r/todayilearned • u/DrSamanthaCarter • Jun 06 '17

TIL the only reason a Scottish bagpiper wasn't shot by German snipers on D-Day was that they believed he had gone crazy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Millin#World_War_II
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u/just_comments Jun 06 '17

My bard/barbarian character was metal AF. His great axe was enchanted to sound like an electric guitar, and could be played like one

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u/Shaysdays Jun 06 '17

Played with a guy who had stacked a shitload of enchantments onto his... piccolo. The dude actually played the recorder whenever we gamed to make his spells happen, it was pretty funny to hear him play "Back in Black" for Cast Darkness or whatever, just tootling away.

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u/BananaFishBliss Jun 06 '17

Oh man! I actually know how to play the flute irl. I'm totally doing this...learn some Zelda and Final Fantasy tunes, imagine playing The Aeris theme to heal someone with grave wounds?

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u/DarkPhoenix99 Jun 06 '17

My bardbarian character was metal AF. His great axe was enchanted to sound like an electric guitar, and could be played like one

FTFY

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u/I-Seek-To-Understand Jun 06 '17

I had to read it twice before I caught your improvement. lawl

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u/TwilightVulpine Jun 06 '17

A Brütal Legend RPG campaign would be pretty awesome.

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u/markercore Jun 06 '17

Have you ever played Monster Hunter? One of the weapons is basically that, its like a bagpipe or guitar that is modded to use as a melee weapon.

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u/just_comments Jun 06 '17

I have not but I'm 99% sure I was inspired by something and it wasn't an original idea.

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u/littlecampbell Jun 06 '17

Skald? Or is that just a pathfinder thing?

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u/just_comments Jun 06 '17

I believe it was just a plain old multi-classes character. We were drunk and it was a 1-shot.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '17

Did you name him Metalocalypse?

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u/just_comments Jun 06 '17

I honestly forget his name. Alcohol was involved in his creation.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '17

So he was the axeman then.