Big dick swinging fireball chuckin' motha fucka you know it's true
Steppin niggas toasted ain't even got a clue
Ten thousand degrees hot as the sun out of the blue
Gettin' hot in here? Nah nigga it's just you

>fwooosh

>>59220808
Yay, skipped straight from weeb to wigger

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>>59220808
*smacks lips profusely*
WICKETY WACKITY, SNIPPTY SNAPPITY, HERE'S MY MAGIC PIZZARATTY

>>59220934
Its cool when they mix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OuRajFzMYI

Also imagine a wizard duel that basicaly consist in a reality altering rap battle.

>>59221034
An attempt was made.

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>>59221034

>>59220872
10/10

>>59221034
1/10

>>59221053
Thing is, it's easier to do things like that in audio-visual medium, rather than in something that's mostly verbal like roleplaying games.
It can work, but it's not guaranteed.

>>59222279
I dunno, I can see it working if you make the right tone or plot for the campaign. Like a big fantasy city setting, but you focus on the poor zones, the wars between gangs, guilds and such.

>>59223077
KSBD has this vibe

>>59221709
Thanks anon, I can try to write some more later today if I have time

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>>59220808
Make sure to emphasize Power Words. The ability for a sick rhyme wizard to be able to throw in a word that causes physical and magical effects mid-flow is some heavy shit.

As for tone and shit, you know what you should look at. The Warriors. Do The Warriors, but with rap and fantasy.

>>59223077
So, Gangs of New York, but with more modern dungeon-punk sensibilities?
Ran a PF campaign that started in Kaer Maga kinda like that, but then it went into SPAAAAAAACE.

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>>59223617
I will try to keep the thread alive.

Anybody has pics that fit this "urban hiphop fantasy" aestethic?

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>>59220808
Here's two quick spell incantations.

>Put the wind in your heels and a pep in your step
>Kick the fire to your heart and put it straight to your rep
>You gotta get getting, cause there's no time to waste
>Since you only got a minute left, I just cast HASTE.

>Escape is impossible, dodging? No obstacle.
>Cause with a point of my finger your survival's straight farcical
>1d4 magic orbs cut through the air with a whistle
>So get ready to die to my MAGIC MISSILE.

I-i'll see myself out.

Bump, because holy fuck I like this.

>>59223077
Maybe have a functional "Rep" mechanic? Some kind of mechanical measure of your standing and the power you command within the city? Make your whole adventure reliant on how it interacts with other higher-rep organizations in your bid for power.

>>59220808
I know you're pressed up against the wall
Rollin' your tongue
Havin' some fun, keepin' it loose
But I need to know, I got no time to sleuth
so by the power of Helm, I command ya'll
Speak the TRUTH

>>59220808
While we are on the topic, I recently played a spelljammer oneshot as a hip-hop cleric.

I have the gaudy Tupac necklace I wear to some games as a joke/good luck charm, and so I brought it to this new game. I came with a friend and told her that it would be my holy symbol, and I only revealed it halfway through the oneshot. In the end me and another friend described our characters as wearing bandannas and we flipped of some cops before flying away (at a lower altitude because we're low-riders) and blaring hip-hop as we went into the sunset.

>>59225875
Statting up a young arcane caster elf right now.

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>>59226936
>>59222279

The world that we are playing works like this:

>Setting
Capital of an empire, city is divided among many distrincts, and the lowest ring is the poorest district, most players started there.

It has kind of a japanese feel, mixed with renaiscense. There are guns, but they are rare, but usualy if you are a top fighter you will be able to cut bullets in the air.

>Casting
On the setting all magic is done with rhymes, the oldest and most sophisticated characters have a more "haiku" style casting. Meanwhile, my characters is part of the lower class that use the more modern "rap" style casting.

Usualy the better your rhymes, or the fastest you can rhyme, the more powerful is the spell (we were not going to really do the rapping while playing, but fuck it, I made the thread to get some ideas and actualy do it).

So basicaly, the best "arcane rappers" are basicaly celebrity.

They engage in "magic duels" that are basicaly rap battles. It comes in 2 variations, a non violent one (where you just cast ilusions while you insult your adversary), and a "I will sing thinder and lighting into you".

>Players
You have my wizard that comes from the lowest circle, trying to make a living with sick rhymes

There is a fighter that tried to make a living by being an honest salaryman, but now wants revenge against one of the gang leaders of the city, and to do so he turned into crime (but tries to not hurt any inocent person)

And we have a graffiti ninja, player has yet to do his backstory. He fights with some kind of break dance.

There is also a town guard from the highest circles of the city, disguised among the new gang members, to try to hunt down the leader of the organization.
The part of the city where we start is basicaly run by organized crime and gangs. The actual leaders of these ilegal organizations live on the highest circles of the city.


So far, very much thanks for the rgymes anons.

TO THE WINDOW
TO THE WALL
EXPLODING FIREBALL

>>59227489
This sounds sick as fuck. What system are you guys using?

