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#1
edwin_su
Dec 21, 2011 6:04:25 Hotel California
lyric.
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
in game:
an in along a dusty road along which the players travel to stay in during the night

lyric:
Her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got the mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
in game :
one of the other guests at the in is an exotic dancer called tiffany

lyric:
So I called up the captain, please bring me my wine
in game:
the owner of the inn used to be the captain of the city guard for a nearly city, even though he runs the inn now he still insists on wearing his old uniform

lyric:
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can�t kill the beast
in game :
the son of the inns owner ( the captain) is a wherewolf they lock him up in a cage at night stabing it with stealy knives that can'r kill it need silver for that to keep it dorment.
The wherewold keeps inceasing in strength, and the captain makes his plant to have his son werwold kill and eat tiffany hoping he will be more contoleble after that, thinking tiffany is the kind of person that would not be missed.
he haden't counted on the players ariving at his inn.

lyric:
relax, said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave
in game:
the night man is one of the employees of the in dropping sugestions to the players that it is not safe to stay here.

do any of you have more ideas like this?
#2
edwin_su
Dec 21, 2011 6:13:54 Piano Man Billy Joel

this is a location.

lyric:
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke ****
But there's some place that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As his smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
in game:
the bar man called John dreamt of being a bard and maybe even performing at the kings court before becoming a barman.

Lyric
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
in game:
paul is a realestate agent often found in the bar is the players are intrested in buying a building in the city they should talk to him.

lyric:
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life
in game:
Davy is a man of the city watch insider information on what is going on with the watch in the city can be gotten trouh him.

lyric:
And the waitress is practicing politics
in game:
she is actualy a member of the tieves guild, using her contacts at the bar to gather information.

lyric:
As the businessman slowly gets stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone
in game:
the waitres also sells a herbal narcotic, the codeword for ordering a herb bundel is to order a drink called loneliness ( and yes it is strong stuff so better then drinking alone)

#3
DanTracker
Dec 21, 2011 7:12:57 I created an adventure based on a song lyric. It was a fun adventure.

Laura Viers. Icebound Stream.

Watch, i can flash across the sky
A lightning bolt from up on high
And i can crash into myself

For PCs to discover
The speaker in this lyric is identifying himself to readers. Kord, lord of storms, refers to himself for readers to understand the speaker.
#4
Akharu
Dec 21, 2011 8:46:04 On a related note, after my current campaign I've already decided that my next campaign would be designed around Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind album and basing it during the first airship flights.

Where Eagles Dare - First failed test flight

Revelations - Discovery of a magic that will allow for flight

Flight of Icarus - First successful flight

Die with Your Boots On - Invasion of foreign power

The Trooper - First encounter with their elite soldiers, barely escape with their lives

Still Life - Foreign land makes great strides to conquering the land

Quest for Fire - Search for greater magics

Sun and Steel - Search for greater weapons

To Tame a Land - PCs drive the enemy back

#5
Zappy
Dec 21, 2011 10:22:51 You've already mentioned Billy Joel. I always thought his River of Dreams would make a good adventure.

My favorite band Genesis has tons of awesome story songs. I just haven't gotten antything specific yet. Though I am looking at Supper's Ready.
#6
Arbitrary_Aardvark
Dec 21, 2011 11:09:28 My "waiting room of the afterlive" is a white room with black curtains.
I ran a character inspired by "Jet Boy/Jet Girl"
#7
guest60718002
Dec 27, 2011 15:07:06 I did a whole adventure arc based on The Decembrist song "Shangkill Butchers". www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLY0HNds_tE

I actually used the song in the game. When the players arrived in this new region, the local townsfolk had a legend about the Shangkill Butchers (whose name I changed for the game). There is a line that goes "will blow your ribbons from your curls" and that was how I hooked them into the story. One of the NPC's daughters went missing one night and all that was left was the strange ribbons left on the side walk.

