Friday 3 May 2013

Bards and Guitars from backyard of Mars



I envisaged all kinds of heroes and monsters and wizards having guitar duels on planet Psychon. Most of these instruments could be changed  to others. While im not really into rock, I do appreciate its role in much of my favorite 70s SF. Hawkwind I personally like. Other stuff like jethro tull and king crimson, 60s psyche and sitar rock wouldn't hurt either.

Magical Guitars d100
All magically amplified, all magically operated by being played to use powers
1-2 Lightning
Play for 20 minutes and cause small brief storm, shoot one 5d6 bolt per day, produce 3 loud thunderclaps per day, iron body with lightning runes
2-3 Psionic Storm
Stores a one first second and third psionic spell per day, platinum with gems encrusted
4-5 Sonic Attack
3d6 sonic blast 3 times a day with a 12y cone 30 degrees, screaming face pattern, brass
Bow GuitarCan act as a compasite bow
6-10 Sword Guitar
Contains a scabbard with a concealed sword usually at least +1
11-14 Axe Guitar
Acts as a +1 battle axe
15 Two sword guitar
Two concealed swords, a long and short or two of each set at least +1
16-17 Skeleton Warrior GuitarTurns into a 4hd skeleton warrior 1hr a day with an axe obeys owners commands
18 Firelance Guitar

Fires 5d6 burning light up to 10 times, recharged with ancient tech
19-24 Werewolf Guitar (or other pick other beast)
Play for 10 minutes and turn into a wolf, need guitar to turn back
25-26 Beastlord Guitar (one species)

Allied to a beast type, play for 10 minutes, summon typical individual or swarm once per day, 
27-29 Fire Elemental Guitar

Sound calms and soothes hostile elementals (unless actively following orders), shoot 3d6 firebolt 50 yards, three times a day, gold and brass with flame motifs
3-32 Air
Elemental Guitar
Sound calms and soothes hostile elementals (unless actively following orders), shoot 3d6 lightning 50 yards, three times a day, silver and steel with wind motifs 
33-35 Earth Elemental Guitar
Sound calms and soothes hostile elementals (unless actively following orders), shoot 3d6 rockbolt 50 yards, three times a day, brass and bronze with inset quartz crystals
36-38 Water
Elemental Guitar
 Sound calms and soothes hostile elementals (unless actively following orders), shoot 3d6 icebolt 50 yards, three times a day, silver and platinum with fish and octopus motifs 
39-40 Heart Guitar
Heart shaped guitar casts charm once per day, +4 poetry and sing NWP
41 Unicorn Guitar

Shaped like unicorn, horn can stab for 2d6 damage, also heal 1d8 or purify water up to 3 times per day
42-44 Travellers Guitar

 Filled with secret compartments, find one random thing on compartment once per day, pollished wood with multiple panels of different types of wood
45 Ninja Guitar

 Concealed sword, secret compartments for poison well, 30 ft cable, shuriken, suicide pill, small disguise kit, black matt humble finish
46-47 Demon Guitar

 Made from a bound demon, shoots up to 3 times 3d6 firebolts per day, 100y range, cloak of fear once per day, made from tormented bound demon in agony
48-49 Daemon Guitar

Made from a bound daemon, shoots up to 3 times 3d6 shadowbolts per day, 100y range, darkness 15Y radius once per day, made from tormented bound deamon in agony
50-51 Devil Guitar

Made from a bound devil, shoots up to 3 times 3d6 shockbolts per day, shocking grasp once per day, made from tormented bound devil in agony
52-53 Law Guitar (Modron Rock)

Made from a bound modron, shoots up to 3 times 3d6 steel bolts per day, light once per day, made from bound modron in stasis who feels nothing
54-55 Chaos Guitar (Slaad Rock)

Made from a bound Slaad, shoots up to 3 times 3d6 acid bolts per day, stinking cloud once per day, made from bound slaad in stasis who feels constant rage
56-57 Deva Guitar

