Verbal Component Correlation

[The_Werebear]

I bit off a bit more than I can chew for an upcoming campaign. I told the DM I would do a few lyrics from a song related to the spell for verbal components. However, I have been drawing a blank for the past three days, and I am stuck. So, would anyone care to try their hand at some Lyrical attachments?

Sample Format:
Light
And the light of a fading star/
is what you were, is what you are.
Flogging Molly, The Light of a Fading Star.

The campaign is unlikely to get very high very fast, so I would prefer submissions for 0-3rd level spells.

Thanks to anyone who can help out.

[tainsouvra]

Bear in mind you'd want to keep them all really short, as it's something you're supposed to be able to say, then move 30', in the span of six seconds. :smallsmile:

[FireSpark]

I don't know about songs and lyrics, but I once played a wizard that had a penchant for talking in a rather unique way, so I wanted to make his spellcasting unique as well. I decided that for spells with a casting time of a standard action or less (and had a verbal component), I would utter a phrase with number of syllables equal to the level of the spell. (for 0-lvl spells, I simply said the name. "Ray of Frost"!) So a spell like 'Light' might be made into "Dhaene". And 'Fireball' might be "Kollo Nass". The words didn't matter, as long as they sounded cool and bizarre.

[Feralgeist]

my wiz in one of the campaigns i've just started playing in has the feat nonverbal spell, which lets you make whatever noise you want as the verbal component. You can hum a ditty to charm someone pied piper style, scream until fireballs explode around you, or weave the spell suggestion into conversation. take that with the spell trick conceal magic, and people will wonder how you cast magic at all

[Kaelaroth]

Hhhmmm... This may not be what you mean:

Feather Fall
As a leaf in the breeze,
A spell I here seize,
Like the bird in the squall,
Let my friend Feather Fall!


Not the best, but I tried. :smallconfused:

[Toliudar]

This sounds like fun! Here's a few possibilities:

Floating disk:
"I'll never be your beast of burden
My back is broad but it's a hurting"
- Rolling Stones, Beast of Burden

Feather Fall:
"I'm light as a feather and bright as the moon"
- All About Eve, Light as a Feather

Fly:
Sugar Ray, the eponymous song.

Endure Elements:
"It's too darn hot."
Cole Porter, Kiss Me Kate

Bless:
"It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah"
Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah

Summon (anything):
"Call me (call me) on the line
Call me, call me any, anytime
Call me"
Blondie, Call Me.

Glitterdust:
"Colored lights can hypnotize
Sparkle someone else's eyes"
The Guess Who, American Woman

Bless:
"Hell's foundations quiver at the shout of praise;
brothers, lift your voices, loud your anthems raise"
Sabine Baring-Gould and Arthur Sullivan, Onward Christian Soldiers

Remove Fear:
Be not afraid, be not alone
I have come to take you home.
hymn, Be Not Afraid.

Just a few possibilities. All the best with the campaign!

[Ungvar]

Do you have any prohibited schools? It would be kinda lame to come up with some songs for spells you can't even use.

That said...

DAZE:
"Purple (daze) all in my brain
Lately things just dont seem the same"

- Purple Haze, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

RAY OF FROST:
"Youre as cold as ice, youre willing to sacrifice our love
You never take advice, someday youll pay the price, I know"

- Cold as Ice, Foreigner

DETECT POISON
"I want to kiss you but I want it too
Much (too much)
I want to taste you but your lips
Are venomous poison
Youre poison running through my
Veins"

- Poison, Alice Cooper

...and so on and so on. In fact, that sounds like a pretty fun idea for a light-hearted campaign.

[Gnorosch]

Charm Person

You ask yourself who'd watch for me
My only friend who could it be
It's hard to say it
I hate to say it
but it's probably me
Sting: It's probably me

[martyboy74]

Detect thoughts:
"I am the eye in the sky,
looking at you
I can read your mind"
-"Eye in the Sky", Alan Parsons Project

Misdirection:
"I know, you know, that I'm not telling the truth.
I know, you know, they just don't have any proof.
Embrace the deception- learn how to bend,"
-"I Know, You Know", The Friendly Indians

Fly:
"Butterfly in the sky
I can fly twice as high
Take a look, it's in a book!"
-Reading Rainbow Theme

Displacement:
"I told you homeboy,can't touch this
Yeah, that's how we livin' and ya know,
can't touch this
Look in my eyes man, can't touch this
Yo let me bust the funky lyrics, you can’t touch this"
-"U Can't Touch This", MC Hammer

Phantom Steed:
The entire song "Greased Lightning", from Grease.