>>59227833
Cypher System, same from Numenera.

>>59228258
Alright OP name some spells and I will try to come up with some dope rhymes

>>59227784
ALL THESE KOBOLDS CRAWL

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>>59228274
The system actualy let you have plenty of creativity with how you call or cast your spells.

It has things like "Onslaught" that is basicaly "hitting you enemies in their bodies or mind with some kind of energy" - and the player usualy can fluff what kind of energy he wants - or even how to name said attack. So if you want to send him ilusions to cause mental damage, you can, if you want to cast a fireball, you also can. So basiacly, perfect for using creativity.

Other magics include basicaly an arcane shield made out of spirits. Magics to increase damage, to create sudden flashes of light and so on...

>>59220808
Sheeyyt, you should just have asked/searched for screencaps of DJ Phylactery.

...which I'd have provided if my PC wasn't on the fritz. Try suptg

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>>59228725
Oh my, this is AMAZING

By the lore, the lich would probably talk with a shakesperean accent or something of the sort tho, to reflect his older roots.

>>59229115
>Shakesperean accent
Like, I know what you mean, but I should point out real quick that Shakespear's English, while looking fancy and reading all rather regally, was spoken quickly more often than not.
Shakespear himself was sort of like a modern punk.

>>59220808
Champloo didn't have rapping Samurai, it just had Hip Hop music and aesthetic backdropped to a period drama.

Post beats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vptpwAHaIU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=286pTEP0so0

>>59229856
He said inspired by. Don’t be a pedantic asswipe.

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>>59227784

>>59229965
Well, firstly, Samurai Champloo was good shit and this is kind of missing the point. Secondly, all these rhymes are shit, like 99% of people who think their shit is fire.

>>59229932
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c1utXn0my8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZUr3N-UBr8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLm_zYIuak4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YwWuPUhgTM

>>59230013
Sure thing there, Vanilla Ice.

>>59227489
Right, from the sounds of it, the important part of spell-casting is the beat and rhythm, and the speed and precision with which you can deliver it. By building flow, a rhyme makes a spell more powerful.

Haiku magic is the oldest and most reliable because it's formulaic and has just three lines, meaning it's quick and easy.

Free Styling is difficult and dangerous because the potential backlash of dropping the flow could kill you.

>>59230013
>all these rhymes are shit, like 99% of people who think their shit is fire.
Well then bitch nigga step up show us how it's done

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>>59229856
I'm with you on this, my dude. I'm into this idea but you should just court the theme and aesthetic, and play some hip hop beats instead of stock fantasy music during your session, don't do magic rap battles or shit like that. Unless you and the members of your group are actually good at rapping then it's guaranteed to be cringe.

And if on the off chance you and your group actually are qualified to run an urban hip hop fantasy RPG that isn't made of cringe, please record it and make a podcast so I can enjoy it.

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Listen to me as I enunciate my elucidation of the corruption in this fucked up nation, Towers of Hate built on a plate with nothing kept straight amidst criminal complication. My power is vast it's from the street you fuck with me I bring the heat, now listen up your in for a treat. Sparks fly out of my hand like wrath of god in the span of quickness sit and witness as I electrify and pulverize LIGHTNING BOLT

>>59230188
I think peppering in some pre-prepared verse for certain spells every once in a while would be fine, but otherwise yeah.

Rap isn't easy.

ITT: A bunch of nerds who don't understand that rap is just one part of the much larger culture of hip-hop. Also thinks rhyming = rap.

>>59229932
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCmT8QMyUwU

>>59230429
By all means, enlighten us, oh mystical jigaboo

>>59230577
Hip-hop is defined by four major elements: Bboying, DJing, MCing, and Graffiti. Rap is a small subset of one of those elements, and thus a small part of hip-hop culture (MCing).


Rap is not necessarily Hip-Hop, but Hip-Hop can include rap.

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>>59230385
I mean, I think the rule of thumb should be "if you can do it, then do it." If somebody's shit really is fire then they should go ahead, but making it a core part is just a recipe for disaster. No different than bards singing in regular fantasy settings.

>>59230716
I’ll just stfu now....

>>59230892
I know I'm being pedantic, but that's what makes Samurai Champloo such great representation of Hip-Hop culture, because it includes almost all of those facets, and blends it perfectly with the setting.

Unlike Devilman Crybaby that *happens* to feature a rapping character.

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I haven't got any more two cents to contribute but I'll post what relevant art I have saved. Not really an easy thing to find shit for.

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That's about all I got. Hope maybe that got some wheels turning.

Beat-boxing aside, how do you make hip hop in settings with no electricity?

>>59232108
magic, my man. Encourage bards to manipulate sound like they manipulate everything else, and you're all set.

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>>59232470
Give them a wooden mixing board that they carry around and set on their lap to play like a koto/guzheng.

