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+ | |1||Novel song-brother||civilized background, dex|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2||Song scribbler||explore the guild|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |3||Simple harpist||setting the message|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |4||Pied piper||itinerant errand of bards|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |5||Singing sword||win at the bardic casino|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |6||Explorer||explore 15%|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |7||Wandering loresman||-|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |8||Sell-harp||meet the songmasters||-|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |9||Promising harpist||have a costume approved|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |10||Songwriter||three songspells kbh'd|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |11||Known songwriter||onstage performance|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |12||Musician||500 gold received alms|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |13||Legendteller||10 quests solved|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |14||Grindstone champion||instrument created|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |15||Grinning picker||-|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |16||Bard||-|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |17||Adventurous musician||explore 28%|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |18||Robust poemist||play (minimum 2 persons)|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |19||Respected musician|| - || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20||Deadly singer||six songspells kbh'd|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |21||Reigning sell-harp||three instruments|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |22||Virtuous bard||tale|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |23||Bladesinger||-|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |24||Songweaver||-|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |25||Songhurler||20 quests solved|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |26||Bladesdancer||-|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |27||Divine composer||five instruments|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |28||Singing wayfarer||explore 35%|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |29||Expert wayfarer||explore 45%|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |30||Professional bard||explore 50%, 24 spellsongs kbh'd|| | ||
+ | |} | ||
1st .. Novel song-brother ... civilized background, dex | 1st .. Novel song-brother ... civilized background, dex | ||
2nd .. Song scribbler ....... explore the guild | 2nd .. Song scribbler ....... explore the guild |
Revision as of 11:26, 11 April 2020
There isn't areal adventuring-party of the true nature without a ravishing member of the Bards' guild in it. As bards are considered generally musical artists who preserve and describe tales and legends through their songs, are the Shadowkepian bards also developed from this starting point.
Generally acknowledged as one of the less power-hungered guilds, getting familiar with a true bard is most likely to be an unique experience. Bards are bound into exploring, facing overpowerful enemies, bitterly learning the lore and universally having a blast of it all. One of the elder sayings go 'there is no merrier than the heart of a bard when death is imminent.'
Bards have some fighting skills and a few outrageous songspells. Advancing in the guild often requires some story-writing skills and completion of specific guild quests. As weapons, bards fashion short andlong blades; seldomly also bows.
Important: Remember to read the guide in the joining room for more exact information about songcasting and bards in general.
Contents
Info
Command: bard
Creators: Amarth<analytics uacct="UA-3466433-3" ></analytics> and Walin<analytics uacct="UA-3466433-3" ></analytics>
Maximum level: 30
Joining requirements:
- Background must be civilized
Skill/Spell Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Songcasting | 20 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 86 | 88 | 91 | 94 | 97 | 100 |
Songscribing | 20 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 62 | 67 | 71 | 76 | 81 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Attack | 25 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 82 | 85 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Swim | 25 | 50 | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Short blades | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 41 | 43 | 46 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 75 |
Long blades | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 41 | 43 | 46 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 75 |
Noituloves dischord | 10 | 32 | 55 | 77 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dodge | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Catchy singalong | - | 10 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 82 | 91 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Musicians alm | - | - | 10 | 25 | 40 | 55 | 70 | 85 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Campfire tune | - | - | - | 10 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 32 | 38 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 71 | 77 | 83 | 88 | 94 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kings feast | - | - | - | 10 | 18 | 26 | 34 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 91 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tumbling attack | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 45 | - | - | - | - |
Negate offhand penalty | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 50 |
Jesters trivia | - | - | - | - | 20 | 36 | 52 | 68 | 84 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hiking | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 34 | 43 | 51 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enhance criticals | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Strength in unity | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 35 | 41 | 47 | 53 | 59 | 64 | 70 | 76 | 82 | 88 | 94 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Plant lore | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alcohol tolerance | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 33 | 41 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Melodical embracement | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 36 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 84 | 92 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Instrument creation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 82 | 91 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Venturers way | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 82 | 91 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sweet lullaby | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 36 | 52 | 68 | 84 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Clandestine thoughts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 33 | 38 | 43 | 47 | 52 | 57 | 62 | 66 | 71 | 76 | 81 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 100 |
Singing shepherd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 33 | 46 | 59 | 73 | 86 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Uncontrollable mosh | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pathfinder | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 31 | 36 | 41 | 47 | 52 | 57 | 63 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 84 | 89 | 94 | 100 |
Rapture of the deep | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 24 | 36 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 84 | 92 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
War ensemble | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 21 | 32 | 43 | 55 | 66 | 77 | 88 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Songmastery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 57 | 62 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 83 | 89 | 94 | 100 |
Soothing sounds | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 39 | 54 | 69 | 84 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Vigilant melody | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 52 | 64 | 76 | 88 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Noituloves deathlore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | - | - | - |
Achromatic eyes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | - | - | - |
Con fioco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 36 | 52 | 68 | 84 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sounds of silence | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 40 | 60 | 80 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dancing blades | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 78 | 89 | 100 |
Mana control | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | - |
Melody of the misadventurer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 36 | 52 | 68 | 84 | 100 |
Quick chant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Skill/Spell Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Bard guild is located in Shadowkeep in Rothikgen. Bard guild is bit more role play oriented than your average guild and it is hevily party oriented. For minmaxers bards are general support guild with some healing power, some blasting power and unique party boost spells. It can also be used as role playing and the level quest system enforces it a bit.
