Thespia (skill)

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Game Description

Music itself has long been popular among mortals, and since the Awakening, has taken on a new importance. The very ethereal tides of Magick released at that time seem to respond to certain vibrations, such as that of sound. By playing instruments and matching the sounds made with ones voice, the ripples of magick can be redirected to cause many different effects, from travel to healing, from giving strength to calming the angry. Music indeed can soothe the savage beast, but music now may also slay it.

Songs

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Team Support

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Tactical Offense

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Performance and Illusion

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Ability List

Thespia offers the following abilities:

Name	Description	Required Skill		Required Instrument	Effects
Revelation	Force unwilling participants to see your performances.	Inept	0%	-	Targets enemy, strips blindness or deafness defences periodically
Syntax: SING REVELATION <target> The first of the songs that a Bard learns, this song, once bound to a person's being, will routinely attempt to strip the target of blindness or deafness.
Mimicry	Take on the basic appearance of others.	Novice	0%	-	Duplicates another player on WHO list
Syntax: MIMIC <person> Your proficiencies at performing have allowed you the ability to mimic another person, such that very casual observers will see that person, instead of you.
Therapeutics	Let the peaceful tones of a mandolin cure what ails you.	Novice	33%	Mandolin	Targets ally, periodically cures an affliction
Syntax: SING THERAPEUTICS <person>/ME Requires: Playing a mandolin The first of the Thespia songs that requires the playing of an instrument, you must have a beechwood mandolin in order to sing it. To play an instrument, you must first be wielding the instrument, and then PLAY <instrument>. You may stop playing the instrument by unwielding it, or use CEASE PLAYING <instrument>. The Song of Therapeutics will randomly draw an affliction from the body of the person that the song is bound to.
Dissonance	Harm your target with sonic waves of force.	Novice	66%	Drum	Targets enemy, periodically causes damage
Syntax: SING DISSONANCE <player> Requires: Playing a drum This song, as it is based upon sonic vibrations, will not be deflected by the deafness or blindness of a target. It will periodically cause damage to those that it is bound to.
Elusiveness	Move about without being followed.	Apprentice	0%	-	Defence, prevents players using FOLLOW on you
Syntax: ELUSIVENESS ON/OFF Make it impossible for others to follow you.
Feign	Create realistic illusions.	Apprentice	33%	-	Creates an illusion seen by others in your room
Syntax: FEIGN <performance> Using your impressive acting abilities, you can act out a performance that all in the room will see. You may put a new line in your illusion with the special character sequence "\n" (a backslash followed by an n).
Lullaby	Slowly lull your target into sleep.	Apprentice	66%	Mandolin	Targets enemy, periodically causes either sleep or loss of sleep defences
Syntax: SING LULLABY <target> Requires: Playing a mandolin This song will attempt to lull its target to sleep, first stripping away insomnia and quince.
Songs	The ability to find and end songs.	Capable	0%	-	Shows remaining duration of songs on a target or in the room, and allows removal of a particular song
Syntax: SONGS <player>/HERE/ME SONG END <song> <player>/HERE/ME You may see what songs are affecting a person or place, as well as an estimate as to how long the song will last. However, keep in mind that music is an unpredictable beast at best, and one can only gain a rough estimate as to when the song will end. Furthermore, if you have the ability to sing a certain song, you may prematurely end that song.
Restoration	Regenerate your health through the power of music.	Capable	33%	Panpipes	Targets ally, periodically restores some health
Syntax: SING RESTORATION <target>/ME Requires: Playing a set of panpipes The Song of Restoration will periodically restore some of the targets health.
Ward	Shield yourself with sonic waves.	Capable	66%	Drum	Targets ally, reduces cutting/blunt damage taken while active
Syntax: SING WARD <target>/ME Requires: Playing a drum The Song of Warding will decrease the amount of physical damage one receives.