What? It's a long casting time.

[Sucrose]

Shocking Grasp or Lightning Bolt
"Some say it's mystic
It's Electric!
You can't resist it
It's Electric!"
-Electric Boogie, by Marcia Griffith, written by Bunny Wailer

[Kaelaroth]

Oh! I get it now. *phew*

Charm Person
Love, love me do
You know I love you
I'll always be true
So please, love me do
Whoa, love me do
The Beatles: Love me do

True Seeing
Is it possible Mr. Loveable
Is already in my life?
Right in front of me
Or maybe you're in disguise
Natasha Bedingfield: Soulmate

Time Stop
Everything I did
With total devotion
Reading the signs
We're out of time
Mel C: Out of Time

[Tellah]

Knock
"Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door" (required: sing it like Axl Rose, not Bob Dylan)

Scorching Ray/Burning Hands/Fireball
"I'm livin' for giving the devil his due
And I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you"
-Blue Oyster Cult, Burnin' For You

Enlarge Person (On women only)
"Oh, you gonna let it all hang out
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go 'round"
-Queen, Fat Bottomed Girls
Side note: Freddy Mercury did not actually believe that fat-bottomed girls make the rockin' world go 'round. He was a liar, and this bothers me.

Arcane Eye
"I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise:
I know that you have, 'cause there's magic in my eyes.
I can see for miles and miles!
I can see for miles and miles!"
-The Who, I Can See for Miles

Secure Shelter
"I come in from the wilderness,
A creature void of form,
Come in, she said, I'll give you
Shelter from the Storm"
-Bob Dylan, Shelter From the Storm

Overland Flight
"And I think it's gonna be a long, long time,
'Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no, no,
I'm a rocket man!"
-Elton John, Rocket Man (bonus points if recited like Shatner)

Undetectable Alignment
"No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man,
To be the sad man,
Behind blue eyes."
-The Who, Behind Blue Eyes

Minor Creation
"You can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes,
You'll find
You get what you need."
-The Rolling Stones, You Can't Always Get What You Want

Hypnotism
"Gotta get a message
Get it on through
Oh now mama, don't you ask me why

Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
All the time."
-The Doobie Brothers, Listen to the Music

Alter Self
"Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don't wanna be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time."
-David Bowie, Changes

Wow, I think you've officially stumbled upon my favorite game ever, The_Werebear. Fun thread!

[grinner666]

Expeditious Retreat:
"Do the Hustle!"

Haste:
"Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind"

Lightning Bolt:
"When the lightning stri-ikes ..."

Bless/True Strike/Heroism:
"Fight the good fight every moment
Every minute, every day
Fight the good fight every moment,
It's your only way ..."
(Triumph, Fight the Good Fight)

Rage:
"You can't talk to a man ... with a shotgun in his hand."

Charm Person:
"You're the best friend ... that I ever had
I been with you such a long time, you're my sunshine ..."

[Tellah]

Rage
"Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head."
-Grand Master Flash, The Message

Mirror Image
"What I do ain’t make-believe
People say I sit and try
But when it comes to being De La
It’s just me myself and I."
-De La Soul, Me Myself & I

Eagle's Splendor (when cast by a bard on himself)
"I'm the king of rock
There is none higher
Sucker MCs
Should call me sire."
-Run DMC, King of Rock

Hold Person, Mass
"Yo when I step up in the place, hey yo I step correct
Woo-hah! I got you all in check!"
-Busta Rhymes, Woo Hah!! I Got You All in Check

Scrying
"Read or not,
Here I come,
You can't hide;
Gonna find you,
And take it slowly."
-Fugees, Ready Or Not

Bigby's Crushing Hand
"I don't wanna be a player no more,
I'm not a player I just crush a lot."
-Big Punisher, Still Not a Player (censored version)

Jump
"Jump Jump
The Mac Dad will make you Jump Jump
The Daddy Mac will make you Jump Jump
Kris Kross will make you Jump Jump."
-Kriss Kross, Jump

[Ralfarius]

Blink
I close my eyes
Only for a moment
And the moment's gone
- Kansas, Dust in the Wind

Suggestion
Never give up
Never give in
Be on our side so we can win
Never give up
Never give in
Be on out side
- Blind Guardian, And then there was Silence

Bear's Endurance/Bull's Strength/Cat's Grace/Eagle's Splendour/Fox's Cunning/Owl's Wisdom
Work It Harder Make It Better
Do It Faster, Makes Us stronger
- Daft Punk, Harder Better Faster Stronger

[Captain van der Decken]

Time Stop
"Stop! Hammer time!"