>>59229932
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWcf_ZkYJhY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0xCwUFKOiU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrO9PTpuSSs

>>59231622
Thanks anon

>>59230716
>>59230969
Different anonman, but if I am doing a hip-hop wuxia campaign, do martial arts displays count as Bboying?

>>59229115
Pretty good, but DJ P should have ended on a stronger note, "sparkly skin" doesn't work great as a last smack.

>>59220808
You start trouble for my band
and do it with much sass,
I'm gonna cast Bigby's Hand
Just to slap yo punk ass.

When your party can't beat a Basilisk
I just flip turn and cast Tenser's Floating Disk.

When you're a Ranger
And you're real hardcore
You gotta face danger
Don't forget your Bear Lore!

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>>59220808
Wu-Tang+Wuxia boiiiiiiii

>>59234194
Absolutely. Not only do the actual moves translate well, but the whole battle aspect, exploring / developing new maneuvers, and wanting to be the best of your set all go hand in hand.

>>59230429
Oh yes, that why we are incorporating some other stuff too, like the breakdancing ninja clans.

>>59234523
>>59230208
>>59227784
>>59227112
>>59225875
>>59221034
>>59220872

What you all sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kppx4bzfAaE

>>59235673
I see you can't deal
with a rhythmic cleric
Let's see how you heal
when you fight Lich King Szarekh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEMEdr-AvE4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEr5SegORig

http://z.antisocialrap.com/20sr/02%20Twenty-Sided%20Rhymes.mp3

>>59235673
Didn't watch, but I assume you're complaining instead of posting cool things that you made.

Partially related, but all of you should be watching Megalo Box this season if you like this aesthetic.

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>>59232595
I'd imagine it would be covered in minor runes that would make all manner of sounds when touched in certain ways

>>59236723
Same fucker who’s been bitching the whole thread cuz we’re not as intelligent as he is about “muh hip hop kulture.” $100 says he’s a wigger with dreads.

>>59235673
If you're point was to insult those posts, it didn't work, because that rap is actually amazing

Swiggity Swooty
I'm claiming that booty

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>>59237479
This raises an important point.


If it is a fantasy world with hiphop culture, it NEEDS booty. Maybe some cute black girls too.

>>59220808
Go all out with the wizard being a rapper? Most spells have verbal components so when he spits fire he spits fire.

>>59235958
My buddy, my friend you must be joking
This will get ugly, I'll leave you choking
Do you think you're brave, facing me alone?
Let's see how you do against Flesh to Stone!

>>59229856
Except for those three dudes that rapped while holding wooden beatboxes. And the other one that literally existed just to drop beats. Granted those are the only ones that I can remember actually rapping.

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>>59237516
This is your bard.

I don't even like her music,but damn thede thighs

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>>59237833

>>59237833
Her music is always strange to me, because I'll find songs I really like buried within albums filled with stuff that's almost listenable but not quite, or beats that are super good but really underutilized. She's got some talent, that's for sure, but it just feels like she's never actually using it well.

Anaconda is pretty good though

>>59220808

How the FUCK can y'all have this thread w/o Nujabes? (rest in beats) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGfguhnvECc

>>59239139
Its kind of obvious.

>>59239139
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq7cQNO0gYc&t=265s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXmU5YR6ymE (yo I fucking love this song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZwmYQ2TnpQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKF5lMT_6JM

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>>59220808
skidaddle skidoodle your dick is now a noodle

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>>59237516
>mfw cute black girls are criminally underutilized in fantasy settings

>>59220808
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fafWIt-ZpmA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_m-LfBtJqE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8-fYhHCfO4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EinJ5lY-UZQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKdZs7FHcdw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRDvfwZlRuM

Some shit to start you off on your quest, young apprentice.

>>59239139
You're the third person to post Nujabes in this thread. It's kind of like posting John Williams in a thread about film scores... like yeah, obviously.

>>59231374
Why old japanese stuff combined with nigga stuff is so stylish?

What they EVEN have in common to match so well?

>>59230716
>Bboying, DJing, MCing, and Graffiti
So we've got Wu-Tang themed Monks, Bards with magic mixing boards, and fire-spitting Wizards to represent the first three aspects. How do you incorporate graffiti?

>>59243106
Dark cults of hood niggas tagging walls with eldritch symbols and runes.

>>59243083
Black people love Asian shit. While rap artists were selling platinum records to suburban white folks, a whole generation of kids from the hood were growing up on shit like Street Fighter and Dragon Ball Z. And a generation before that, it was kung fu movies.

For some reason the two sets of aesthetics just mesh.

>>59243106
Ninjas that do graffiti after killing their target.

>>59240677
I know, it's a damn crime. I don't even have anything in that vein to contribute to the topic.

>>59220808
Thou wert as good as kiss my tail,
Thou slut, thou cut, thou rakes, thou jakes,
will not shame make thee hide thee?

