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TMC_sherpa
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Today's D&D and Theft update has inspired me to lend a few words of wisdom to other lazy GMs.
While almost every related post I've read talks about using books, TV shows and movies to supply plot and character ideas there is another option in music. While I'm sure you could think of something great based off of Vivaldi or Bach there are plenty of..... shorter songs you can 'borrow' from.
For Instance I based an entire campaign on King Crimsons The Court of the Crimson King by using the lyrics as a prophesy of doom and gloom. Taking a song more literally than intended can work as well, Bob Seger Fire Down Below can describe a group of cultists. Heck They Might Be Giants Turn Around is just a (slightly strange) haunting with some crazy imagery. Sometimes just the feel of a song can get you going, I was listening to something (I don't remember the song but it has nothing to do with what I did with it) and it caused me to change the head of the thieves guild into a vampire. Their is a lot more to this particular example but the players haven't gotten that far yet so its all hush hush for now.
Bleh that took a lot longer to type out than I thought. Ignore any stupid grammar for now and maybe if your all good little boys and girls I'll edit it into something someone who uses English as their primary language would recognize. No promises.
So where you you grab your inspiration from? I'm always looking for good ideas to plagiarize...um I of course mean to carefully credit in the bibliography I include at the end off all my adventures.
Free bonus crap: I love random generators. They Fight Crime! can come up with some wild NPCs if your willing to flesh them out and tweak them to your setting.
The Sherpa
While almost every related post I've read talks about using books, TV shows and movies to supply plot and character ideas there is another option in music. While I'm sure you could think of something great based off of Vivaldi or Bach there are plenty of..... shorter songs you can 'borrow' from.
For Instance I based an entire campaign on King Crimsons The Court of the Crimson King by using the lyrics as a prophesy of doom and gloom. Taking a song more literally than intended can work as well, Bob Seger Fire Down Below can describe a group of cultists. Heck They Might Be Giants Turn Around is just a (slightly strange) haunting with some crazy imagery. Sometimes just the feel of a song can get you going, I was listening to something (I don't remember the song but it has nothing to do with what I did with it) and it caused me to change the head of the thieves guild into a vampire. Their is a lot more to this particular example but the players haven't gotten that far yet so its all hush hush for now.
Bleh that took a lot longer to type out than I thought. Ignore any stupid grammar for now and maybe if your all good little boys and girls I'll edit it into something someone who uses English as their primary language would recognize. No promises.
So where you you grab your inspiration from? I'm always looking for good ideas to plagiarize...um I of course mean to carefully credit in the bibliography I include at the end off all my adventures.
Free bonus crap: I love random generators. They Fight Crime! can come up with some wild NPCs if your willing to flesh them out and tweak them to your setting.
The Sherpa
Lazy and willing to work very hard to stay that way.
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