Contortionism	Wriggle easily out of things that bind you.	Adept	0%	-	Defence, makes WRITHE commands faster
Syntax: CONTORTIONISM You are able to manipulate your body such to the point that you can wriggle out of things that bind you with increased speed.
Flight	Soar free on the wings of your music.	Adept	33%	Flute	Targets ally, allows them to FLY/LAND while the song lasts
Syntax: SING FLIGHT <target>/ME Requires: Playing a flute The Song of Flight grants one the ability to fly for a short time.
Duet	Become a one person orchestra!	Adept	66%	-	Passive ability, allows wielding/playing of instruments without consuming equilibrium
Your skill at playing instruments has increased to the point so that you may now wield and play an instrument without using equilibrium.
Disharmony	Pitch your performance in such a way to damage vibrations.	Skilled	0%	Panpipes	Targets room, periodically destroys Mage vibrations
Syntax: SING DISHARMONY Requires: Playing a set of panpipes Unlike most songs, this song is bound to a room, rather than a person. This song will periodically attempt to destroy crystalline vibrations.
Corescate	A song to increase mental activity.	Skilled	33%	Mandolin	Targets ally, increases Intelligence while song is active
Syntax: SING CORESCATE <target>/ME Requires: Playing a mandolin The Song of Corescation will temporarily increase the intelligence of the one that it is bound to.
Befuddle	Confuse your enemy, make yourself harder to hit!	Skilled	66%	-	Defence, ?
Syntax: BEFUDDLE ON/OFF While weaving a befuddling and confusing dance, you can make yourself more difficult to hit.
Juggling	Astound your friends! Dazzle your foes!	Gifted	0%	-	Allows juggled items to be thrown with reduced balance cost
Syntax: JUGGLE <item> JUGGLED JUGGLE STOP You may juggle up to two items at once, or three if you have reached Transcendent Thespia. Once you are juggling, you may throw the items you're juggling at a greatly decreased cost in balance. JUGGLED will show you what, if anything, you are juggling.
Empower	A song to increase physical strength.	Gifted	33%	Drum	Targets ally, increases Strength while song is active
Syntax: SING EMPOWER <target>/ME Requires: Playing a drum The Song of Empowerment will temporarily increase the target's strength.
Requiem	Pay homage to the dead through your music.	Gifted	66%	Panpipes	Targets ally, gives health and song duration bonus whenever they kill an NPC
Syntax: SING REQUIEM <target>/ME Requires: Playing a set of panpipes The Requiem of Souls will allow you to draw health from the corpses of players you have slain. The amount of health that will be restored to you automatically upon the death of your target will be dependent on how many songs are affecting your target at the time of his/her death. Additionally, the Requiem will increase the length of all songs bound to yourself whenever you slay a creature.
Serendipity	Play multiple instruments at once.	Expert	0%	-	Passive ability, allows playing two instruments at once
Your skill at playing instruments is such that you can now play two instruments at once.
Circles	Specialize in the Bardic Arts.	Expert	0%	-	Once every two Imperian years, select a passive benefit from specialisation.
Usage CHOOSE CIRCLE <circle> There are six different circles you may select from. You may choose a new circle after 24 months. AUTHOR Authors can use sketch abilities 20% faster. ARTIST Artists will enjoy crafting 20% faster than other bards. DANCER Dancers will recieve an additional 50% bonus to befuddle. MUSICIAN Musician's songs will last 10% longer. SINGER Singers will resonate better with the primordial notes, transferring the effect at a higher speed. ACTOR Actors can TRUEFEIGN anyone they are currently mimicing. This has a significant mana, willpower and endurace drain. For example, if you are mimicing Baar and do TRUEFEIGN KICK JANUS, it would look as if Baar has kicked Janus, when in fact you have.
Earthquake	Cause the very ground to obey the power of music.	Expert	33%	Drum and panpipes	Targets room, knocks players to the ground and crumbles stonewalls
Syntax: SING EARTHQUAKE Requires: Playing an oaken drum and a set of panpipes This song will cause the very earth itself of the room you are in to shake and tremble, causing anyone in it to fall and stonewalls to crumble to the ground.
Enliven	A song to increase one's speed of movement.	Expert	66%	Flute	Targets ally, increases Dexterity while song is active