Thou skald, thou bald, thou rotten, thou glutton,
I will no longer chide thee
But I will teach thee to keep home."

>>59244131
10/10

https://youtu.be/2mRVkv5iXDc

Vid related: sorcerer puts up a good fight but Lich wizard just has more experience

>>59244617
https://youtu.be/qZTKsZEqbA
Lich travels to land of ice and snow to battle a local paladin

>>59220872
Faking you out like Blofeld
Like hulk hogan I no-sell
Every thing you throw
Bitch it’s Counterspell

>>59237833
>that pastor who posted on her insta about her “kitty”
Like damn son cool down

>>59227489
I'm stealing this setting, sounds dope

>>59243340
>>59243106
Mark Ecko’s Getting Up is a game about rival warlock gangs

>>59220934

>you can only like white fantasy.
Geeze.

>>59244955
Suddenly Trane's wanton murderfrenzy across the mean streets makes sense.

Does this mean subway surfing is a valid ritual spell?

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>>59244955
>Mark Ecko’s Getting Up
What a strange way to spell "Jet Set Radio."

>>59244952
The idea is that we are also going to focus less on "saving the world epic quests", and do more personal things, mostly on the setting of a big fantasy city.

The scales are small - "saving my childhood neibhoor for being taken over by crime", "stop the contraband being done by the guilds in secret", "avenging my family" and so on.

>>59244980
Fast-travel/teleportation ritual.
Suckas never learn.
>>59245048
Jet Set Radio isn’t hip hop enough, because Getting Up was forced by The Man to have a disclaimer saying “this shit is illegal, do not attempt IRL”. If the Man feels the need to push you down, that’s some real hip hop shut

>>59245089
>Jet Set Radio isn’t hip hop enough
Sure it is, it's just a different kind. "Hip hop" is a really wide net to cast, which in this context is a good thing.

>>59230176
>Well then bitch nigga step up show us how it's done
He's not going to waste his talent on plebs like us!

He totally has talent though.

>>59220808
>Any of you guys have ideas
Skip the game until your group is doing something less dumb?

>>59245941
I dunno, anon, people seem pretty into this idea. What's putting you off, exactly?

>>59246103
Its race treason.

>>59246678
Shit, I guess you better give back rock & roll and food with spices in it, then.

>>59241584

whoops lol

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>>59246678
>race treason
Can that race involve graffiti and high-powered electric roller skates? If so, sounds like a plus to me.

>>59243083
>>59243349
yeah this, idk what it is but it all fits SO WELL, and I love it

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>>59246918
I don't think there's any reasoning behind it, it's one of those things that just works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo3Ltf7rFkA

>>59246847
Don't reply to trolls, dummy.

>>59247289

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx8BVGHMiC0 GOD I LOVE IT SO MUCH. Makes me wanna smoke a joint while tearing through a ton of ronin along a foggy mountain pass.

I am pretty sure Afro Samurai and Samurai Champloo is what got me into hip hop in the first place, too.

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>>59220808
I support this.

>Indomitable, formidable, entirely equitable.
>My perspicacity? Tenacity, and my showmanship? Inhospitable.
>Justice is lustrous, and righteous is lightness,
>so prepare for my blusterous conflagulated politeness!

>>59247817
>they city of typo
The "is" should be an "in".

>>59246847
Black people don’t care about rock and roll, anon.

>>59247289
Thanks for the video anon.

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>>59245089
Jet Set likely only didn't have the same disclaimer because the action and style were obviously not possible... or just because Jet Set released 6 years before Getting Up and it wouldn't be a requirement in 2000 regardless.

Saying Jet Set isn't hip-hop enough is just blasphemy, either way

fantasy samurai champloo with hip hop spellcasters. sign me up anon. Im all for this shit.

This thread screams that we need rap battle threads again.

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>>59237516
Add 1920's style Chinese qipaos for some real good shit.

>>59248897
While I like both, as far as RPGs go I feel like I'd rather play in the Jet Set Radio setting than the Samurai Champloo one. Maybe tint it slightly more serious so that it's basically the biker bits of Akira but with hip hop and roller skates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K8ujE7Z2EY

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>>59250047
Speaking of Jet Set Radio (and by extension VELOcity), have some sick beats to skate to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBt8ioYEXBw

>>59220808
The wizard isn't the lyrics, the wizard lays down the sick beats.

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>Haiku niggas included

In my mind I fly
Free of all these earthly bonds
Imprisoning I

Radiating light
Getting Pyre bitches and hoes
I'm spittin fireballs

>>59256859
Nice

SPEEEEEEEEELLLL GAAAAAAAANNNGGGG

>>59220808
This is a story all about how
my body got flip turned upside down
and I'd like to to take a seat and sit right there
but I cast levitate and I'm floating up here

In West Philadelphia born and raised
on a playground is where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', casting all cool
Shooting some frostbolt outside of the school
When a couple of guys who weren't lawful good
started making trouble in the neighborhood

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Related.