Introduction
Bards have unique spell learnign system called KBH (Known By Heart). It means that you need to cast every bard spell succesfully x times before you can cast it without reading it first from a notebook. The x varies kinda lot but there is more info on guild board. Notebooks can be bought from Bard guild and they are fairly cheap but to get the words of a song you need to go to the songmaster who wanders somewhere outworld. They will tell their location if asked but you need to travel where ever he/she is. Every song has it's own songmaster. Now you don't need to learn every song KBH if you do not want to use them but it is lvl 29 quest in quild to get all songs KBH. The notebook also wears bit every time you read it. The amount of damage to the book greatly depends on Songscribing skill so you need some if you are going to get any songs KBH and you will want songs that you use KBH and there are also some level quests like learn 6 songs KBH and so on. KBH will stay from reinc to another.
Bards also have a repution system where they collect might. It gathers from casting spells in parties and the more you have it the better your spells will be. Repution will stay from reinc to another but it gathers slowly.
Bards can also create an instrument that gives hp/ep/sp. There are different types and you can do them almost any material. You also need the skill Instrument creation and to get divine instrument you need atleast 90% of the skill. Might affect the stats on instrument. Different type of instruments give different bonuses but the instrument weight does not affect it's power. Tanks normally aim for divine maracas as it gives only hp and weights less than 1kg. But you can play around with them. YOu can create one instrument only every 3rd rl day and you need atleast 5 for level quest. Instruments can also be stored over reincs.
Character Stats
The most important stat for bard is dex because all songs depend on it. More dex more power. Other stats work normally, con and str based on need, wis and int give 1 sp per point each so bards will always have only little sp. As the only healing spell takes bit over 100 sp you won't cast a lot of spells in a row.
Spells
Noituloves dischord: Magic missile for bards, does physical damage.
Catchy singalong: Oh the annoyance, useless.
Musicians alm: Nice spell for learning QC, othervise useless.
Campfire tune: Heals every player in room, works better if you have campfire.
Kings feast: Creates food and drink.
Jesters trivia: Shows spells affecting every player in room.
Strength in unity: Spreads damage to whole party, ends if you move.
Melodical embracement: Gives +skills.
Venturers way: Gives ep.
Sweet lullaby: Camp for all, works better with sleeping bag.
Clandestine thought: Prevents mortal snooping, stomps spider servants automatically.
Singing shepherd: Makes small outworld animals follow you, useless.
Uncontrollable mosh: Does phys damage to everyone except caster in room.
Pathfinder: Teleport spell.
War ensemble: The spell, gives +str, +hp, +dex to ever player in party. This is the reason you will get parties.
Soothing sounds: Might calm agressive monster no nonagressive, but works kinda randomly.
Vigilant melody: Tells who are in 3 room radius from casting place and stays for few minutes.
Noituloves deathlore: Psi damage area spell, does decent damage.
Achromatic eyes: Shifts alignment.
Con fioco: Fire damage single target spell, good damage.
Sounds of silence: Prevents death shouts, useless unless you intend to die from embarrassing monster.
Dancing blades: Kinda cool spell but takes too long for the damage, useless.
Melody of the misadventurer: Lessens luck for the spell duration.
Intro2
-To get to max level in bards, you need to have 50% explore and 20 quests solved. This is just a reminder of that.
