Prince of Nothing at Age of Dusk has a review of the Music of Ericha Zann (Lotfp). Prince of Nothing says it is loosely based on a Lovecraft musician. That's fine and good but it seems to be a big missed opportunity. I mean James Raggi III wrote about metal music prior to writing LotFP which seems a natural base to build your Bard from.
Imagine the Finish Death Metal Bard. Who's music can put you into a trance or drive you away screaming. Who causes prime and proper adults to want to chase them from town, but who draws the teens and young adults in to do their bidding. Who has panty-dropping solos that act as powerful charm spells for the ladies who will follow them dutifully. Maybe if you get three Finish Death Metal Bards together their playing gains the power to melt your face. One drawback is they can drink nearly anything without it effecting them so potions are reduced in potency, but poisons just don't work at all.
Take the idea and inject it with specifics based on Song titles and more specific Finish Death Metal ideas and you might have had a great, memorable class. Anyway Mr Raggi, the idea is all yours if you want it. Maybe it's an on-line freebee-level idea, maybe its trash I don't know but the new Spinal Tap movie shuffled into theaters to day so goofy music is on my mind.
I had originally written up this idea on Prince of Nothing's site but wordpress gave me crap and then dumped the post in its effort to get me to sign up so. Sad move wordpress, sad move.
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