For each of my spells I chose a song to represent them, such as Eldritch blast being "Shiny Teeth and Me" and the blasts are white and eminate from my smiling teeth as I sing. Bardic Inspiration, vicious mockery, and others all have songs I will sing the hook to, and in turn I no longer declare my spell, I just sing my hook and point at my target if need be.
Now this isnt me coming up with my own music, but sometimes I will switch lyrics or change them to match the situation. So I do sing, it doesnt have to be original or off the dome, but I do try to add twists occasionally. If youre a bard and dont want to sing or rhyme or tell poetry, that is fine, but its worth trying if youre willing but definitely nothing you should be held to.
Never watched CR myself, but I know that if you look to others to set standards for yourself then youve probably forget that the point is for you to have fun and do what you as the player want.
Try singing "" Dragon attack "" song everytime you enter a pub full of damiseles ( ahemmm..... xDD ).....
Everytime my party enters a random dungeon, my mind is allways like that song from Diablo 1, ( on that part when you have to kill the 2nd Boss ; the Skeleton King.
When I played a bard I used bits of RWBY soundtrack songs for my spells. my most frequet cast was Bane. "I'm a stray black cat/I'm an albatross/ I'm a mirror broken/ safe to say, i'm your bad luck charm"
I end up saying little rhymes more than I sing, use those for bardic inspiration. I also aim more to learn and tell stories , a sort of living record keeping. I can't sing what so ever, but I can upsell my party, Hype-man style.
However, a friend who is also playing a bard in another game challenged me to get 'Toss a coin..' into my play somewhere, so I suppose singing is eventually going to happen.
Honestly this is one of the perks of playing a bard, to me. I've got one lined up for a couple characters down the line and I will have to try and limit myself when it comes to singing, but like...
If you met my family, you'd understand. These are all people who, if you remind them of a song, they will burst into it-- and some of them are trained vocalists. So it actually sounds good when they do it.
The reason I can't run a game for my mom's family is that they'd all want to be the bard and they would all sing the entire time. Actually, this might be the reason why I SHOULD run a game for them, I'd just have to design a quest for a band on the run.
I just started playing a bard and I think my DM was fishing for me to sing, maybe due to the Crit Role effect. But neither I, nor my character is the quipy type. I've taken voice lessons so I can sing, but I think it's best if I keep my high soprano Italian arias to myself...
My DM told me if I wanted to make a bard I’d have to actually sing. My reply, “I politely dismiss that notion and good day” and made a rogue instead.
I don’t think there is any point to emulating Critical Role as my DM evidently tried to do. When you set up your game, it’s YOUR game. Do not try to copy someone else and expect that same experience.
Had a DM who decided to try this with me when I did performance checks, the game was cancelled 15 minutes into the game and many players were crying in pain
I just started venturing into DnD and trying to create a few characters to understand the mechanics of character creating and playing, and I actually have a pair of sisters last named Nailo hahahaha if they are half-elves or humans they may be family
My DM told me if I wanted to make a bard I’d have to actually sing. My reply, “I politely dismiss that notion and good day” and made a rogue instead.
I don’t think there is any point to emulating Critical Role as my DM evidently tried to do. When you set up your game, it’s YOUR game. Do not try to copy someone else and expect that same experience.
So if you play a Paladin you have to wear plate chest piece?
Your DM was either having fun at your expense or isn't a mainstream sort of player.
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He was quite genuine about it and down the timeline he did eventually say "Fine! No one has to sing!" It was still annoying at the time since I did want to play my first character as a bard but that fact alone at the time put me off it.
Didn't this also appear in order of the stick, what with Elan going "bluff bluff the stupid ogre" whenever he wanted to use inspiration (or the 3.5e variant)?
I'm not a singer myself, but my general recommendation is don't.
Even if you're good at it, it gets annoying if you're taking five minutes to slow down everything as the rest of the table has to listen to you belt out a tune on your action. And that's if you actually can sing. I've been in games with players who were seriously lacking in actual singing ability and insisted on doing so anyway. It's really not fun.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
That is exactly my experience. If I do sing during a session, the DM gets bored and then annoyed. So this sort of RP is actually not appreciated. I still can't fathom a DM demanding a Bard has to sing in character. He'd change that rule after session 1 if I were in your party. I actually wrote a Ballad and started to sing it related to our campaign. He got bored before I finished the ballad.
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My DM told me if I wanted to make a bard I’d have to actually sing. My reply, “I politely dismiss that notion and good day” and made a rogue instead.
I don’t think there is any point to emulating Critical Role as my DM evidently tried to do. When you set up your game, it’s YOUR game. Do not try to copy someone else and expect that same experience.
Two ideas come to mind here:
Play a mute bard, and silently mouth the lyrics you "sing".
Opera singer bard, who only knows Wagner's Ring Cycle. And performs the entire opera every time they make any check or cast any spell.
I don't sing but I rewrite parts of modern songs since we play online....like...
"...Jump in the fight and the blood starts pumping Out on the street, the barbarian starts jumping With folks like me getting paid for a mission from 9 to 5
Fighting 9-5, what a way to make a living Arrows getting by, it's all taking and no giving They just use your swords, and they never give you credit Cast cure wounds or you'll die if you forget it..."
"On a long and lonesome roadway East of Waterdeep You can listen to the victim
moaning out their one last moan And You think about the stabbing of the merchants that you killed the night before"
Queen ( my beloved group )
Phil Collins ( meeh, I prefer here George Michael, or Eddie Grant )
I sing Heavy Metal songs ( including punk/ska groups )
And, why not, some old BGMs from some random PC games.... like RO, or Castlevania..............
