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   |           Guild info on bard. A gamma level acrobat guild.           |   
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   |                              [Level 01]                              |   
   |  New Skills: storytelling, disillusionment and eye of the beholder   |   
   |                              [Level 02]                              |   
   |                   New Skills: song of the streets                    |   
   |                              [Level 03]                              |   
   |           New Skills: demoralize and legend of arabidopsis           |   
   |                              [Level 04]                              |   
   |                     New Skills: grithmals chant                      |   
   |                              [Level 05]                              |   
   |             New Skills: hymn to mitra and song of sinbad             |   
   |                              [Level 06]                              |   
   |                     New Skills: mithrens warsong                     |   
   |                              [Level 07]                              |   
   |                    New Skills: epic of endowment                     |   
   |                              [Level 08]                              |   
   |                      New Skills: song of spirit                      |   
   |                              [Level 09]                              |   
   |          New Skills: hymn of honor and recent performances           |   
   |                              [Level 10]                              |   
   |                         New Skills: history                          |   
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   |              Required guilds needed to join this guild:              |   
   |                          Maxxed in acrobat.                          |   
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Bard guild members learn how to produce magical effects through song, instead of through mana. Bards spend their life traveling around learning the lores and historical stories of the lands. Based off these stories, they sing songs that are spoken from the heart and work their magic through music. Bard songs can have various effects from better regen, more wisdom, more strength, and more charisma.



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Help on skill          :  Disillusionment
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Miscellaneous
Ep Cost                :  146
Using time             :  4 rounds
Affecting stats        :  cha, wis
Base Experience Cost   :  1176
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A bard's livelihood is being larger than life and allowing the glamour of
hyperbole to worm its way into the hearts of those who would listen. This is how
they are able to not just encourage the potential in others, but also in
themselves. This requires no small amount of focused perception on the part of
the bard, who must constantly believe their own hype. That being said, there are
times when a bard must settle into a sense of reality for a time, and to do
this, they need to be able to disillusion themselves and come to terms with
their own true nature. This disillusionment has the unique result of removing
the the effects of any bard-based augmentations.
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Created By             :  Vor
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Help on skill          :  Storytelling
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Mastery
Base Experience Cost   :  1142
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The master storyteller can make a story or song real to the listeners,
making the effect more dramatic or giving it a longer-lasting impression.
The great bards are all very talented in this one skill, and it makes
all of their others work so much better.
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Created By             :  Pavilion
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It can be trained up to 10 percent of your skill max at level 1.
It can be trained up to 20 percent of your skill max at level 2.
It can be trained up to 30 percent of your skill max at level 3.
It can be trained up to 40 percent of your skill max at level 4.
It can be trained up to 50 percent of your skill max at level 5.
It can be trained up to 60 percent of your skill max at level 6.
It can be trained up to 70 percent of your skill max at level 7.
It can be trained up to 80 percent of your skill max at level 8.
It can be trained up to 90 percent of your skill max at level 9.
It can be trained up to 100 percent of your skill max at level 10.
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Help on skill          :  Eye of the beholder
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Protection
Protection category    :  General
Average duration       :  Incredible
Number of stacks       :  1
Sp Cost                :  104
Ep Cost                :  104
Using time             :  3 rounds
Affecting skills       :  please audience, storytelling
Affecting stats        :  cha, wis
Base Experience Cost   :  604
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Beauty is only skin deep, but try telling an ugly troll that.
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Created By             :  Pavilion
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Help on skill          :  Song of the streets
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Protection
Protection category    :  General
Average duration       :  Incredible
Number of stacks       :  1
Sp Cost                :  104
Ep Cost                :  104
Using time             :  3 rounds
Affecting skills       :  please audience, storytelling
Affecting stats        :  cha, wis
Base Experience Cost   :  604
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Sung by those familiar with the ugliness of the streets, this song outlines
daily life in the gutters. It is not a pretty song, but it is the spirit song of
rogues, acrobats and thieves alike. When this song is well sung it makes the
skills of the street shine through.
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Created By             :  Pavilion
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Help on skill          :  Legend of arabidopsis
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Protection
Protection category    :  General
Average duration       :  Incredible
Number of stacks       :  1
Sp Cost                :  104
Ep Cost                :  104
Using time             :  3 rounds
Affecting skills       :  please audience, storytelling
Affecting stats        :  cha, wis
Base Experience Cost   :  604
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The stories say that Arabidopsis of Stone Hedge was a young
mage, specializing in the arts of alchemy. History reports that he
is highly intelligent, but not very wise. Thinking nothing could 
beat him, he started trying his hand at demon handling. This is
the legend...