>>59259527
Now adapt it to a fantasy world.

>>59260262
Commoner turns out to be from the royal family.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2XGp5ix8HE&index=7&list=PL28B562DAAB450260

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2PlAUzAFIU&list=PL28B562DAAB450260&index=15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiQIOiZvTEc&t=1s

Dropping jewels in this thread

>>59261053
Commoner turns out to be a sorcerer born to a family of wizards who contaminated their blood with magic

>>59261224
First one is classic

>Wahh your raps are shit!

News flash, all raps are shit. It isn't what you say, it's who you are and how you say it. I guarantee 9/10 people on this board can only rap in cringe, but if you and your friends have fun, who the fuck cares?

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Related

Anybody has that pic of black Sephirot?

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>>59262253
Pardon me, dear sir, it appears you are "dissing' me.
I think that's quite rude, so how 'bout an epiphany:
Roses are regularly ready when ripe,
so put away your petticoat, we're in for a fight.
You're red like an ass, you classless baboon,
you look like a dandy in your fragrant festoon,
but beware of bees when you succumb to consumption
because have an elementary lack of good gumption.
Dedication, my chap, is how you succeed,
whether black blue or white, it should be rhymes that you bleed,
but you proceed like a peasant, you petulant twit,
and I don't expect much of a rebuttal, with that "rapier wit".
So let this be a lesson on cause and effect,
because right now it looks like you got gentleman wrecked.

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>>59264228
Well, yup. You sure showed him.

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>>59264228

>>59264228
https://youtu.be/acBFoK8LBxQ

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>>59264228
That was radical, man

>>59264228
More spoken word than rap
Work on changing up your flows and rhyme schemes, AABBCC is basic
Include multis
8/10 for what it is

>>59246847
>spices

After you give it back to the Europeans and Chinese. And Elvis made it cool so gtfo.

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>>59269519
You think Elvis would be down with hip hop? I feel like he'd be into it. Maybe have a "Rockabillies" faction in your hip hop setting.

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>>59270195
I think that "soul and blues" clerics would be interesting. I say we put the soul back in soul.

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>>59270520
Really, I'd say if you were going to build a setting like this it'd be better off taking from all kinds of musical styles and subcultures. And the nature of hip hop is such that there's not a lot it can't mix with.

>>59270705
Barbarian tribe of heavy metal that worship the metal gods?

>>59270794
The barbarians are obvioisly into classical opera.

>>59270794
I'm into it, but I was thinking more in terms of an urban fantasy city like >>59223077, with the different subcultures representing different gangs/factions. Like you've got your Punks, your Rockabillies, your Metalheads. Oh shit, y'all best be careful, you just crossed into Emo territory.

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You Guys need to check out Prince of Cats, it suits this theme to a tee. Its Shakespeare by way of The Warriors, early hip hop and samurai movies.

>>59271367
>an entire barbarian tribe that's just fat viking amazons who wail entire operas while destroying their foes in melee
It ain't over until the fat ladies sing.

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>>59272803
Dope shit.

>>59270705
Only the Avatarz can bring balance the the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxxjLD2pmlk

>>59261224
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT8h4UmuN1Q

Bum0

>>59273015
Source on that pic?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq7cQNO0gYc&t=277s

>giant city rising above an ancient forest nestled in some mountains full of ancient temples to the old spirits
>bottom levels of said city are just old edo-period towns, long stretches of wooden buildings full of shops, brothels and taverns
>ronin wandering around with sword and gun smoking a joint
>just got done slaughtering a bunch of assassins on a bloody beach

>>59272803
Seems to be a stand-alone graphic novel? Awesome, I'll check that out

>>59227784
Beautiful

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>>59227489
>>59221053
>Also imagine a wizard duel that basicaly consist in a reality altering rap battle.
In other words, Finnish mythology except rap battles instead of rune singing duels.

>>59239271
That shit's forbidden.

>>59280385
Thats exactly what we had in mind. I mean, not the finish part, but ancient folklore always have magic music, so magic rap is just an extension of that.

>>59280561
It seems like it could be fun if implemented well, though maybe it's a bit difficult to do. Sounds like your setting's "rhyme casting" is more focused on the quality of the rhyme, where as the Finnish equivalent in the Kalevala is more about how deep the truths you sing are. There's a famous example of one of these duels where young and boisterous Joukahainen challenges ancient Väinämöinen and gets sung into a swamp.

Your system sounds better from a game mechanic stand point though.

>>59280665
>the Finnish equivalent in the Kalevala is more about how deep the truths you sing are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkEcNmBPlVg

Bards are hypemen that fill in between lines/verses

>>59281379
>When you can decrease your enemy stats by going "oooooh shit nigga, he got you"

>>59281379
>Level 15 bard
https://youtu.be/6sQMhPc9LZE

>>59281511
>enchanted Glasses of Charisma

>>59237833
>Nikki Minaj
>Being able to sing/rap/improvise or having any talent that wasn't paid for by a committee

>>59282885
I swear, I was just talking about those thighs and booty.