-You don't need notebooks to KBH all the spells. You can refresh your spell at the songmaster. So basically you can just follow the songmaster and cast the spell again and again. Some bard spells improve even if you have it active on you, this makes them very easy to KBH, you can detect this with 'bscore' command.
-When you got enough bardic might, instruments you create will give some extra int and wis, even if they originally did not give int and wis.
-Bards get nice and noticeable bonuses from having the guild leadership.
-And about some of the bard spells: Clandestine thought: Also stomps spider servants automatically.
Pathfinder: More bardic might you have, more targets you get for this spell. For instance I get these locations with adequate might: keep(roth), inn(roth), arelium(laenor), ship(laenor), rilynttar(furn), lorenchia(luce), donaru(roth), calythien(deso), songmaster or nothing for start location.
War ensemble: You can count the length of the spell for every player from the amout of +hpmax they get. Each bg has different starting number but otherwise the results are very accurate and you will know exactly how long warez will stay on for a particular player. I got triggers to do these calculations for me.
You can check the background of a player with this command(you can get the background of a player from this output): command check_background quote 'grep -q " $* " who guild nomad' kill nomad;quote 'grep -q " $* " who guild evil_religious' kill evil_religious;quote 'grep -q " $* " who guild good_religious' kill good_religious;quote 'grep -q " $* " who guild magical' kill magical;quote 'grep -q " $* " who guild civilized' kill civilized Usage: check_background Lyriikka (first character of the name needs to be uppercase)
Soothing sounds: Start casting it at the end of the round.
Bard Level Requirements
Level | Title | Requirement | Notes | |
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1 | Novel song-brother | civilized background, dex | ||
2 | Song scribbler | explore the guild | ||
3 | Simple harpist | setting the message | ||
4 | Pied piper | itinerant errand of bards | ||
5 | Singing sword | win at the bardic casino | ||
6 | Explorer | explore 15% | ||
7 | Wandering loresman | - | ||
8 | Sell-harp | meet the songmasters | - | |
9 | Promising harpist | have a costume approved | ||
10 | Songwriter | three songspells kbh'd | ||
11 | Known songwriter | onstage performance | ||
12 | Musician | 500 gold received alms | ||
13 | Legendteller | 10 quests solved | ||
14 | Grindstone champion | instrument created | ||
15 | Grinning picker | - | ||
16 | Bard | - | ||
17 | Adventurous musician | explore 28% | ||
18 | Robust poemist | play (minimum 2 persons) | ||
19 | Respected musician | - | ||
20 | Deadly singer | six songspells kbh'd | ||
21 | Reigning sell-harp | three instruments | ||
22 | Virtuous bard | tale | ||
23 | Bladesinger | - | ||
24 | Songweaver | - | ||
25 | Songhurler | 20 quests solved | ||
26 | Bladesdancer | - | ||
27 | Divine composer | five instruments | ||
28 | Singing wayfarer | explore 35% | ||
29 | Expert wayfarer | explore 45% | ||
30 | Professional bard | explore 50%, 24 spellsongs kbh'd |
1st .. Novel song-brother ... civilized background, dex 2nd .. Song scribbler ....... explore the guild
- You need to visit every room at the guild. You'll see a progress
info when you go around.
3rd .. Simple harpist ....... setting the message
- Set your guild status message that is shown at 'bard who'
4th .. Pied piper ........... itinerant errand of bards
- Contact a Loremaster or a Masterbard. You can see who they are
with 'bard who'. Ask from him (politely!) to give you a task. He will then tell you what your task is.
5th .. Singing sword ........ win at the bardic casino
- Go to the bardic casino, it is w,nw,d,n,e,s from the entrance.
There are two games available for you. Pick the one you like and play until you win enough. You can type 'info 5' at the guild advancement room to see how much you need to win. NOTE: The amount of money you need to win is depending on your player level. for a lvl 50 its petty cash, but for 90 its ~40-50k already. So do this quest and advance to 6th before you advance your player levels too much.
6th .. Explorer ............. explore 15% 7th .. Wandering loresman ... - 8th .. Sell-harp ............ meet the songmasters
- Check 'bgreet xxx' to see all the Songmasters. You need to visit
each one. I am not sure if only going to the same room and leaving counts, but type 'greet just to make sure. To ease up the quest, you can ask for a distinguished bard to help you. He can use 'Pathfinder' to relocate to the songmasters directly and then summon you there.
