Difference between revisions of "Bard Masteries"

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Bard Masteries are special abilities came with the Publish 66 that can be obtained by completing The Beacon of Harmony quest for the Peacemaking abilities, Indoctrination of a Battle Rouser quest for the Provocation abilities or Wielding the Sonic Blade quest for the Discordance abilities. Book of Bard Masteries will be rewarded upon quest completion containing the mastery abilities.

Once a mastery has been choosen, the abilities are freely usable at any time and only have as requirements the skill and mana costs. For the abilities to work, the party must remain within range of the Bard to remain under its effects. Bards may be interrupted when they receive damage while using their abilities. A bard may only have one ability in effect at a time and the abilities do not stack with themselves. All abilities require Upkeep dependent on how many are being affected by the ability and will not check for criminal flagging.

Path	Icon	Name	Upkeep Cost	Mana Cost	Minimum Skill	Description
Provocation (Exhilarator)		Inspire Uus Por	8 Upkeep	30 Mana	90 Skill	This is a battle hymn interwoven with magical energy. It increases the confidence and focus of party members giving them bonuses to their offensive combat prowess. Party hit chance increase by up to 15%, melee damage increased by up to 40%, Spell Damage increased by up to 15%
		Invigorate An Zu	10 Upkeep	30 Mana	90 Skill	This is an invigorating tune interwoven with magical energy. It increases the alertness of party members and makes them feel empowered, giving them bonuses to their stats. Party hit points increased by up to 20, strength, intelligence and dexterity increased by up to 8. All party members healed for 7-16 damage every 4 seconds.
Peacemaking (Galvanizer)		Resilience Kal Mani Tym	8 Upkeep	30 Mana	90 Skill	This is a song of fortitude interwoven with magical energy. It increases the natural resilience of party members giving them bonuses to regeneration and resistance to detrimental effects. Party hit point regeneration, stamina regeneration, and mana regeneration increased by up to 8, reduced duration on curses, bleed, and mortal wound. Increased resistance to poison.
		Perseverance Uus Jux Sanct	8 Upkeep	30 Mana	90 Skill	This is a song of protection interwoven with magical energy. It envelopes party members in protective magical energy. Party defense chance increase by up to 16%, damage taken reduced by up to 16%, casting focus increased by up to 4%.
Discordance (Desponder)		Tribulation In Jux Hur Rel	16 Upkeep	30 Mana	90 Skill	This is a bard spellsong which disrupts the target's ability to concentrate, reducing their hit chance and spell damage. The spell song also has the chance of causing any damage taken by the target to cause a burst of physical damage proportional to the damage taken. The amount of physical damage is proportional to the discord skill of the bard, and the chance for the physical damage to take effect is proportional to the musicianship skill of the bard.
		Despair Kal Des Mani Tym	18 Upkeep	30 Mana	90 Skill	This is a bard spellsong which will reduce the target's strength and periodically inflict physical damage on the target, as long as the target remains in range, and the bard has enough mana to sustain the effect. The damage inflicted is proportional to the bards Discord and Musicianship skills.

See Also

• Discordance
• Peacemaking
• Provocation