Bard, Theme, Background Songs/music

[Cerlis]

Music is great but i'd imagine hard to involve successfully in a campaign without it being to dorky (let me just reach over here and turn on the dramatic music....) but none the less its fun to think about and do.

I personally have memorized "A Bards Song" by Blind guardian and plan to use if should i ever play a bard and someone challenges me asking what I'm singing :P

Some songs out there, expessially boss music from games , would be good background at low volume, Like The Bad Girl theme from No More Heroes.

And I sometimes come across a song that reminds me of a character concept i like, but immediately what comes to mind is "In My Arms" by Plumb reminds me of Silver's backstory by Lady Moreta in the DnD Snippets topic

[Lifeson]

My latest bard has styled himself as "acoustic metal", after my power/prog metal songs fell short."

Which, right now, makes him a singular, capable Tenacious D. I need to find more metal done acoustically.

[Saintheart]

Demand those listening to your bard sing "Rock DJ" by Robbie Williams.

Come on, the lyrics are appropriate.

[Radar]

Plaing appropriate music is fairly easy, if you are the DM and have a computer handy (I actually consider using a laptop as a DM screen, notebook, music player and secret dice roller). From players perspective, it's much more difficult to handle.

My latest bard has styled himself as "acoustic metal", after my power/prog metal songs fell short."

Which, right now, makes him a singular, capable Tenacious D. I need to find more metal done acoustically.

Apocalyptica would be the thing, yet you would have to somehow play a few cellos at ones: Example or two.

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Demand those listening to your bard sing "Rock DJ" by Robbie Williams.

Come on, the lyrics are appropriate.

Clutch, clutch, clutch the bleeding arteries!

[Ormur]

I have this dream of playing a bard and actually singing appropriate songs when he inspires competence or greatness or whatever but I can't imagine it working well in an actual session. People would probably just look at me as if I was an idiot and try to concentrate on the battle. It might work better if I could play an instrument while the rest resolved their turns.

[Otherworld Odd]

I wanted to play a warforged bard with his instruments built into him... Yeah, I'd be totally "metal."


....... O.o.

[Shadowleaf]

Am I the only one who dislikes modern music for my fantasy/historical games?

I have always found that listening to modern bands tend to break the immersion. However, listening to midieval music / gregorian chants / the likes often helps the immersion, depending on the location.

"A Bard's Song" by Blind Guardian is pretty good, as it keeps to simple instruments (as far as I recall). Random midieval music off YouTube is great as well.

[dsmiles]

My next bard will be a bard with leadership. The cohort will also be a bard. They will be based off of Pomplamoose