Editing The Metal Bard Band (section)

== The Band's Last Concert ==

>Band gets another invite for a concert

>Pay is 3 million platinum

>Takes place deep undergound, in a remote area, and the guy who gave them the invite is wearing a cloak, hunchbacked, and keeps cackling

>Obviously suspicious, but they go anyways because most of them are fucking stupid IC.

>The get there and there are about 20 other people there

>Stage is already set, and there's this weird sigil drawn around the stage

>For...atmosphere

>Now the band is starting to realize this is kinda sketchy

>They go anyways though when the culti-I mean, patrons toss them a bag of 100 platinum up front

>When they finish their song, the earth begins to rumble

>Lightning begins to spark inside the cave

>The patrons are all gasping and pointing, "HE COMES!"

>Suddenly they hear the sound of hooves and guitar out of nowhere

>Then a dark figure breaks through the bottom of the stage and flies above them.

>The sounds of an atomic guitar echoes throughout the cave, and suddenly the cultists start dropping dead.

>The dark figure points his guitar at the roof, and a beam of dark energy flies from his guitar and clears a whole in the roof of the cave, which he flies out.

>The dwarf: "...So we're still getting paid, right?"

>Coughing mixed with laughter from a surviving cultist "Hahaha *hack hack*, money won't do you any good now, for our lord has returned!"

>Turns out their patrons were a Death Metal Cult, and that dark figure was their god

>"Soon, all will bow before Kryton, the Lord of Metal...gaaaaaah..."

>Long silence

>"...Alright, lets go get our pay from that Kryton guy then."

>They head for the nearest town thinking Kryton may have gone there

>Sure enough, they see smoke in the distance

>The town is burnt down, and the townsfolk are all dead in the streets, some smiling, some terrified, and some had their faces melted completely off.

>The sound of a guitar can be heard in the distance

>Band investigates

>There they see a man in heavy black armor, flying on a skeleton horse and playing a guitar the also works as a greatsword.

>When they approach, he stops playing and turns to them. His red eyes stare coldly at them as they approach

>"Who dares to approach Kryton, the Lord of all that is Metal?"

>The Human steps forward

>"The new lords of metal, now where's our platinum"

>Roaring laughter

>"You peons are not worthy of the title. You are weak, your metal is weak, and you stand no chance against me."

>Well, they react about as well as you'd expect. Initiative is rolled.

We homeruled in that game that armor didn't get in the way of bard spells because this was just a short campaign we were doing for shits and giggles. The party was pretty tough despite being all bards, but Kryton...Kryton and his 20 STR, 28 CHA, and +44 Perform absolutely swept them away.

>Band on the brink of death

>Kryton steps over them and readies his guitar-greatsword.

>"Weak. Now listen to me, as I play the songs of your deaths."

>Kryton uses Deadly Performance

>Everyone fails their save

>The band is dead

>Suddenly, the band sees a light in a dark hallway

>It gets closer, and reveals the shape of a collosal dwarf in viking garb, holding drum sticks.

>It is the God of Metal, come before the band.

>"Listen well, my sons. You have done well in this world, but you are no match for Kryton at this time, his metal is too brutal for any mere mortal to withstand. And so, I shall give you a second chance. Return to the Earth with my blessing, and stop Kryton no matter what."

>The Dwarf: "Will we get paid if we do?"

>The God of metal laughs. "Of course you will."

>The band has found their resolve!

>They come back to life again, just as Kryton is starting to leave.



>"You again? Must I send you to the other world once more?"

>The band picks themselves up, picks up their instruments, and begins to play.

>Perform rolls

>14, 10, 18, 17

>Kryton is taken aback at the band's newfound power, and almost loses his footing.

>No words now, only METAL

>Kryton begins to play. Rolls a 16

>Pretty close after the buffs I gave them from the god's power up

>Kryton summons a small band of undead to play the drums, bass, etc. He does Guitar and vocals.

>They play so well the buildings around them are blown away

>Trees bend away from them and are uprooted by the force of their METAL

>The battle takes to the skies, as Kryton mounts his horse and flies away

>The band flies after him

>Mid air musical combat as the clouds grow dark and lightning crackles around them

>Perform rolls again

>One of them ties Kryton Can't remember the exact number, but it was somewhere in the fifties

>The song intensifies, fire flies from Krytons fingertips as he plays the guitar

>The plants begin to wilt at the overflow of energy

>Any people within 100 miles is turned to ash

>The earth below them cracks and demons fly out and circle around Kryton

>The heavens split and a host of valkyries come to the Band's aid, fighting off the demons as the two sides continue to play

>One more perform roll

>The human Nat 20s

>Kryton gets a 19

>Hit a guitar solo

>Slowly but surely, the Human begins to overpower Kryton

>"I-Impossible! I am Krytone! I AM THE LORD OF METAL!"

>End of guitar solo

>The band plays together

>Krytons undead can't handle it and are destroyed

>Kryton is disintegrated by the band's overwhelming power

>As they finish the song, new life begins to grow where the plants died, and the disintegrated come back to life

>The band was then taken in by the God of Metal to be his heralds. They essentially become demi-gods

>They finally do get that 3 million platinum

>They blow it all on booze and coke