9th .. Promising harpist .... have a costume approved
- Go to the wardrobe (w,ne from 'enter') and create yourself a costume.
Look at the list for instructions and follow them. Don't muck around with the costume, but do it properly. You might consider also thinking about your first onstage performance, and create a costume for that. Ask for a Loremaster (politely) to come and approve your costume when it's done.
10th .. Songwriter ........... three songspells kbh'd
- You need to see three spells 'known by heart' in your bscore.
11th .. Known songwriter ..... onstage performance
- Your first performance. There is a stage where you enter the bards'
guild that is used for performance alone or in a group. Pick an idea, lyrics, poems, something you like and go to the stage and rehearse. Look at the instructions how to use the stage, and how to wear your costume. When you think your ready, inform a Loremaster (politely) about it, and set a date/time when he/she will come and see your performance. You also must inform other players at the 'tales' newsgroup so they can come and watch it.
12th .. Musician ............. 500 gold received alms 13th .. Legendteller ......... 10 quests solved 14th .. Grindstone champion .. instrument created
- See below in the 'Instruments' section how to do this.
15th .. Grinning picker ...... - 16th .. Bard ................. - 17th .. Adventurous musician . explore 28% 18th .. Robust poemist ....... play (minimum 2 persons)
- This is probably considered by many the most intimidating quest at the
guild. Performing is always exciting and for many, frightening. This however requires more timing and teamwork. Get a friend, make up a play or re-act some famous dialogue, etc. The main point is that both performers are at the same page when the performance is on. The keyword is: rehearse. Go to the stage, and go through the play. You can 'review' the play after you've rehearsed it to see what it looked like to the audience.
19th .. Respected musician ... - 20th .. Deadly singer ........ six songspells kbh'd
- You need to see six 'known by heart's in your bscore.
21st .. Reigning sell-harp ... three instruments
- You need to create three instruments. As the instrument creation cooldown
is three days, on your first reinc you cannot advance in less than nine days beyond this level no matter what.
22nd .. Virtuous bard ........ tale
- You must write a tale and present it to a Loremaster (politely) who
then approves.
23rd .. Bladesinger .......... - 24th .. Songweaver ........... - 25th .. Songhurler ........... 20 quests solved 26th .. Bladesdancer ......... - 27th .. Divine composer ...... five instruments
- Create two more instruments.
28th .. Singing wayfarer ..... explore 35% 29th .. Expert wayfarer ...... explore 45% 30th .. Professional bard .... explore 50%, 23 spellsongs kbh'd
- This is a tricky one. There are two ways of acheaving this.
1) KBH all songs, including the infamous melody of the misadventurer. 2) KBH all songs except the melody, and keep casting bardic spells until your might is 'paltry'. One player told me that this took 4 months RL time of playing to achieve, but atleast you dont have to suffer the consequences of the misadventurer.
NOTE: You cannot join the navigator's guild until you're a full bard.
LM .. Loremaster ........... masterbard's approval MB .. Masterbard ........... unimaginable pain and suffering
Bardic might
When casting bard spells, getting them KBH'd you get Bardic might, which can be seen with the command 'bmight'.
The statuses are:
pathetic
pitiful
sad
bad
tiny
little
meager
feeble
poor
paltry
crude
weak
slight
low
mediocre
average
decent
adequate
good
nice
great
excellent
impressive
incredible
superb
awesome
dazzling
magnificent
unearthly
divine
KBH (Know By Heart)
After you've KBH'd all spells, the might should be somewhere around 'meager', if you've just been doing the KBH. While writing this, the best bard in the game had 'excellent' might, so it's not a fast process obviously.
Spells and KBH guides: How spellbooks work: Some spells can be KBH'd at the trainer, but some require a target. Some require a monster, some another player or both. You can buy spellbooks from the bards' guild, go w,s from the entrance. There is a vendor that keeps 30 books in store. Some can be found at the magical shop at shadowkeep. You can also buy a bag to store ~10 books.
The basic idea is that when you study the spell at the guild, you cannot cast it immediately. You need to learn the words for that spell from a trainer that are scattered around the realm. Type 'bgreet xxx' to see all the trainers. From the list below you can see each spell and their spellsong.
