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** Ensorcell (735) |
** Ensorcell (735) |
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** Sanctify (330) |
** Sanctify (330) |
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** Resistance (620) |
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** Certain subscripts may be eligible. |
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** Creature Bane |
** Creature Bane |
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** Standard Flares |
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** Temporary upgrades such as Bless (304). |
** Temporary upgrades such as Bless (304). |
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Revision as of 14:12, 8 April 2023
- This is my attempt to combine the currently pinned proposal with the previous Minor Mental proposal
- Current: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i0wcL8-_14v7Tzd15BPmlW0aomfSkfotoa0tXtNgk4Q/edit?usp=sharing
- Mental: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17mOfhrbfK1kz_CSwFYN23ka-Pur6fmsYnwlUocG47UE/edit?usp=sharing
Changelog:
Bard Spell Lists:
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Combat Instruments:
- New weapon type that functions nearly identical to a runestaff.
- Usable only by Bards.
- Can be played like a musical instrument.
- Trading also counts for magical ranks when determining runestaff defense to make up for their lower skill cap compared to pures.
- Parry messaging is more magical, such as the Bard summons musical notes from the instrument that distract away the blow.
- Runestaff Conversions
- Any two-handed instrument can be used as a combat instrument once converted to the new base. Any combat properties that work on runestaves would also work on combat instruments.
- A few of the spells of war in the Bard Base work with combat instruments.
- Bards will be able to put a runestaff and an existing instrument into a converter container and it would take the combat properties of the runestaff and apply them to the instrument.
- Note that there will be a lot of restrictions on this converter to not inadvertently break items, so we will run a few conversion merchants within the month after release of these updates.
Sonic Armaments:
- Sonic armaments (1009) will be able to take upgrades from other services.
- Sonic armaments refers to a weapon, shield and armor.
- This includes:
- Weighting, Padding, and Sighting
- Enchant (925)
- Ensorcell (735)
- Sanctify (330)
- Creature Bane
- Temporary upgrades such as Bless (304).
- Each upgrade is limited to a single gear subtype within each category, e.g., if you ensorcell a short sword it will not apply to a broadsword. Tuning Forks may be consumed to apply the full bonus to the weapon, or may be kept separate as a prop to function as they do today. Sonic Gear is capped at +50 from all sources the same as any other gear.
- This change means that Bards will be subject to the 25% damage resistance penalty from undead, but will be able to bless their gear like any other to avoid this penalty.
- Finally, Sonic Armaments are immune to dispel attempts and song renewal failure checks.
Spell Song Mechanics:
- Bards will no longer manually use the renewal system.
- Instead, any spell with a duration of “song” has an indefinite duration similar to focus songs Mind Over Body (1213) and Focus Barrier (1216), but without the mutual exclusion component.
- These spells include: Etude of Certainty (1006), Kai's Anthem (1007), Sonic Armaments (1009), Song of Valor (1010), Crescendo (1014), Melody of Mirrors (1019), Song of Tonis (1035).
- Renewing spells no longer cost mana, and instead reduce the maximum mana available to the Bard based on the number of songs active.
- All spells with the duration of “song” cost maximum mana at a rate of ROUNDUP(Spell Level / 5)).
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- Songs will continue to have an automatic renewal every 60 seconds. If the Bard is unable to concentrate the song can still fail.
- Bards have a chance to resist renewal failure (while incapacitated?) at a baseline percentage equal to their Discipline Bonus.
- Mental Lore: Telepathy also increases the chance songs are maintained through being incapacitated at a rate of 1% per rank.
- Sonic Armaments are not subject to the renewal failure.