>>59282885
Hey, she might be essentially a manufactured person who sold her soul to mass market appeal, but the girl always had some flow.

>be budding rhyme-sorcerer
>extensive, impressive vocabulary for your age, and a general understanding of rhyme, alliteration, and puns
>but no flow and no confidence, the two things everyone expected you to have
>character growth throughout the campaign involves finding the beat that was in you all along and truly becoming one with your inborn power

Yeah I'd play this.

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>>59227489
>It has kind of a japanese feel, mixed with renaiscense.

I would say that japan mixed with Roman empire is better.

>>59283116
Which are also fake

>>59284789
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Bumpin for art

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>>59287288
Does Law style count?

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>>59287288
I have your cleric right here.

>>59287516
Weed for the weed gods!

>>59287303
Dunno what that means offhand, but I dig the pic.
>>59287516
Thanks anon, I'll probably use this within the month.

>>59235673

>my crew is big and it keeps gettin biggah
>that's cause Jesus Christ is my nigga

This dude is literally a better lyricist then 90% of actual professional rappers.

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>>59287516
More like monk order that tries to achieve enlightment trhouth weed.

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How does different fantasy races fare on rap battles and a hiphop-style setting?

Like elfs, kobolds and dwarves?

Even more if in the setting everything is heavily influenced by music.

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You know what, this is tangentially on topic.
Who's your guilty pleasure rapper, /tg/? Who's the artist that you like even if they aren't actually that great, or just enjoy for the sake of it?

For me, it's Spose. Man's got good lyrical skill and a sense of humor about the whole thing that I really appreciate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mEmvKiZre4

>>59237137
No one has dredds anymore.

>>59220808
If you actually do a rap instead of just saying
"my character does a rap" then you might as well just neck yourself.

>>59280385
Or like Celtic rhyming satire fights, but.... with a beat.

>>59239271
Dark magic.

>>59288083
>He doesn't have shameless drunken fun with his playgroup

Why even play?

>>59287993
>Elves
I assume they have something akin to J Dilla or Dre flow, practiced precise words but few true emotional touch stones
>Kobolds
Danny Brown shit
>Dwarves
Nas

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>>59287993
Dwarven style is all about that rock solid beat and flow. Dwarves don't do much flourish, but when they rap its on point and full of lots of lyrics that build upwards on themselves. Dwarven wordplay has a lot of callbacks to previous verses, throwing back references and burns that get more and more elaborate as the verse goes on. They also have lots and lots and LOTS of rap feuds. Dwarven feuds are the stuff of legend, and will cross over generations. The Book of Grudges is real.

Elf rap is all about wordplay and flutters about a lot. Elves will syncopate beats and throw in bridges like wildfire, because they're more concerned about the sick alternating slant rhyme scheme they thought up than with having a steady rhythm. Still, elven rap can be some seriously impressive shit when it gets down to it, and the grandmasters of it have had a long, LONG, time to practice their flow.

Dragon/Dragonborn rap is fucking bullshit, because they don't have lips and can do some absolutely insane circular breathing to keep on going.

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>>59225875
I actually like the first few lines a lot. Short rhyming phrases rather than a full on lyrics might be more convenient and less repetitive every time you use a spell

What about graffiti based rune magic. Either for wards, traps or summoning?

Ok, here's an idea, casters would have to rap a bar for each level level their casting (5th level spell = 5 bars, ect), and for counterspell you specifically have to diss. For class flavor I'd probably make a bard/wizard hybrid class for players to use, weather you want to make it harder for casters by making them unable to reuse spell raps is up to you.

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Sooo is this the aesthetic we are mainly going for?

>>59289111
OP's setting seems to be traditional fantasy mixed with hip hop, like Samurai Champloo but with a stock D&D setting instead of feudal Japan. But it seems like people in this thread are thinking more of a semi-modern urban fantasy theme. I'm picturing basically what you would see in the background in a Street Fighter stage.

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>>59287288

>>59288910
Graffiti acts as wards, it helps protect your hood. Tagging in someone else's territory encroaches on their magical borders.

>>59289418
Da Samurai!

>>59220808
I'd unashamedly rip lines from Etrigan

I'd also make him an NPC

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The Monkey King musical had some of this vibe.

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>>59246678

It's treason then

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How a Rap God would look like?

>>59297037
Lil B.

>>59297037
wears shattered remains of gold chains, showing how his music broke the bonds of the norm

bears a massive clock pendant that is said to track the absolute perfect beat

and sick shades to shield his eyes from when he spits purest fire upon the posers

>>59297037
Eminem?