 Made from a bound Deva, shoots up to 3 times 3d6 holy bolts per day, turn undead as Priest level 8 once per day, made from bound Deva in stasis who feels nothing
58 Cosmic Balance Guitar

Black and white wood which conveys hide alignment and sense alignment while playing
59-60 Eldren Guitar

Living guitar produces 3 meals a day and can be used to calm angry or scared animals or plants
61-62 Dwarf Guitar
Rock and bronze guitar, has built in war horn and repeating crossbow, refils with 10 bolts per day
63-64 Halfling Guitar
Small guitar is simple and humble contains a brandy flask and biscuit tin that refill daily
65-66 Satyr or Dryad Guitar

Erotically carved instrument, has a wine well which refills daily and can cast a charm spell daily
67-68 Troll Guitar

 Guitar made from a flayed still living bound troll, repairs any damage except fire or acid, has a mouth that can bite for 1d6 and can be fed garbage or unwanted crap
69-70 Orc Guitar

Crude discordant guitar can cast fear three times a day and confusion once
71 Ogre Guitar

 Huge loud crude guitar shoot 3 1d10 boulders up to 100y per day
72-74 Kobold Guitar

Tiny box frame guitar contains concealed theives tools, poison well, tinder box and can be trapped to poison unauthorized users if poison well full
75-76 Goblin Guitar

This small guitar is made from gourds, can be used as a shortbow, and produced a skin of goblin beer per day
77-78 Hobgoblin Guitar

 This large rough hewn but solid guitar can be used as a mace, and can shrink to pocket size at will
79-80 Bugbear Guitar

This large guitar made from bone, sinew and fur can be used as a mace and can fire 3 2d6 bolts per day as a heavy crossbow
81-82 Necromancer Guitar
Bone guitar can cast animate dead, death mask and charm undead once per day
83-84 Ilusionist Guitar

 Spectral force three times a day, bejeweled and precious metals
85-86 Dragon Guitar

 Made from flailed dragon hide over dragon bone may 3 times a day shoot 3d6 fire in a 30 degree cone 20y long
87 Dragonbone Guitar

 Made from dragon bone, play song makes all who hear resist any fear from draconic being
88 Mimic Guitar

This guitar is a trained mimic that will fight for owner who feeds it
89 Dagon Guitar

This scaled hide and driftwood instrument allows listeners to resist charms of any sea creature and can cast breathe water three times per day
90 Skull Guitar

 This bone guitar can call a squad of 10 skeletons once per day
91 Rainbow Guitar

 This rainbow chrome metal guitar is studded with jewels can cast chromatic orb 3 times per day
92 Crystal Guitar

This christal guitar can cast light or cure light wounds three times a day
93 Flesh Guitar

 Tormented flayed meat guitar quivers to the touch and plays horrific screams. Can cast fear three times a day and cure light wounds once
94 Techno Guitar

 High tech guitar can play self, shoot 3 3d6 lasers per day and knows many ancient forgotten tunes
95 Steam Guitar
Steam powered brass guitar with boiler, once per battle shoot a steam blast 90 degree cone 10Y, 3d6 
96 Slime Guitar

Green mucous covered slightly floppy guitar makes syrupy chords and can shoot three 3d6 acid globs per day
97 Vampire Guitar

 Bound vampire in agony trapped mid transformation, user can see in the dark , turn into a bat for an hour a day, cast Vampiric touch once per day
98 Ghoul Guitar

Bound ghoul in agony trapped mid transformation, user can sense living while playing, cast Ghoul touch once per day 99 Lich Guitar A lich playing this skeletal guitar can affect all in 20Y as if touching them, a human playing it resist effects of lich touch and all in 20Y resist lich fear
100 Voodoo Guitar 

 1d4+1 shrunken wizard heads, each can cast a 1st level spell per day

Other Stuff


Dragonskin songbook

Offensive to dragons but this book contains a treasure trove of ancient songs (+3 song lore if read)

Guitar cases
Various cases exist to protect instruments some have own powers

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