It ultimately ended up being an evil kobold who had obtained a powerful set of song scrolls. The scrolls allowed him and his gang to slowly turn kidnapped victims to his side. Well, that’s the simplified version at least. There was a great scene with the players walking through cells of this dungeon as all of the 'inmates" were mindlessly droning the lyrics to the song. Creep-ed everyone out, until they met the scrawny kobold bard...

#8
BRJN
Dec 29, 2011 14:59:10 If you like doing Far Realms adventures, play Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon as background music. There's plenty of images and scenes to steal and put in the plot. Ditto The Wall.

Metallica's Enter Sandman might make a good villian - somebody who appears in dreams. When he goes after the PCs, they don't get their extended rests. Sure he's just an at-level Elite, but they don't have ANY dailies left when they get to him. P.S. He does not kill his victims - he's got something even creepier in mind.

Roxette's Listen to Your Heart - Diplomacy check to prevent a breakup (maybe because the divorce carries nasty political complications?).

Genesis' Home by the Sea would work as a very large trap: if the PCs go in this haunted house, they have until daylight to figure out the curse and escape. For variety, run an all-night session and use IRL sunrise!

If you have a DMPC who needs to leave the game (because the PCs can carry the load by themselves now), the new song I'm on the Edge of Glory would be good background music as he goes down gloriously, taking many of the enemy with him.
#9
Ansbach
Dec 30, 2011 4:48:39 I actually made an adventure around a song once - best song ever for this idea I always thought.

Shriekback - Nemesis. Old School 1985 English Rock/New Wave/Goth/Dance track, pretty awesome.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiOh84bLrmc

Too many D&D ideas to even cover in a decent lengthed post: priests, undead, lizard men, black dragon, canibals, centaurs, monkeys, cults, dinosaurs - all kinds of crazy D&D stuff going on in that song!

Lyrics here:

artists.letssingit.com/shriekback-lyrics...