First of all you need the skill 'songscribing'. The better it is, the better your songbooks will hold. Then you must choose a spell to cast, and study it. If its a spell you can KBH at the trainer, then go there and start casting. Otherwise you need spellbooks, and here how it works: Get books. You can buy them near the guild. From the street where the entrance to the auditorium, go 2 w and one south. Go to the trainer and check your inventory. See that you got your books in order there. Type 'learn', and you will scribe the words to your spellbook. Select the next book (give book 2 to yourself) and type learn again. Repeat this until all the books are written. Then check 'bscore'. You'll probably notice that it says something like this:
Clandestine thoughts needs more practice currently in memory
If you dont have the spell currently in memory, its says: Clandestine thoughts needs more practice not in memory When you cast the spell successfully, it will disappear from your memory, and you need to either type 'learn' at the trainer, or 'read book'. If you have multiple different books you can type 'read Spellsong name' (case sensitive). When you memorize the spell, you'll get a message:
You memorize the tunes for 'Clandestine thoughts'.
After this, you can cast it. The spell% affects on how many times you need to type 'learn' or 'read book'. The higher the spell% the less you need to read. When you read a book, it starts to decompose. When the book reaches a condition: A dead notebook for 'Clandestine thoughts', it will break down from the next read. At this point, choose another book (again give the second best book to yourself so it'll be first in your inventory), until all your books are depleted. You do not need to throw the 'dead' notebooks away, but you can write them again at the trainer by typing 'learn' again with each book. The maximum condition of the books will suffer, but atleast you dont have to run and get new books all the time.
Spell KBH info
Spell | Trainer | Casts | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Achromatic eyes | Zinbaf | 350 |
Go to newbie mountain, cast the achromatic eyes to a mob and kill it. Keep spell at low% and cast it to really small mobs. |
Arches favour | Jolm | 1 | You can train this when your bardic might reaches 'paltry'. |
Campfire tune | Gilian | 140 | Get yourself hurt and cast. |
Catchy singalong | Endek | 95 | Cast the singalong to a mob
and kill it. Wait for the catchy to drop and find the next mob. Using the church for this is ILLEGAL. |
Clandestine thoughts | Dria | 280 | Shoot at yourself at a trainer or search players to cast it on. |
Con fioco | Yomototh | 230 | |
Dancing blades | Vahearun | 400 | Get a blade/knife, and do 'cast dancing blades at use knife 1'. You can try to 'catch' blade if you need to leave. Leaving/ld will make the blade drop in room, so be careful to use cheap blades. |
Jesters trivia | Sineyole | 85 | Cast repeatedly at trainer. |
Kings feast | Derevan | 100 | Cast repeatedly at trainer. |
Melodical embracement | Zantus | 325 | Cast repeatedly at trainer. |
Melody of the misadventurer | Forsimnetu | 295 | This spell ruins the luck of the target for ~15 minutes, but it will screw the casters luck permanently. Have a few of friends and keep casting on them one by one, wait for it to drop and repeat. |
Musicians alm | Cyarus | 100 | Create lyrics with the 'balm'-command that are not too long and sing the song by the trainer. |
Noituloves deathlore | Noitulove | 202 | Shoot at monsters or players. |
Noituloves dischord | Stringbreaker | 39 | Shoot at monsters or players. |
Pathfinder | Zord | 333 | Get books, move a few steps away from an inn or your startloc, cast, repeat. |
Singing shepherd | Tinebring | 139 | Find outworld are with with few small mobs and cast on them. Run in a circle 20x e,n,w,s until they drop. Repeat. Small % lessens distance follow. Indoor exits are considered ILLEGAL. |
Soothing sounds | Otharus | 220 | Find area with lots of small aggros, cast and find next aggro. |
Sounds of silence | Aline | 195 | Find lots of monsters and cast. |
Strength in unity | Malecketh | 200 | Get a friend, remove all weapons and create a party. Go to an area with small mobs, attack, cast, leave the room. read the book, repeat. |
Uncontrollable mosh | Patricia | 160 | |
Venturers way | Holm | 90 | Go to trainer, run around, cast, repeat. |
Vigilant melody | Fyanna | 105 | Go to trainer, run to room without mist and cast. repeat. |
War ensemble | Talos | 295 | Cast repeatedly at trainer. |
KBH Progress
Statuses in 'bscore':
not even started
no hope
little progress
will take forever
needs more practice
6000X = rememberance
one fifth soon!
far far, far away
one fourth someday
keep on trying..
this is sick, hehe
won't tell you! ;)
not even halfway
someday, my friend
seek the knowledge!
on the better side
courage, doing well
dreams do come true
1,000,000X and you see it
Gm's fax: +358 0 577795
PING! THE magic number!
still far away
good progress
getting there
warm already
not so far anymore
getting hot
almost there!
on the verge
any play now
SooO CLOSE!
