About Bards

Bards are storytellers and warriors, and are competent fighters with the ability to sing spells to aid themselves and others in their hunting party. The bard's magic is found in their enchantes, which draw their power from the elements surrounding them.

Primary Skill - Lore

Secondary Skill - Weapons, Magic

Ability - The bard's performance ability allows for some "magical" effects based on the type of song being played.

Limitation - The bard's ability, while not requiring an instrument, is greatly reduced without one. This instrument requires constant maintenance and upkeep or it will lose its tone, go out of tune or otherwise lose its ability to enhance the bard's ability.

Guild Crest - A wren perched upon a fisted gauntlet over a lute of gold.

Bard Only Verbs

APPRAISE {instrument}: Gives special appraisal information on instruments for Bards, such as condition of instrument, how clean it is, and whether or not it is bonded to a particular Bard.

 CHANT {song}: Some enchantes are chanteded instead of sung or played.

 CHORUS: Describes how bards can sing with each other.

 CHORUS STOP: Stop singing in chorus.

 CLEAN {instrument} WITH {cloth, etc.}: Used to clean dirty instruments.

 HUM {emote}[happy / sad / cheerful / mournful]: Along with regular humming, Bards can hum using emotes. For a Bard, you have a chance of affecting someone else in the room with the mood of your hum. Use HUM HELP for a list of emotes.

 PLAY {instrument} (WITH {tool}) {how}: Plays an instrument the desired way. Some instruments need tools, like picks. refers to how you want to play the instrument; this includes Gentle, Rapid, Fierce, Playful, Flashy, Slow, and Aimless.

PLAY {name of song} ON {instrument} (WITH {tool}): Plays a specific song.

 PLAYACT: Works identical to {ACT}, except commands are given without parenthesis. Usable only by bards above certain circle.

 Renew: Will allow a Bard to renew an Enchante.

 SING WITH {player}: Allows singing in chorus.

 SONG: Similar to {SPELL}, this command shows a Bard what songs he/she knows, as well as what instruments can be used with the song.

 SONG ALL: Lists all of the enchantes, and song scrolls you know.

 WHISTLE {song}: used to whistle the opening notes of a known song.

 WHISTLE TO {person}: Bard only messaging.

 WHISTLE {emote}: Bards can use emotes when whistling. Use WHISTLE HELP for a list of emotes.

Bard Titles

4th  Circle
Busker - One who entertains by singing and dancing in public places, a person who entertains especially by playing music on the street.
Journeyman/Journeywoman - One who has served an apprenticeship and is a qualified worker an experienced reliable worker or performer especially as distinguished from one who is brilliant or colorful.
Storyteller - A person who tells or writes stories.
Crier - An official who made public announcements.
Vagabond - A person who has no fixed home.
Buffoon - A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior.

10th Circle
Madrigal - A singer.
Minstrel - A traveling musician, performer, or poet.
Balladeer - A ballad singer.
Gadabout - A restless seeker after amusement or social companionship.
Wordsmith - A fluent and prolific writer
Jokester - A person who enjoys telling or playing jokes
Mediator - A negotiator who acts as a link between parties

20th Circle
Tale Singer - A singer of epic song stories
Dancer - A performer who dances
Herald -  A person who announces important news
War Drummer - One who plays a drum before a battle
Reveler - A celebrant who shares in a noisy party
Prankster - Someone who plays practical jokes on others

30th Circle
Poet - Poem writer; one who is gifted in the perception and expression of the beautiful or lyrical
Bard - One of an order of singing poets who compose and recite verses on the legends and history of their people
Warrior Poet - One who writes poems about past wars or battles
Courier - A person who carries a message
Gypsy - A member of a nomadic people
Jester - A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

50th Circle
Songsmith - A songwriter
Aes-Danai -
Taleweaver - One who tells stories or tales
Scribe - Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
Battle Chanter- One who chants poems before doing battle
Satirist - A humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm

70th Circle
Troubadour - A lyric poet; song composer; a strolling minstrel
Scop -
Orator -
Skald -
Farceur -

90th Circle
Maestro - A master of music
Jongleur -
Chronicler -
Defier -
Swashbuckler -
Humorist -

100th Circle
Master Bard - Chief in a group of performers
Master Poet -
Historian -
Songsworn -
Spell Singer -
Master Fool -

125th Circle
Laureate - One worthy of honor or distinction
Thespian -
Archivist -
Bladesinger -
Harlequin -
Harmony Rider -

150th Circle
True Bard -
Composer Savant -
Lore Keeper -
Sonus Sunderer -
Aes-Amachi -
Myth Weaver -