Ahhhh, I forgot to mention some Movie musics ( 1492, The Godfather, Bad Boys, Saint Ellygius, etc etc ... )
My Ready-to-rock&roll chars:
Dertinus Tristany // Amilcar Barca // Vicenç Sacrarius // Oriol Deulofeu // Grovtuk
For each of my spells I chose a song to represent them, such as Eldritch blast being "Shiny Teeth and Me" and the blasts are white and eminate from my smiling teeth as I sing. Bardic Inspiration, vicious mockery, and others all have songs I will sing the hook to, and in turn I no longer declare my spell, I just sing my hook and point at my target if need be.
Now this isnt me coming up with my own music, but sometimes I will switch lyrics or change them to match the situation. So I do sing, it doesnt have to be original or off the dome, but I do try to add twists occasionally. If youre a bard and dont want to sing or rhyme or tell poetry, that is fine, but its worth trying if youre willing but definitely nothing you should be held to.
Never watched CR myself, but I know that if you look to others to set standards for yourself then youve probably forget that the point is for you to have fun and do what you as the player want.
Try singing "" Dragon attack "" song everytime you enter a pub full of damiseles ( ahemmm..... xDD ).....
Everytime my party enters a random dungeon, my mind is allways like that song from Diablo 1, ( on that part when you have to kill the 2nd Boss ; the Skeleton King.
My Ready-to-rock&roll chars:
Dertinus Tristany // Amilcar Barca // Vicenç Sacrarius // Oriol Deulofeu // Grovtuk
When I played a bard I used bits of RWBY soundtrack songs for my spells. my most frequet cast was Bane. "I'm a stray black cat/I'm an albatross/ I'm a mirror broken/ safe to say, i'm your bad luck charm"
I end up saying little rhymes more than I sing, use those for bardic inspiration. I also aim more to learn and tell stories , a sort of living record keeping. I can't sing what so ever, but I can upsell my party, Hype-man style.
However, a friend who is also playing a bard in another game challenged me to get 'Toss a coin..' into my play somewhere, so I suppose singing is eventually going to happen.
I am a square. Watch me equilateral.
Honestly this is one of the perks of playing a bard, to me. I've got one lined up for a couple characters down the line and I will have to try and limit myself when it comes to singing, but like...
If you met my family, you'd understand. These are all people who, if you remind them of a song, they will burst into it-- and some of them are trained vocalists. So it actually sounds good when they do it.
The reason I can't run a game for my mom's family is that they'd all want to be the bard and they would all sing the entire time. Actually, this might be the reason why I SHOULD run a game for them, I'd just have to design a quest for a band on the run.
I've started streaming a new campaign with friends, and my wife is playing a bard and she sings a lot more than I ever did lol
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I just started playing a bard and I think my DM was fishing for me to sing, maybe due to the Crit Role effect. But neither I, nor my character is the quipy type. I've taken voice lessons so I can sing, but I think it's best if I keep my high soprano Italian arias to myself...
My DM told me if I wanted to make a bard I’d have to actually sing. My reply, “I politely dismiss that notion and good day” and made a rogue instead.
I don’t think there is any point to emulating Critical Role as my DM evidently tried to do. When you set up your game, it’s YOUR game. Do not try to copy someone else and expect that same experience.
I just do limericks and haikus and other easy forms of shorthand poetry
I save them up sometimes for general effects and have to off the cuff some stuff for more specific scenarios
It's much easier to do in text than IRL for sure.
Had a DM who decided to try this with me when I did performance checks, the game was cancelled 15 minutes into the game and many players were crying in pain
I just started venturing into DnD and trying to create a few characters to understand the mechanics of character creating and playing, and I actually have a pair of sisters last named Nailo hahahaha if they are half-elves or humans they may be family
So if you play a Paladin you have to wear plate chest piece?
Your DM was either having fun at your expense or isn't a mainstream sort of player.
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt
He was quite genuine about it and down the timeline he did eventually say "Fine! No one has to sing!" It was still annoying at the time since I did want to play my first character as a bard but that fact alone at the time put me off it.
Didn't this also appear in order of the stick, what with Elan going "bluff bluff the stupid ogre" whenever he wanted to use inspiration (or the 3.5e variant)?
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I'm not a singer myself, but my general recommendation is don't.
Even if you're good at it, it gets annoying if you're taking five minutes to slow down everything as the rest of the table has to listen to you belt out a tune on your action. And that's if you actually can sing. I've been in games with players who were seriously lacking in actual singing ability and insisted on doing so anyway. It's really not fun.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
That is exactly my experience. If I do sing during a session, the DM gets bored and then annoyed. So this sort of RP is actually not appreciated. I still can't fathom a DM demanding a Bard has to sing in character. He'd change that rule after session 1 if I were in your party. I actually wrote a Ballad and started to sing it related to our campaign. He got bored before I finished the ballad.
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt
Two ideas come to mind here:
I don't sing but I rewrite parts of modern songs since we play online....like...
"...Jump in the fight and the blood starts pumping
Out on the street, the barbarian starts jumping
With folks like me getting paid for a mission from 9 to 5
Fighting 9-5, what a way to make a living
Arrows getting by, it's all taking and no giving
They just use your swords, and they never give you credit
Cast cure wounds or you'll die if you forget it..."
"On a long and lonesome roadway
East of Waterdeep
You can listen to the victim
moaning out their one last moan
And You think about the stabbing
of the merchants that you killed the night before"
I can't sing, but am planning to do a little bit where appropriate and just do the knowable bits.
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