Just to point out, your Viking "Bards'' hanging out up front with the rest
of the ''tanks'' were at the worst only fighting other humans....not Carrion
Ghouls, Giants, etc....
Big difference
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From: Elijah Meeker <
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Date: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 6:36 PM
Subject: [eqbards] Battle Bards
>From: "Elijah Meeker" <elijah@...>
>
>Has anyone ever heard a war chant sung by people who are actually about to
go into battle, actually
>about to kill and be killed? I am not talking roleplaying combat, I mean
like, say Zulu war chants.
>I have (albeit in recording not EVEN in person) and they reach down to the
base of your skull and
>fire up your adrenal system like smelting furnace fed with pure oxygen.
Thoughout the history of
>warfare music has stirred the soul and adrenal system's of the fighters. I
have NEVER imagined a
>Bard as a fop frequenting taverns but rather as one of the fighters, one
with a gift for inspiration
>of his or her comrads, firing up their spirits before and DURING battle. Do
we imagine a Viking
>warchant being maintained during battle by someone hanging at the back "you
go guys! Give it to
>them! yah, you show em!" or by one of the fighters risking his life with
the rest of them, giving
>meaning and weight to his song of inspiration? OF COURSE the enemies seek
him out before the others,
>he is the inspiration making them a cohesive fighting machine!
>Bards belong in battle, wearing every protection his or her comrades are
wearing, sure, maybe his or
>her swordplay is a little weaker, but he or she makes up for it with *that
song*.
>Foppy tavern frequenters are fine for some but look for Tszaaz the Battle
Bard standing shoulder to
>shoulder with his comrades doing his best to inspire them. Then tell me
that's not roleplaying.
>
>
>Tszaaz
>
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