NOTE: The statuses do not always go in correlation with your casts. Sometimes they might go one per cast, sometimes stuck in place for many casts.
Instruments
You need to create yourself atleast 5 instruments in order to max out the bards' guild. The instruments are created at the bards' guild, southwestern part. You need to choose a material and the type of your instrument. Here are the types and materials:
Instrument | material (kg) |
---|---|
bagpipes | 50 |
bagpipes | 50 |
banjo | 20 |
bongo | 12 |
cello | 35 |
clarinet | 8 |
contrabasso | 70 |
cymbals | 9 |
didgeridoo | 28 |
flute | 5 |
guitar | 30 |
harmonica | 2 |
harp | 40 |
horn | 30 |
lute | 18 |
mandoline | 18 |
maracas | 2 |
oboe | 12 |
piccolo | 2 |
saxophone | 30 |
sitar | 22 |
tambourine | 7 |
trumpet | 25 |
tuba | 80 |
violin | 25 |
xylophone | 8 |
Disallowed Materials:
air, burlap, chalk, charcoal, clay, cloth, coal, cotton, earth, emulsion, enchanted air, feathers, fire, flesh, food, fur, hemp, ice, leather, paper, phosphorus, rubber, silk, sulphur, vegetation, water, wax, wool
Different instruments give different stats. You get hpmax, epmax, str dex and con.
To create an instrument, you need the skill 'Instrument creation'. It's very expensive,
but in order to create good instruments you need it at 90%+
So, choose an instrument, get the required amount of material which is not of the
disallowed materials and go to the instrument creation room.
Drop the nugget of material you have on the ground and type:
create [instrument] of [material]
This will take some few minutes, and depending on your skill the instrument is generated. When you create an instrument and you're already wielding one, you need to 'store' it first at the backroom (south of the creation room). You can only create one instrument per three days, so start creating them as soon as you get the creation skill.
WARNING - NOTICE - ATTENTION: The material needs to be in ONE PIECE. So providing 2x5kg does not work as one 10kg piece. BRING ENOUGH MATERIALS WITH YOU - if you break the instrument and leave the room to get more materials, you burn your bardic might and cannot create another instrument for three days.
Here are some example of instruments you can create (thanks to Wermine):
Instrument Stats
A violin made of titanium (divine) +5dex A tambourine made of crystal (incredible) +6str +6con +36hpmax An oboe made of ruby (incredible) +3str +6dex +3con +18hpmax +25epmax A maracas made of dukonium (divine) +10str +10con +60hpmax +14epmax A guitar made of mithril (divine) +5dex +20epmax A flute made of emerald (divine) +5str +10dex +5con +30hpmax +41epmax A bongo made of laen (magnificient) +8str +8con +48hpmax +1epmax A trumpet made of kryptonite (divine) +5str +10dex +5con +30hpmax +42epmax A xylophone made of ruby (unearthly) +8str +8con +48hpmax +1epmax A piccolo made of ruby (divine) +5str +10dex +5con +30hpmax +42epmax A harmonica made of weenite (unearthly) +4str +8dex +4con +24hpmax +34epmax
- Guild
- Civilized
- Songcasting
- Songscribing
- Attack
- Swim
- Short blades
- Long blades
- Noituloves dischord
- Dodge
- Catchy singalong
- Musicians alm
- Campfire tune
- Kings feast
- Tumbling attack
- Negate offhand penalty
- Jesters trivia
- Hiking
- Enhance criticals
- Strength in unity
- Plant lore
- Alcohol tolerance
- Melodical embracement
- Instrument creation
- Venturers way
- Sweet lullaby
- Clandestine thoughts
- Singing shepherd
- Uncontrollable mosh
- Pathfinder
- Rapture of the deep
- War ensemble
- Songmastery
- Soothing sounds
- Vigilant melody
- Noituloves deathlore
- Achromatic eyes
- Con fioco
- Sounds of silence
- Dancing blades
- Mana control
- Melody of the misadventurer
- Quick chant