̷̻̠̦̭̣̝͈̆̅͆ͨ̇ͅḛ̱͍͇̙̱̼͕̇̾͋ͅt̨͙̲̗̯̞͖͈̘͂̎ͯ̆̔͊ͅh͎͔̘̖̠̬͉̐ͥ̄ͮͬ͐̎̈́ ̨̰̦̼͍̼͎ͣ̏͂̋P̪̩̬̞͊̆̉͌̆̅͢ǫ̯̳̹͔̳̲͖͔̲̒̏́̆͟l͖͉̦̻̻͊ͬ̊̽́̓ͦk̡̜̘̦̟̞̙͚̗̳͐͂̇a͎̝͈̱̰̱ͫ̇́ ͓̲̝̳͖̠̬̂̄ͣ͂̎͒ͫf̥͎̿ͩ̀̿̕͞o̡̢̠̙͆̾̿ͬ̂̓̋r̮̠͊ͧ ̧̲͙̏̂̔̿͠m̝͈̰̱͚̝̰̂y̴̷̲̜̹͇̹͋͂̌̔̀̊́̀ ̘̟̬̰͚̩͔̰ͩͧ͜͡ͅf̷̱̩̳̙̮͓ͧ͒̂̉ͥ̄̋e͊ͤ͛̍̓̈́ͫ͗͏͕͓̺̙l̘͎̤̺̥̘̻͈̲̍̾̀̈́͆͗̂͟l̨̜͉̟̬̙̜͚͈ͫ̐̀̇ͤo̘̙̰͕͈̩̹̽ͪ̈̈́ͣͅw̛̑ͦ͛͊͆ͯ͗҉̦̥ ͇͈̤̙̫ͧ̈́̑̀̐̌̄̄̽p̰͎̟͇̠ͦͧ̿̈́͋̅̉̌̓͘o͖͎̲̖̒̿̏͂ͯ̓͟͝ļ̶͕̩͎̟̤͚͈̌̽͑̀͋ͩ̾̃͌k̸̟͍̊͒͞a͉̞ͩ̋̊ͥ̕͠ ̙̘̮͔̣̤͎̲̍ͯ͒̂ͮ͟ͅl̛̝͕͉̹̯̜̗̲ͦ̿ͪ͑̋ōͨͦ́͏̺̭̼v̏͛ͮ̿̑҉҉̣̦̟̼e̵̲̯̗ͮ̿͒́͢ȓ͕̲̥͒̍ͫ
S̜̺͕͌ͥͫ̉ͯo̱̟͙͓̼̳̞̠͆̇m̵̪͕̬̝ͯ̊̀ͧ̈̔̿̍̀̚e̶͇̼͇̥͖ͤ͌͒̆ͅ ͇͕̦̻̥̣̹̒̀ͪ̿̀̓̚͟͜p̢̘͈̗̜̬͇̼̑͜u͛̽͛̆͑͋̾̚͟ͅͅṇ͕̖̻̂y̘̝͓̆͋̽̆͐̄̋͊ ̷̸̩͉͌̉͛͊̉ͨ͑͑m̧̻̮̪͎̏ͯ͑ͦ̈́͜͜ŏ̤̻͙͈̞̘̟̗̕r̡̟̖̭̾ͬ̎͞tͯ̐̋̿͗͞҉̦̠ą͖͔̰͔͊ͪ̉͐̎͌͐͡ͅl̡̹ͪͮ̎ͪ͊ͦͩ̀ ̨̦͚̱̦͒̕͜m͈̜̯̚͝a͉͈̹̟̎̽̃̿ͩ̅ͯ͐g̢͖͖ͯ͑̈́̀͆̍i͙̮̳͔͕͒ͪ̅̎͌͂̆̆́͘c̞̙͈̙̘̔̋ ̗͍̲͖̙̟͐ͪ̉͐̿ͮ́͠͞w͋̑ͭͥͦ͏̥͎̞̟̫̰͙͞͠o͕̺͚̮̫̎̽ͯͨ͗̑̆n̷̫̞̊̆̈͛̕͟'̴̬̜̙̙͊̽ͦ͢͜t̟̞̩̝̯͚̳̯ͭ̓̿ͤ̋̚͞ͅ ̧͊̊̌ͥͪ͏҉̞a̷̡̫ͦ̊̔͐̉̑f̼̦͖̠ͣ͋ͩͦ̃f̜͈̟͔̙͔̥ͩ̇̏̕ė̜̘̪̗̞̓́͟c̷͎̦̫͈̅̉̚t̡̃̓̎́̎̔͊̂͌͏̟͔̭̰̺̮͇̻̼ ̹͇̮̬̟͓̆͜͞y̜̰͉̰̫͓ͫ̅̑̒ͬ̽ͅỏͦ͏̩̩u̻̮̖̤̟͆͂̊̉̅ͧ̔̀͠͞.̵̙̯͎̩͕̲̥̩͋̿̒̿ͣ 4 - Fingers of elder being from other edge of multiverse sings more, crushing more orc minds. Number of sane orcs has plummeted to 20, while number of insane ones has risen to 70.
Make forest of spears!
Mellow out, dude: 3
+1 - No mellowing. Impaling!
Dance fever: 6
+1 - No dancing, unless it involves murder!
2 - Murder happens slowly, but orc mages are dead. They had descended into insanity already so they wouldn't been much of challenge anyway.
Cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut
Mellow out, dude: 1
+1 - No cut?
Dance fever: 5
+1 - CUT!
Spectral surgeon is wondering what to do.
Last sane spirit summoner summons the King of Winds, the arch nemesis of bards who rely on music to archieve their miraculous magic. That's a tad problematic.
Remaining orcs who still manage to steel their will attack!
Guild Master: 4
-1Sosoku234: 2
ziizo: 4
Mallos: 1
Draignean: 2
Ultimuh: 5
Coolrune206: 6
KiwiOui: 2
crazyabe: 6
-1DolosusDoleus: 2
Maegil: 6
Only one who really fails to dodge is Mallos, which results damaged accordion.
S34N1C returns with fresh instrument (which may or may not be harmonica).
Shared Effects:- Mellow out, man! (33% chance to fail to take offensive action)
- Dance fever! (roll to resist desire to dance!)
30 Brass golems
Player: Guild Master
Instrument: Electric guitar
Effects:Player: Sosoku234
Instrument: Damaged Trombone
Effects:Player: ziizo
Instrument: Damaged Enchanted Violin
Effects:Player: Mallos
Instrument: Damaged Accordion
Effects:- Summon - fingers of Him Who Shall Not Be Named
- Dances like solid rock
Player: Draignean
Instrument: Amplified Cactus
Effects:Player: Ultimuh
Instrument: Damaged Didgeridoo
Effects:- Summons: Vlad the Impaler. Monster of Udine.
- Cosplaying shaman
Player: Coolrune206
Instrument: Damaged Lyre
Effects:Player: KiwiOui
Instrument: Saxophone
Effects:Player: crazyabe
Instrument: Damaged Keytar
Effects:Player: DolosusDoleus
Instrument: Damaged Theremin
Effects:Player: Maegil
Instrument: Damaged Electric Archlute
Effects:Player: S34N1C
Instrument: Harmonica
Effects: -None-
4 - Poohbah, Flute
4 - Harry Baldman, Bagpipes
4 - MidnightJaguar, Marching snare drum
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