An Abandoned Step

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Well, nothing, actually -- first, as I recall, it's all a capella[/a], and Doug's power requires music and lyrics to trig

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Doug's your character, so you get to make the rules about what affects him, but I will take exception to the above statement as fact. A capella[/a] simply means "unaccompanied", meanin that all of the music is produced by the singers' voices. Lyrics without music is speaking, which would obviously not trigger Doug's gift. [i]A cap[/i] songs can be quite powerful in their own right, often because there's nothing to take away from the natural harmonies of the singers.
Doug's gift may require both vocal and instrumental music with lyrics, but that's not the same as what you said.
Offsides (can you tell I'm a singer? )Drunkard's Walk Forum Moderator and Prereader At Large