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>>59297037
Well, I think one rap god is too few, you need at minimum two, though I will describe three:

Rap God of Avarice and Swag:
>Buff, really fucking outrageously buff with like bulging trapezium muscles and really svelt delts, wears a black wife better
>shaved head, pair of shades, one of those weird beards that outline the jawline into a goatee, but with that classy fade-into-spectacles line cut up by the ear
>wears a pair of the freshest kicks known to man, solid gold hightop AF1, and is covered in giant chunky bling. His sunglasses are blinged out to all fuck too, the mere sight of them bitches will blind you
>His grill is hooked up to a flamethrower so that he literally spits fire
>His rap style are hood anthems like DMX where you don't really need to be good at rap, you just need to say catchy bullshit and look like a rapper

Rap God of Knowledge and Rhyme:
>Tall, skinny, unassuming. Maybe Japanese or white, but either way he's lanky as all fuck, constantly smoking a joint
>always wears a hat, extra baggy t-shirts with old 90's style graphic designs on them, khakis, pair of old tims with no laces, tounges hanging out.
>carries a rhyme powered samurai sword, known for decapitating entire audiences with a single swing
>raps MF Doom/Wu-Tang stream of consciousness style beats with an outrageous assortment of rhymes. Likes gritty old-school samples and talking about philosophical bullshit.

Rap God of Future and Flow:
>Crazy fucking neon nigga, looking like he walked out of some retrofuturistic concept art for The Fifth Element meets Bladerunner meets a fuckload of acid.
>Changes his outfit every fucking occasion, never wears the same thing twice, except for a pair of shades that make him look like robocop
>The producer, his raps are more about sound than substance, but this guy drops beats so fat they cause earthquakes
>It is said he has a secret beat that can stop time and leave an enemy rapper stunned and cotton mouthed.

>>59297515
I would simplify it with a god of Image (representing gold chains and thick asses, for whom talent is irrelevant), Production (skinny white kid who doesn't rap, isn't from the hood, he just sits around making legendary beats) and Rap (encompassing both flow and lyricism).

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>>59298568
Can the god of image be a thicc girl?

>>59298568
>representing gold chains and thick asses, for whom talent is irrelevant
Show more respect to Goddess >>59237833

>>59297515
>>59298568
I could see the the gods of Avarice/Swag, Knowledge/Rhyme, and Future/Flow being potentially saints under the greater god of Rap. Perhaps some kind of choir of sick rap demigods, and a choir of departed OG's to sing them to they rest.

>>59298623
I'm thinking more of a 2 Chainz type would be more appropriate, but they'd always be seen or depicted in art with a couple of thicc bitches.

>>59298568
I think we’ve well passed the point where being a skinny white guy is no longer synonymous with not living in the hood and being unable to rap
Make Production instead the invisible god: only the other gods can claim to have met him, and only a few mortals have been allowed to enter his Studio, but he makes his presence known through the infallible beats he gifts to those in his favor

>>59299582
>I think we’ve well passed the point where being a skinny white guy is no longer synonymous with not living in the hood
That doesn't mean it isn't an appropriate character archetype. That's kind of the point, you don't have to be a thug in 90's LA drinking a forty in a brown paper bag to be hip hop, you just gotta be with it.

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>>59299345
>When confronted with a great and powerful rapper, the rap gods are known to form together into a "super rap god".

>>59298623
Thicc girls should be highly regarded on the setting.

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>>59297515
>The God of Knowledge and Rhyme hefts his sword, the Grass Cutter (though it is not the legendary blade of the Emperor. no instead it is named for its legendary propensity at cutting hemp and herb to the finest edge.) and walks through the city.

I drew a thing, and sleep deprivation combined with listening to Wu Tang made me think it was a good idea.

>>59302080
The overly thick handle makes him look like a turbomanlet

>>59302113
How line thickness is related to manletness?

>>59302080
>this anon drew something I wrote about
I have nothing but smiles. Thanks senpai!

>>59305137
If this thread is still up tomorrow when I can get into work and use the scanner, I'll see if I can get in the other two. They're a damn cool concept.

>>59301834
So speak the great knight of the realm, Sir Mix A Lot, seeker of the legendary “new booty” with his compatriot, the wizard Bubba Sparxxx

bump for art

Can bards exist in this setting? How does their niche change?

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>>59312492
Going off of stuff from earlier, Bards would be themed around hip hop production- they're DJs and beatmakers. >>59232595 would let them do it on the fly. Since everything has a musical theme already, it would keep them to more of a support role while sticking to the theme.

How exactly would rogues, rangers, druids, and paladins work in this setting?

>>59297037
Is english your 200th language?

So Death Grips is just a barbarian right?

>>59314462
Eminem is the equivalent of the anime faggot who dumps points in dual wielding and describes his every flurry of attacks

>>59314523
Now i want a d&d podcast or show with a bunch of rappers playing dungeon crawls. Who do I have to pay to get it to happen. How do we get DMX to be a dog-wielding ranger?

>>59314523
Eminem is rap god

>>59305063
the girth of the handle of the sword, not the line thickness of the drawing.

