Songs
A heartbreaking story about a world despair
… or Random Bard Songs.
If you have an Inn and a bard you are in definite need of some sort of bard song. Add a little more flavor to those nights at the inn and build a little back story for your world. This is based on a Tablesmith table I created, over at the Yahoo Group. Note that there is a section for an Adjective where I didn’t really want to make a 100 entry adjective table.
| A BARDS TALE: | ||||
| The bard plays a (DARK), (LENGTH), (TEMPO) | ||||
| It is played on a (INSTRUMENT) in (NOTE) | ||||
| The song is about (ADVERB) (SUBJECT) | ||||
| 2d8-1 | LENGTH | 1d50 | MOOD | |
| 1 | exhaustive | 1 | dark | |
| 2 | short | 2 | happy | |
| 3 | long | 3 | energetic | |
| 4 | brief | 4 | depressive | |
| 5 | quick | 5 | silly | |
| 6 | drawn-out | 6 | light | |
| 7 | intricate | 7 | bouncy | |
| 8 | meticulous | 8 | black | |
| 9 | specific | 9 | bleak | |
| 10 | thorough | 10 | daunting | |
| 11 | abridged | 11 | dejecting | |
| 12 | succinct | 12 | depressive | |
| 13 | abbreviated | 13 | discouraging | |
| 14 | boiled down | 14 | disheartening | |
| 15 | concise | 15 | dismal | |
| 16 | dispiriting | |||
| 2d6-1 | INSTRUMENT | 17 | distressing | |
| 1 | pan-pipes | 18 | dreary | |
| 2 | dulcimer | 19 | gloomy | |
| 3 | jew’s Harp | 20 | heartbreaking | |
| 4 | harp | 21 | hopeless | |
| 5 | lute | 22 | joyless | |
| 6 | flute | 23 | melancholic | |
| 7 | drums | 24 | mournful | |
| 8 | lyre | 25 | oppressive | |
| 9 | mandolin | 26 | sad | |
| 10 | zither | 27 | saddening | |
| 11 | finger symbols | 28 | somber | |
| 29 | upsetting | |||
| 1d6 | NOTE | 30 | animated | |
| 1 | C | 31 | blithe | |
| 2 | C-Sharp | 32 | bouncy | |
| 3 | E | 33 | cheerful | |
| 4 | E-Sharp | 34 | cheery | |
| 5 | D | 35 | effervescent | |
| 6 | D-Sharp | 36 | elastic | |
| 37 | fanciful | |||
| 2d4-1 | TEMPO | 38 | flippant | |
| 1 | strathspey* | 39 | frolicsome | |
| 2 | reel | 40 | gay | |
| 3 | march | 41 | graceful | |
| 4 | ballad | 42 | high-spirited | |
| 5 | lament | 43 | jaunty | |
| 6 | jog | 44 | light-hearted | |
| 7 | ditty | 45 | lively | |
| 46 | merry | |||
| 47 | nonchalant | |||
| 48 | sprightly | |||
| 49 | volatile | |||
| 50 | whimsical | |||
| 1d6 | SUBJECT | ADJECTIVE | ||
| 1 | Love | Get a Dictionary! | ||
| 2 | Despair | |||
| 3 | Tragedy | |||
| 4 | War | |||
| 5 | Heroism | |||
| 6 | Defeat | |||
| *(a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter) | ||||
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