Sup Veeky Forums. So, I get to DM a one shot tomorrow, and this one is special. My, formerly super religious, mom is going to be playing at the table.
Now, since this is the woman who got me into Boston, Styx, and others of that ilk, I thought it would be fun to run a Prog/Rock Opera style game. "The Wizard of Greysky Tower has stolen the Melody of Joy from the Bards of the land." sort of thing.
Any grognards or youngnards have ideas/suggestions that would really make it sparkle?
System is 5th ed. At least one character will be a walking anachronism set on disrupting the plot (he's not That Guy, it's just how he rolls).
Here's the thing: it doesn't have to be a romantic epic/messianic story/archetypal myth, because there are other structures of story everyone is familiar with thanks to tv and popular novels. So...why not a murder mystery?
Everyone has seen Colombo or CSI or read a Agatha Christie novel or seen one of the movie adaptations. You can set it during an Immigrant Song style Lief Erikson visitation of Vikings to the New World, with the mysticism/Faerie stuff of Come Sail Away.
Wyatt Foster
You made me think of Tenacious D's "Wonderboy" for the first time in years. It's golden inspiration, thank you.
Julian Evans
Also excellent.
Ian Adams
I don't the idea doesn't sound that good desu OP. I give it 7/16.
Jaxson Lee
Bad bait, man. The 'desu' was too over the top. You gotta nuance it a bit. Ffs have some pride in your craftsmanship.
Carson Barnes
the best way to do plotline that will seem inspired by progrock is to first create the basis of the story and finish the notes under the influence of LSD
Easton Morgan
>tomorrow not much prep time, my dude. i'd make the wizard a cleric who stole the melody because he wants to be the purveyor of joy through religion, only he has very little joy to dispense so he has to ration it and club everyone else. but that's only a minor subtext for those players interested enough to dig it up. i'd have them go through madcap encounters each more ridiculous than the last, courtesy of mr plot disrupter and you, and at the end force them to come up with a song about it. bring an acoustic guitar, play a few chords and sing the song they compose and they win. mom gotta love her kid trying to sing.
Ian Wood
Did you use lesbians for the OP because prog rock is fucking gay?
