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Music While Gaming aka. "My bard is not gay."
Morgenstern
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Alright, this topic is here to discuss music you guys listen to while either rolling those dice, painting those miniatures or running a quest in your parents basement. Also, don't get me started on you MMORPG role players and your 5-line emotes just to tell me that your character is tired. God, I can't stand you types.
So, what do you listen to? Is it different depending on whatever game you play? Etc?
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So, what do you listen to? Is it different depending on whatever game you play? Etc?
Oh, and I'll plug this: http://www.radiorivendell.com/
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Early Ulver, Satyricon, or any other folk-influenced black metal.
Of course when he died, he made his new character a bard. Apparently, he wrote out pages of shitty songs and didn't want them to go to waste. In real life he also wore a fedora with a feather in it; he was quite eccentric.
Not quite what you were looking for, but whatev. My group doesn't usually listen to music, because as for actual real music you would buy, we have differing tastes (read: some people in the group have bad taste, so we've all agreed none is better than some), and the fake tavern music just seems like too much work and like it wouldn't have an effect after a while. And since fighting in RPGs is generally disproportionate, action themes are pointless; you can't keep that action tempo going for three hours of a massive battle that takes 45 seconds in game. Badmouthing music probably isn't what you were looking for either. I did run one game where I turned on the black mages final fantasy VII battle theme for a fight though. Everyone cheered
EDIT: As for gay bards, we once had a person play a bisexual bard. What made it hilarious was that we had a paladin that a girl who disguised herself as a guy. The bard charmed her, got her down and was like, "Huh? What the hell? Oh well!" Also, he would flirt with every party member, but in hilarious fasion.
Pretty close to what I'd play, although I like to toss soundtracks in too: Gladiator and especially Conan: the Barbarian.
Bolt Thrower during a 40k game is so awesome it makes me want to punch a baby.
It made me sad, but the campaign was pretty good otherwise.
My group is a big fan of tossing as many CD's (of suitable themes for the game your running, of course) as you can and letting the randomness of it dictate the mood. It works remarkably well. The DM will initiate encounters sometimes only because the music dictates it. And you don't need booming music for the fight scenes, either. It adds suspense to fight to a classical piece. You just seem that much closer to death.
And when it doesn't fit, just skip to the next song.
Y'know, I don't think I've ever heard of many lady bards. Curious, that.
Of course, I did recently come into 2 CD's worth of Dragonforce tunes, as well. Good times.
Bands: Dead Can Dance, Enigma, Quinn, Uman, Mozart's Requiim, Danzig's Black Aria (Out of print and delightful, get it if you can!), and Garmarna.
Soundtracks: Conan the Barbarian, , The Crow (the score actually), Braveheart, Gladiator (same lady as in Dead can Dance BTW), Hero, House of the Flying Daggers and Immortal Beloved.
While Playing Shadowrun/Paranoia/Cyberpunk -
Bands: Hooverphonic, Disturbed, Switchblade Symphony, Gary Numan, and NIN.
Soundtracks: The Crow, Blade Runner, Hackers (to annoy the players), and Ghost in the Shell.
While Painting: Ummm... could be anything really... but lately it's been a lot of Tom Waits.
I got mad props because my Bard would invoke spells with a verse that basically described what he wanted to do. That and Dwarven Bards get props period.
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He wants music to game by, not music to fuck by. :P
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Fucking to music from Mastodon would be appropriate since Mastodon would be an apt name for my cock.
Since I'm so hairy.
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And the earth died screaming...
Once when he left the room to use the bathroom, we replaced the CD with Alvin and The Chipmunks Sing Christmas. He came back in, got into a fight, and prepared to turn on his 'rage music'.
The look on his face was priceless.