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Old 06-07-2017, 06:31 PM   #1
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Default Examples Of -9 & -10 TDM On Singing

Anyone want to help me out with examples of what actions might be possible at the -9 Dangerous & the -10 Impossible TDMs for the Singing skill?

One of the central traits of a character I'm creating is that he has a legendary, ridiculous skill level at Singing (due to Voice, Talent, and having started singing for about as long as human singing has existed), which would enable him to absorb some pretty deep TDMs with relative ease.

There is one example each for Driving on p. B346.

I'm hoping for examples for Singing to give me an idea of what feats could be achieved and with what challenges.
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Old 06-07-2017, 06:47 PM   #2
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Singing 90%+ of that aria from The Fifth Element without digital assistance. It wasn't meant to be singable by humans, but a few have come closer than one would expect.
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Old 06-07-2017, 08:20 PM   #3
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Agnes Nitt in Discworld is capable of singing at frequencies both above and below what humans can hear, and can harmonize with herself, as well as being able to flawlessly mimic what other singers sound like/what she thinks they could sound like.

These should be worth at least a good chunk of -9/-10.
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Old 06-08-2017, 03:29 AM   #4
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Typically, what even the best singers cannot do is to go below and above their frequency.
Going below it quickly becomes impossible.
The upper limit is less clearly defined. You may train to gradually up it. You may try to reach for more. This is, however, increasingly riskier as you go up. You might even cause temporary harm to your vocal cords; and, for sure, you can very well cause a very negative reaction by the audience as you bungle that impossibly high note.
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Old 06-08-2017, 08:28 AM   #5
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Combine wide-pitch range throat singing layered on top of regular singing, including clicks and rasps while suspended upside down with a high powered fan blowing directly into your face!
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Old 06-08-2017, 09:20 AM   #6
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Singing while drunk (-2), accompanied by experimental jazz music (-1), in the midst of a brawl (-3), during a hurricane (-4).
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Old 06-08-2017, 09:32 AM   #7
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Various nasty modifiers you may be able to combine with other modifiers listed:

Singing a song you've never heard before, that everyone else knows, and you have to listen to everyone else being slightly out of beat to figure out the words (-6?).

Similarly, singing from sheet music you've never heard played and have never seen before (-4?). Though if you combine the two its probably just a -2 or -1.

Singing while different and contrary music is playing (-4?).

You've already been singing for 8 hours strait. (-4?)

Harmonizing with a tone deaf goat of a singer and making the whole thing still sound good (-4?)

Singing a genre you're not familiar with (-2).

Mix and match.
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Old 06-08-2017, 09:45 AM   #8
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Matching the harmonic frequency of a crystal in order to do damage to it.
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Old 06-08-2017, 09:48 AM   #9
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Singing while drunk (-2), accompanied by experimental jazz music (-1), in the midst of a brawl (-3), during a hurricane (-4).
+1 Internets, Gnome. :)

Though I'm not really sure when the last modifier would come into play. Maybe make it Klingon Opera (-2) while drunk (-2), accompanied by experimental jazz (-1) played by orc bards (-2) in the midst of a brawl (-3)?
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I expect that laryngitis would give a fairly significant TDM. Unless you are Bonny Tyler. :o)
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