Is a sestina a valid form of loresinging?

I have a very young bard and she hasn't tried any singing at all. What do I need to know to get started?

Magarven the Mad

The exact mechanisms of loresinging are considered a game secret. Gods alone know why; there's no secret about rogue or warrior guild skills, for example. Pretty dumb if you ask me, but then, no one did.

"So, what does that green line on the graph represent?"
"Oh, that's the projection of a hypothetical offspring from a union between Sauron and Cruella de Ville; we use that as a baseline for determining character alignment."

>> not any of that hand in land crap

This makes my soul cry every time I hear a bard sing this.

-- Robert

After 10+ years of trying to be creative and create a loresong each and every time I sung, I gave up. It nets you zero reward (with the rare chance another bard witnesses it that might garner you a NOD), takes a significant amount of extra time and often fails to gain you the information you are attempting to retrieve if you incorrectly use a single word. If I want to make some effort I will, but usually I switch to bard speak and use a script. Sorry, I should care, but so many other people use short cuts and still get kudos that I just stopped bothering.

~Galenok

I have a few old standby verses that I adapt to most items. If I have time, I'll ask the client where they found the item and use that in the song to make it a little more interesting for them, but if they have a lot of items (and many folks do hoard all the $35k+ at the pawn items they find for several weeks), I too switch to guildspeak and use some truly terrible rhymes. I do not use hand/land out of abject shame, but I definitely make sure there are no bards around to hear the alternatives, lol.

/seo/

While I agree that all of the most simplistic of loresongs are somewhat exasperating to this bard and other, one thing to keep in mind is the demands of the customers. There is a constant desire for speed now in the game. Customers do not want us to sit and sing to a single item over the course of minutes. They want it done and over with in a short time frame. This does not hold true in all instances but the shift has been going that direction as more people script and spend less time interacting. I'm not supporting that but I do support providing a service in a time frame that the customer seems to want. A good example of this overriding desire is evident with lockpicking now. Only a percentage has the desire or patience to wait to make more money.

I will attempt to write something generic yet appealing to my ears and the ears of others and save it as a macro so that I can provide something middle groundish.

~Galenok

If someone is handing me an item to loresing, I'm bloody well going to sing it however I want. I'm a bard. I get to dilly dally around, be over the top, get distracted by shiny objects.. whatever. Then they can thank me when I tell them the details. Because they never tip(even if I do rush it).

Now, if someone says "hey, I've got 30 items here, give you 100k if you sing to them all", well, then, shinies! and wam bam, here's your loresong ma'am.

>My bardess has access to at least 50 loresongs I have written and used over the years that vary in style and length for all manner of specific and generic items, none of which use the words hand or land (I cringe everytime I hear/see it). If anyone would like help in putting together some verses, I will gladly help.

I attempted to email you, but I got a kickback from your email address saying it's undeliverable. :(

I would like to learn better loresinging techniques, and would welcome the RP of it. I'm available in the evenings usually from about 11:45 pm to 1 am ET. If anyone would like to work with me, please let me know what evening you could be around and I'll try and log in to find you.

>>What is this land/hand thing anyway? <<

It's part of a horribly trite rhyme used to determine the value of an object; considered to be the absolute nadir of loresinging, with no imagination or originality required.

"So, what does that green line on the graph represent?"
"Oh, that's the projection of a hypothetical offspring from a union between Sauron and Cruella de Ville; we use that as a baseline for determining character alignment."

So, I would like to learn more about the mechanics of loresinging. I understand it can't be posted here on the boards since it is an in-game secret and all. Anyone care to share via email or in-game RP session?

Thanks. I'll try and look you up soon, or use Service Show to find a bard. I forgot about the Service option.