Syntax: SING ENLIVEN <target>/ME Requires: Playing a flute The Song of Enlivenment will temporarily increase the target's dexterity.
Bedazzlement	Bedazzle your foes with your hypnotic dance.	Virtuoso	0%	Flute and mandolin	Targets enemy, ?
Syntax: SING BEDAZZLEMENT <target> Requires: Playing a flute and a mandolin This dazzling song will cause your target to be afflicted with a variety of afflictions which will hamper movement.
Songbird	Summon a loyal companion to accompany you.	Virtuoso	33%	-	Summons a pet that periodically restores health or mana to an ally
Syntax: SUMMON SONGBIRD SONGBIRD SING <person>/ME You may summon a loyal songbird to you, which, when singing to a specific person, will provide a variety of beneficial effects.
Awakening	Stave off sleep.	Virtuoso	66%	Drum and flute	Targets ally or room, ?
Syntax: SING AWAKENING <target>/ME SING AWAKENING Requires: Playing a drum and a flute This rousing song will prevent you from going to sleep for very long, and also has the potential to cause the very earth itself to give up ancient secrets.
Waymark	Step across great distances with a simple song.	Fabled	0%	Harp	Mark up to 5 rooms to which you can then teleport
Syntax: LAY WAYMARK MARKS MARKS HERE PURGE WAYMARK SING WAYMARK Requires: Playing a harp You have the ability to lay your mark upon five different rooms, which you can then use the music of your harp to travel to at any given moment. MARKS will show you which marks you currently have, and PURGE WAYMARK will allow you to purge an existing waymark in the room.
Geis	Reuse your offensive songs.	Fabled	33%	Flute and harp	Targets room, ?
Syntax: SING GEIS Requires: playing a flute and a harp The Geis is a powerful song bound to a room. Normally, if an individual dies, any offensive songs bound to him or her are lost. If a Geis exists in the room, however, it is capable of capturing these songs before they can be lost. Once the songs have been captured, the Bard can instantly bind them to another target by using any Voice attack against that target. The Geis can capture multiple songs of the same type, and it can even capture songs sung by others. The following songs can be captured by the Geis: Revelation, Dissonance, Lullaby, Bedazzlement.
Fortify	A song to increase one's constitution.	Fabled	66%	Drum and mandolin	Targets ally, increases Constitution while the song is active
Syntax: SING FORTIFY <target>/ME Requires: Playing a drum and a mandolin The Song of Fortification will temporarily increase the target's constitution.
Assumption	Assume the form of anyone you study.	Mythical	0%	-	Passive ability, ?
Your skill in Thespia is such that when observed more carefully, most people will see you as the person you are mimicking.
Battlemarch	The adrenaline of battle prevents fear.	Mythical	25%	Panpipes	Targets ally, ?
Syntax: SING BATTLEMARCH <target>/ME Requires: Playing a set of panpipes This song will prevent its target from feeling most fear related affects, as well as prevent them from rushing heedlessly into battle.
Feignwalk	The master of disguise.	Mythical	50%	-	Defence, ?
Usage: FEIGNWALK <on|off> If you are mimicing another player, you will appear as this person while moving. Beware of the high endurance drain.
Lamia	Force hostile creatures to defend you.	Mythical	75%	Flute	Targets all loyal creatures attacking the bard, turns them hostile against their controllers
Syntax: SING LAMIA'S CALL Requires: Playing a flute This song will periodically cause any loyal creatures in the room that the song is sung in that are attacking the singer of this song to begin to attack their owner, instead.
CruelLament	A true manifestation of the power of music.	Transcendent	-	Harp	Targets enemy, ?
Syntax: SING CRUEL LAMENT <target> Requires: playing a harp The Cruel Lament is a very powerful song. Once your voice is resonating with the power of any of the three primordial notes, you are able to sing the song of the Cruel Lament at your current target. This will have two effects: the target's resonance with the -other- two notes will be increased at a halved rate, and the target will become much more suspectible to Voice damage. The Shaite and Rubait power words will inflict more damage, based on how many afflictions from the Nuarinyu, Innyo, and Kiyan power words the target is suffering with. The duration of this effect depends on how well the target is resonating with the chosen primordial note.