-Mc Hammer, Can't touch this

[Damage Control]

Modify Memory
And if I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynrd (I couldn't help it!)

Pyrotechnics
There will be no doubt about it
You are dancing in my crossfire
XFire - The Bens

Shout
Throw your hands up and
*5d6 sonic damage*
Shout - The Isley Brothers

Teleport
Like a shooting star
I can go the distance
I will search the world
I will face its harms
I don't care how far
I can go the distance
TillI find my hero's welcome
Waiting in your arms
Go The Distance - Hercules (what?)

Identify
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
(Now just keep singing that part for an hour.)
Who Are You - The Who

Silence
Hello darkness my old friend
Ive come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel

[Beleriphon]

Time Stop
"Stop! Hammer time!"

-Mc Hammer, Can't touch this

Now I have this image of a wizard casting time stop with the Hammer Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FYTvR4JBeU) as the somatic component.

[Kaelaroth]

Time Stop
"Stop! Hammer time!"

-Mc Hammer, Can't touch this

That is frackin' fabulous! Yaaay! :smile:

[Skjaldbakka]

Ray of Enfeeblement, or Enervation, etc.:

"By what creeps, what crawls, by what does not. May all that grows recede and rot!"

Shatter:

"By nature's hand, by craft, by art, what once was one now fly apart"

Any protective sphere type spell (globe of invulnerablity, prismatic spehere, etc.)

"The arrows turn the swords repel, may nothing pierce this mortal shell"

Exp Retreat

"Bind these legs in the driving gale, make swift these legs over land I sail"

All courtesy of Visionaries

[Kurald Galain]

Why does this remind me of that musical episode of BTVS? :smallbiggrin:

[Inane-Fedaykin]

There isn't nearly enough heavy metal in this thread.

Darkness
Turn up the night!
If it feels right
Turn off the light!
Turn up the night!
Turn up the Night by Black Sabbath on The Mob Rules (http://www.black-sabbath.com/discog/mobrules.html#turnupthenight)

Unseen Servant (Consider dropping the 'Then' from the third line)
If an echo doesn't answer
When it hears a certain song
Then the beast is free to wander
But never is seen around
Sign of the Southern Cross by Black Sabbath on The Mob Rules (http://www.black-sabbath.com/discog/mobrules.html#signofthesoutherncross)

Open/Close
I think about closing the door
And lately I think of it more
Falling off the Edge of the World by Black Sabbath on The Mob Rules (http://www.black-sabbath.com/discog/mobrules.html#fallingofftheedgeoftheworld)
Ok ok, no more from The Mob Rules

Lullaby Ok, it's a bard spell. So sue me.
Red sun rising in the sky
Sleeping village, c0ck'rel's cry
Soft breeze blowing in the trees
Peace of mind, feel at ease
Sleeping Village by Black Sabbath on Black Sabbath (http://www.black-sabbath.com/discog/blacksabbath.html#sleepingvillage)

Fly
We sail through endless skies
Stars shine like eyes
Planet Caravan by Black Sabbath on Paranoid (http://www.black-sabbath.com/discog/paranoid.html#planetcaravan)

Color Spray
From life you escape, reality's black drape
Colours in your mind satisfy your time
Hand of Doom by Black Sabbath on Paranoid (http://www.black-sabbath.com/discog/paranoid.html#handofdoom)

Ok, that's all for now. I'll come back with some Iron Maiden or something later.

edit: Oh my Leto... How could I forget the most obvious one?

Jump
Might as well jump. jump !
Go ahead, jump.
Get it and jump. jump !
Go ahead, jump.
Jump By Van Halen (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/v/van+halen/jump_20142804.html)

[daggaz]

Eventually, if you were in my gaming group, we would have to kill you for doing this.

[The_Werebear]

I expect it to happen eventually anyway.

Thank you for all the help guys.