#10
namphoodle
Jan 12, 2012 23:05:42 Wow....I'm literally blown away by all this. This is just too awesome.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 edwin_su Dec 21, 2011 6:04:25	Hotel California lyric. On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night in game: an in along a dusty road along which the players travel to stay in during the night lyric: Her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got the mercedes bends She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat. Some dance to remember, some dance to forget in game : one of the other guests at the in is an exotic dancer called tiffany lyric: So I called up the captain, please bring me my wine in game: the owner of the inn used to be the captain of the city guard for a nearly city, even though he runs the inn now he still insists on wearing his old uniform lyric: And in the master's chambers, They gathered for the feast The stab it with their steely knives, But they just can�t kill the beast in game : the son of the inns owner ( the captain) is a wherewolf they lock him up in a cage at night stabing it with stealy knives that can'r kill it need silver for that to keep it dorment. The wherewold keeps inceasing in strength, and the captain makes his plant to have his son werwold kill and eat tiffany hoping he will be more contoleble after that, thinking tiffany is the kind of person that would not be missed. he haden't counted on the players ariving at his inn. lyric: relax, said the night man, We are programmed to receive. You can checkout any time you like, But you can never leave in game: the night man is one of the employees of the in dropping sugestions to the players that it is not safe to stay here. do any of you have more ideas like this?
#2 edwin_su Dec 21, 2011 6:13:54	Piano Man Billy Joel this is a location. lyric: Now John at the bar is a friend of mine He gets me my drinks for free And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke **** But there's some place that he'd rather be He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me." As his smile ran away from his face "Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star If I could get out of this place" in game: the bar man called John dreamt of being a bard and maybe even performing at the kings court before becoming a barman. Lyric Now Paul is a real estate novelist Who never had time for a wife in game: paul is a realestate agent often found in the bar is the players are intrested in buying a building in the city they should talk to him. lyric: And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy And probably will be for life in game: Davy is a man of the city watch insider information on what is going on with the watch in the city can be gotten trouh him. lyric: And the waitress is practicing politics in game: she is actualy a member of the tieves guild, using her contacts at the bar to gather information. lyric: As the businessman slowly gets stoned Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness But it's better than drinkin' alone in game: the waitres also sells a herbal narcotic, the codeword for ordering a herb bundel is to order a drink called loneliness ( and yes it is strong stuff so better then drinking alone)
#3 DanTracker Dec 21, 2011 7:12:57	I created an adventure based on a song lyric. It was a fun adventure. Laura Viers. Icebound Stream. Watch, i can flash across the sky A lightning bolt from up on high And i can crash into myself For PCs to discover The speaker in this lyric is identifying himself to readers. Kord, lord of storms, refers to himself for readers to understand the speaker.
#4 Akharu Dec 21, 2011 8:46:04	On a related note, after my current campaign I've already decided that my next campaign would be designed around Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind album and basing it during the first airship flights. Where Eagles Dare - First failed test flight Revelations - Discovery of a magic that will allow for flight Flight of Icarus - First successful flight Die with Your Boots On - Invasion of foreign power The Trooper - First encounter with their elite soldiers, barely escape with their lives Still Life - Foreign land makes great strides to conquering the land Quest for Fire - Search for greater magics Sun and Steel - Search for greater weapons To Tame a Land - PCs drive the enemy back
#5 Zappy Dec 21, 2011 10:22:51	You've already mentioned Billy Joel. I always thought his River of Dreams would make a good adventure. My favorite band Genesis has tons of awesome story songs. I just haven't gotten antything specific yet. Though I am looking at Supper's Ready.
#6 Arbitrary_Aardvark Dec 21, 2011 11:09:28	My "waiting room of the afterlive" is a white room with black curtains. I ran a character inspired by "Jet Boy/Jet Girl"
#7 guest60718002 Dec 27, 2011 15:07:06	I did a whole adventure arc based on The Decembrist song "Shangkill Butchers". www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLY0HNds_tE I actually used the song in the game. When the players arrived in this new region, the local townsfolk had a legend about the Shangkill Butchers (whose name I changed for the game). There is a line that goes "will blow your ribbons from your curls" and that was how I hooked them into the story. One of the NPC's daughters went missing one night and all that was left was the strange ribbons left on the side walk. It ultimately ended up being an evil kobold who had obtained a powerful set of song scrolls. The scrolls allowed him and his gang to slowly turn kidnapped victims to his side. Well, that’s the simplified version at least. There was a great scene with the players walking through cells of this dungeon as all of the 'inmates" were mindlessly droning the lyrics to the song. Creep-ed everyone out, until they met the scrawny kobold bard...
#8 BRJN Dec 29, 2011 14:59:10	If you like doing Far Realms adventures, play Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon as background music. There's plenty of images and scenes to steal and put in the plot. Ditto The Wall. Metallica's Enter Sandman might make a good villian - somebody who appears in dreams. When he goes after the PCs, they don't get their extended rests. Sure he's just an at-level Elite, but they don't have ANY dailies left when they get to him. P.S. He does not kill his victims - he's got something even creepier in mind. Roxette's Listen to Your Heart - Diplomacy check to prevent a breakup (maybe because the divorce carries nasty political complications?). Genesis' Home by the Sea would work as a very large trap: if the PCs go in this haunted house, they have until daylight to figure out the curse and escape. For variety, run an all-night session and use IRL sunrise! If you have a DMPC who needs to leave the game (because the PCs can carry the load by themselves now), the new song I'm on the Edge of Glory would be good background music as he goes down gloriously, taking many of the enemy with him.
#9 Ansbach Dec 30, 2011 4:48:39	I actually made an adventure around a song once - best song ever for this idea I always thought. Shriekback - Nemesis. Old School 1985 English Rock/New Wave/Goth/Dance track, pretty awesome. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiOh84bLrmc Too many D&D ideas to even cover in a decent lengthed post: priests, undead, lizard men, black dragon, canibals, centaurs, monkeys, cults, dinosaurs - all kinds of crazy D&D stuff going on in that song! Lyrics here: artists.letssingit.com/shriekback-lyrics...
#10 namphoodle Jan 12, 2012 23:05:42	Wow....I'm literally blown away by all this. This is just too awesome.