// Tavern songs
// inspired by, but not really based on, http://dndspeak.com/2019/06/100-bard-songs/
// Jonathan Dale

Table: TavernSong
[@Who] \a [@Tone] [@SubjectMatter].

Table: Who
They are [@Performing]
A minstrel is [@Performing]
A bard is [@Performing]
A group of commoners is [|trying to sing|enthusiastically singing|butchering|hesitantly trying to sing|drunkenly singing]
A group of [|performers|minstrels] is [@Performing]
The entire tavern is [|trying to sing|enthusiastically singing|butchering|hesitantly trying to sing|drunkenly singing] 

Table: Performing
5:singing
4:performing
rehearsing
practicing
learning

Table: Tone
[@Features] comedy
[@Features] tragedy
[@Features] romance
[@Features] tale
[@Features] love story
[@Features] nursery rhyme
[@Features] children's song
[|rhyming|cheerful|dark|heroic|bawdy|brief|innuendo-filled|profane|popular|fast-paced|upbeat] marching song
[|cheerful|exciting|tragic|dark|heroic|long|foreign|popular|slow-paced|sorrowful] epic
[|rhyming|cheerful|dark|heroic|bawdy|brief|innuendo-filled|profane|popular|fast-paced|upbeat|sorrowful] sea shanty
[|rhyming|cheerful|dark|heroic|bawdy|brief|innuendo-filled|profane|popular|fast-paced|upbeat|sorrowful] laborer's chant
[@Features] ballad
[|cheerful|exciting|tragic|dark|heroic|long|foreign|popular|slow-paced|sorrowful] saga

Table: Features
rhyming
cheerful
exciting
tragic
dark
heroic
bawdy
epic
long
brief
calming
foreign
innuendo-filled
tongue-twisting
profane
[|somewhat|slightly|extremely|shockingly|hilariously] blasphemous
[|locally|extremely|wildly|traditionally] popular
fast-paced
upbeat
slow-paced
melodious
sorrowful
alliterative

Table: SubjectMatter
[@Describing] a [|historical|traditional|cautionary] [|legend|fable|tale]
[@Describing] a [|legendary|historical] [|battle led by [!Person]|war|fight between [!Person] and [!Person]|duel between [!Person] and [!Person]]
[|[@Describing] a [|legendary|historical] monster|about the ravages of a [|legendary|historical] monster]
[@Describing] a great act of hubris by [@Person]
about a [|site|temple|fortress|city|monument|natural feature] of [|national|religious|local|regional] pride
recounting [|a battle waged by|a hunt conducted by|an adventure of|the quest of|a disaster caused by|a disaster averted by] [@Person]
[@Describing] [|a famine|a fire|a flood|a storm|a blizzard]
[@Describing] the death of [!Person]
[@Describing] the theft of [@Item]
[@Describing] the [|adventures|swindling|exile] of [@Person]
[@Describing] the swindling of [@Person]
[@Describing] [!Person]'s quest [|for freedom|for treasure|for love|for redemption|for magic|for greatness|to destroy [@Item]|to rescue [!Person]|for revenge against [!Person]]
[@Describing] [!Person]'s [|finding|winning] [|a lost|a new|a monster's|[!Person]'s] love
[@Describing] [!Person]'s [|marrying|wooing] [|a lost love|a new love|a monster|[!Person]]
[@Describing] revenge taken against [!Person] for [|a theft|an insult|a murder|stealing their love|being an uppity bastard]

Table: Describing
recounting
telling
retelling
describing
about

Table: Person
\a [|great|well-loved|widely-hated|absent-minded|beautiful] [|noble|baron|baroness|duke|duchess|queen|king|lord|lady|knight|dame]
[|a famous|an infamous|a legendary|a fictional] [|bandit|brigand|thief|outlaw|rogue|bounty hunter]
[|a god|a goddess|the gods]
[|an honest|a dishonest|a popular|a friendly|a curmudgeonly|a generous|a forgetful|a brave|a courageous|a cowardly|a clever] [|miller|hunter|tailor|cook|baker|chef|spinster|weaver|cobbler|bard|minstrel|fisherman]
[|a wise|a clever|a courteous|a friendly|a domineering|a terrifying|a powerful|a famous|a infamous|a legendary|a local|a noble|a courageous|a cowardly|a forgetful|an absent-minded|a beloved|a enchanting] [|wizard|witch|sorcerer|healer|hermit|priest|priestess|boy|girl|child|sorceress|grandmother|grandfather|druid|judge|magistrate]
[|a wizard|a witch|a sorcerer|a healer|a smith|an alchemist]'s apprentice
[|a cat|a frog|a raven|a fox|a wolf|a magpie|a hawk|a fish|a mermaid|a snake|a lion|a tree|a mountain|a river|a bear|a hedgehog|a rooster]
[|a golem|a construct|an elemental|a demon|a devil|an angel|a dragon|Death|an ogre|a giant|a giantess|a ghoul|a ghost]

Table: Item
a royal treasure
a noble's treasure
a holy artifact
an unholy artifact
a pie
an apple
a pouch
an anvil
a pair of [|shoes|boots]
a goose
a duck
a cow
a crown
a jewel
a sword
a turnip
a melon
vegetables
money
a king's ransom
a ship
the sun
the moon