I have never heard of quodlibet, Ralexia. It is very interesting! But you are right, it is improbable that a bard would be able to do this well past 2 or maybe 3 songs. We have ~16 seconds to squeeze in four/five different songs which while remaining distinct also mesh well enough with each other not to sound like a total mess. It’s hard to imagine a person capable of this with just their voice and lute, though I hesitate to say it because certain very talented and dedicated people are capable of amazing things. And Norrath is a very magical place! Our mundane ideas of what is possible/probable would likely seem very limited to one of its denizens.
On a side note, does anyone know if song twisting was something originally intended by EQ’s developers? It’s hard to imagine eq bards without the ability to twist. It defines the class. But I find it hard to believe they went into making the class with twisting in mind from the get go.
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