Verb:SONG

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SONG
Type Roleplaying, System
System Magic

The SONG verb allows players to select a tone for SINGing or to review which spellsongs are being sung, similar to SPELL ACTIVE. There is some minor overlap between SONG and SING verbs.

Help

Please note: This populates with HELP SONG or SONG by itself.

Usage:
    SONG {tone #}|{description}

Examples: SONG 41, SONG happy
Either of these would set your default tone to "happy" while singing.

Your singing tone is currently set to none.

For different singing tone options, see SONG LIST.

You may check the status of any spell songs that you are currently singing with SONG STATUS.

Usage

Tone # or Description

SONG (tone # works similarly to TONE in that it sets the tone for the user in their next song. These tones can be set for permanent use when SINGing this way, however tones may be used temporarily when using the syntax found in SING. For a list of song tones, see SONG LIST.

LIST

The below tones are available for use with SINGing.

Messaging
                          POSSIBLE TONES FOR USE WHEN SINGING

  1. none                 2. abrupt               3. airy                 4. alto               
  5. amused               6. angry                7. annoying             8. appealing          
  9. bad                 10. baritone            11. bass                12. blatty             
 13. boisterous          14. breathy             15. bright              16. cacophonous        
 17. calm                18. chanting            19. cheerful            20. clear              
 21. confident           22. crooning            23. dark                24. deafening          
 25. deep                26. depressing          27. discordant          28. dolorous           
 29. earnest             30. edgy                31. eery                32. ethereal           
 33. flat                34. flowing             35. funereal            36. flirtatious        
 37. gleeful             38. grave               39. grim                40. grumpy             
 41. happy               42. harsh               43. haunting            44. hesitant           
 45. hurried             46. husky               47. jaunty              48. jolly              
 49. jubilant            50. lethargic           51. lilting             52. loud               
 53. measured            54. melodic             55. merry               56. methodic           
 57. moaning             58. mocking             59. monotonous          60. mournful           
 61. nervous             62. off-key             63. operatic            64. pedantic           
 65. piercing            66. playful             67. pleading            68. plodding           
 69. pompous             70. ponderous           71. powerful            72. proud              
 73. quiet               74. raucous             75. resonant            76. resounding         
 77. rhythmic            78. rollicking          79. romantic            80. sad                
 81. seductive           82. sharp               83. shrieking           84. shrill             
 85. slow                86. smooth              87. snide               88. soft               
 89. somber              90. sonorous            91. soprano             92. soulful            
 93. sour                94. squeaky             95. staccato            96. stern              
 97. stuttering          98. sweet               99. teasing            100. tender             
101. tenor              102. terse              103. thunderous         104. tinkling           
105. tinny              106. trembling          107. trilling           108. tuneful            
109. tuneless           110. twittering         111. vibrant            112. vibrato            
113. wailing            114. warbling           115. warm               116. weak               
117. whimsical          118. whining            119. wistful            120. wry                

STATUS

SONG STATUS will display active spellsongs being sung. While all classes may be able to use the verb, its primary use for bards.

Messaging Example
>song status
You are currently singing:

    (1003) Fortitude Song
    (1006) Song of Luck
    (1007) Kai's Triumph Song
    (1010) Song of Valor
    (1019) Song of Mirrors

The effects of your magical medley have faintly begun to wane.  It will be a few minutes before your medley renews.  Your current renewal cost is 38 mana.

See Also