Saturday, October 26, 2024

Geeky SKAturday: Garden of Love (Don Drummond and the Skatalites)

From The Guardian

Jamaican trombonist Don Drummond is truly one of the giants of ska history.  He was a founding member of the legendary Skatalites...probably the most influential ska band ever...and his gift with melody meant he also wrote a number of their most celebrated songs.

Unfortunately, the last few years of his life were marked by tragedy, but in the time he was with us, Drummond gave us beautiful tunes that will last as forever as tunes can last.

There's a comic series about Drummond's life called Trombone Man: Ska's Fallen Genius that is currently in progress.  Written by Adam Reeves, with art by Constantinos Pissourios, and based on a book by Heather Augustyn, it looks really promising.  You can get the first issue free by going here and follow the Kickstarter for issue #2 here.

From the project's Facebook page

Finally, I'm sure this sound will be at least a little familiar to some of you...

Garden of Love

3rd-level Sound
Casting time: 1 action/8 hours
Range: 150 feet
Duration: Intantaneous effect/1 year

This sound channels the caster's inner love into the growth of plants within a specific area. There are two ways to cast the sound, granting either immediate or long-term benefits.

If you cast this sound using 1 action, choose a point within range. All normal plants in a 100-foot radius centered on that point become thick and overgrown. Movement through the area costs four times its usual value.

You can exclude one or more areas of any size within the sound's area from being affected.

If you cast this sound over 8 hours, you enrich the land. All plants in a half-mile radius centered on a point within range become enriched for 1 year. The plants yield twice the normal amount of food when harvested.

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