>>59315886
>dog wielding
bro he literally believes he IS a dog, he's a druid.

>>59314523
That could also just be a dex barbarian

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This.

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>>59316014
Nah, Eminem is the Rap Godwalker and is desperate to ascend, unknowing that the throne currently lies contested between Biggie and 2pac, preventing any of his challenges from going through.

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>>59313557
In the fantasy + hip hop setting, about the same. But in the urban fantasy setting people have been going after in this thread, I think you'd be best going for a four-class system based on the original four pillars of hip hop, as >>59230716 points out.

The Wizard equivalent is the MC. These are your rappers, front men who are the centerpiece of any group thanks to the fact that they spit hot fire.

The Fighter/Monk equivalent is the Bboy/Bgirl. These are your breakdancers and also the physical fighters, delivering beat downs with flashy martial arts moves.

The Bard equivalent is the DJ. These are your hip hop producers, creative types who turn out killer beats, making them the essential support backbone to any crew.

The Rogue equivalent is the Writer. These are graffiti artists, focused on stealth and agility in their quest to tag impossible spots but ready to kick the ass of anyone that messes with their art.

>>59229856
It did tho, as well as a beatboxing hypeman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUpV63YHj34

>>59289267
honestly that describes it perfectly

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>>59324374
I'm assuming you mean the first part but I would totally be interested in a "Street Fighter stage" setting, that shit always seems so cozy.

>>59256231
For some reason I always forget about VELOcity, should really try it out one of these days.

>>59325556
You and me both anon. It's a really nice and punchy looking system, and I wish I had the time to run it.

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>>59297515
>>59302080
Jesus tapdancing christ, I thought I'd have more time to work on this today but work was a nightmare. I managed to get this detail-less outline in right before closing shift, and his right kick still isn't done. Will be fixing up when I can later.

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>>59324757
Nah I meant the street fighter bit.

>>59220808

use a wand like a microphone

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>>59328460
In that case, right on.

>blocks your path
Watch where you walkin’, wizard

>>59220808
WE

>>59331809
Watashitachiha ōsamadatta

>>59321964
To go with our four-class system, there should be a small amount of stats but lots of customization. Lots of different types of raps, beats, tags and dance moves. Just a quick look shows four subclasses of monkdancer:
>toprocker: upper body and hands, including tutting
>downrocker: lower-body and moves done purposely making contact with floor
>power mover/power head: big flashy acrobatics and gymnastics
>freezer: do a move and stop in the middle of a strange position to stop your enemy and open them up to a big hit

>>59332028
You might also combine the four class themes to be something else rather than just having a little from each. For example, an MC + B-boy is instead a Hype Man- around for muscle and image, but also capable of adding some vocals at just the right moment in a supporting fashion. Basically a Paladin equivalent.

>>59332345
Absolutely. Combine a Writer with any class and you’ve got the rapper who draws his own album art, the bboy who comes up with flashy costumes to style on you in, or the DJ who can basically prepare musical runes

>>59332345
MC + DJ = beatboxing wizard

>>59332491
Given that I'm assuming the Writer is pretty heavy on Dexterity (or the equivalent), I think mixing them with a DJ should make for somebody who plays a "real" instrument. Be it an old school James Brown type, somebody making live hip hop like The Roots, or a musician from a different genre like a funk bassist or a jazz pianist trying to fit in.

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Alternative to "heavy mythrill" or "hail and kill" 'bout mah niggas, swag blingz, phat beats, sick flow and shit?

>>59333584
yeap.
Now imagine the clash of worlds when the two (three?) settings collide.

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>>59333619
I mean, there's always the fourth option..
If the characters did their own songs, it would be 100% the best rap setting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dVKMla1LAY

>>59321964
Should breakdancing even get a major focus in such a setting, or would martial arts take its place?

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As a black guy these threads are always entertaining

Party on you crazy assholes

>>59335331
Shit, can we have more of this kind of thing? I like this better than most of the garbage on /tg/ now.

>>59334930
The answer should be both. Always both.

>>59334930
People are competitive by nature. Both can coexist, and borrow from each other, and even spawn a combination of the two. Hello capoiera.

>>59335331
Are you the hip-hop purist from the beginning of the thread?

>>59340622
Not him, but there's more than one or two black people on /tg/, anon.

>>59334930
The breakdancing is martial arts, and the martial arts is break dancing.
You’re doing a windmill as a radial attack.

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So you're telling me I can finally run the And It Don't Stop game I've been wanting to do forever?
Fuck yeah.

What would a peak rap wizard sound like?
How high is their powerlevel?

>>59336160
>>59335331
A-fuckin-men

>>59348250
>magic mic created by his DJ buddy
>breakdancing summons
>warded by graffiti from his Writer buddy
>spits hot fire
>can also rap very well
>has advantage on saves against choking and freestyle checks
>has mastered both jokes and bars, can put together multis like it ain’t nothing