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Created By             :  Pavilion
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Help on skill          :  Demoralize
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Miscellaneous
Ep Cost                :  146
Using time             :  4 rounds
Affecting stats        :  cha, wis
Base Experience Cost   :  1176
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Bards learn a lot of lessons in their travels, and none is quite so important
to master as a well timed disillusioning. Filling people with compliments
and stories that motivate them to do better is almost always in the best
interest of a bard, but there are times when it becomes somewhat necessary
for people to look at the world with a sense of reality. However, it is not
easy to master the art of demoralizing someone without seriously and hurtfully
insulting them, which would only anger them and make the bard look like a jerk.
Thus, it is rather important that the bard not fail to be sincere and calm.
A proper demoralization sounds like nothing more than a painful truth
expressed in a caring tone to a good friend. It is worth nothing that
demoralization is always more successful when it is done by a friend of the
person being demoralized.

It is important to note that while this skill will allow you to disillusion
people, it's not very effective at demoralizing people beyond that point;
bards are, afterall, motivational speakers at the end of the day, and
purposefully making people feel bad about themselves is simply not in the job
description.
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Created By             :  Vor
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Help on skill          :  Grithmals chant
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Protection
Protection category    :  General
Average duration       :  Incredible
Number of stacks       :  1
Sp Cost                :  104
Ep Cost                :  104
Using time             :  3 rounds
Affecting skills       :  please audience, storytelling
Affecting stats        :  cha, wis
Base Experience Cost   :  604
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Many stories have been weaved about Grithmal the Minotaur.
Some songs sing of his glory and nobleness in battle. Others
tell of his evilness and filthy character. However, all of them
speak of his size!  It is said that this particular song was sung
to Grithmal himself by his mother when he was a boy (calf?)
and that is how he gained such considerable mass!
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Created By             :  Pavilion
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Help on skill          :  Hymn to mitra
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Protection
Protection category    :  General
Average duration       :  Incredible
Number of stacks       :  1
Sp Cost                :  104
Ep Cost                :  104
Using time             :  3 rounds
Affecting skills       :  please audience, storytelling
Affecting stats        :  cha, wis
Base Experience Cost   :  604
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This hymn is sung by the Worshippers of Mitra, praising the
Deity for their many victories over the evil Followers of
the Set. In the spirit of the song, many of the listeners are
uplifted and graced with the wisdom of Mitra.
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Created By             :  Pavilion
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Help on skill          :  Song of sinbad
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Protection
Protection category    :  General
Average duration       :  Incredible
Number of stacks       :  1
Sp Cost                :  104
Ep Cost                :  104
Using time             :  3 rounds
Affecting skills       :  please audience, storytelling
Affecting stats        :  cha, wis
Base Experience Cost   :  604
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A heroic song of the sailor Sinbad and how he could fight forever.
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Created By             :  Ladyhawk
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Help on skill          :  Mithrens warsong
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Protection
Protection category    :  General
Average duration       :  Incredible
Number of stacks       :  1
Sp Cost                :  104
Ep Cost                :  104
Using time             :  3 rounds
Affecting skills       :  please audience, storytelling
Affecting stats        :  cha, wis
Base Experience Cost   :  604
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The battle stories of Mithren in his prime are sung throughout
the land of Islands of Myth.  However, in the Year of the Sun, when Mithren
led all the good races of Islands of Myth against the darkness of the
goblins of Blackavar, he sung a warsong in his deep baritone voice
which still lends strength to all who hear it....unless you are a 
goblin of the Blackavar Tribe.
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Created By             :  Pavilion
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Help on skill          :  Epic of endowment
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Protection
Protection category    :  General
Average duration       :  Incredible
Number of stacks       :  1
Sp Cost                :  104
Ep Cost                :  104
Using time             :  3 rounds
Affecting skills       :  please audience, storytelling
Affecting stats        :  cha, wis
Base Experience Cost   :  604
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History tells of a time when giants ruled the known world and the world beyond
the known. It was a tireless time. This prayer begs to the gods to remember that
time and grant the listeners some of the stamina of that long lost age.
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Created By             :  Pavilion
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Help on skill          :  Song of spirit
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Protection
Protection category    :  General
Average duration       :  Incredible
Number of stacks       :  1
Sp Cost                :  104
Ep Cost                :  104
Using time             :  3 rounds
Affecting skills       :  please audience, storytelling
Affecting stats        :  cha, wis
Base Experience Cost   :  604
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The song of the spirit is sung by the magic users of this world to strengthen
their own spirits and enhance regeneration.
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Created By             :  Pavilion
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Help on skill          :  Recent performances
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Miscellaneous
Ep Cost                :  80
Using time             :  2 rounds
Base Experience Cost   :  604
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Focusing his memory over a particular individual, the singer recalls to his
memory all the recent songs that were performed for that individual.
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Created By             :  Sigwald
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Help on skill          :  Hymn of honor
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Protection
Protection category    :  General
Average duration       :  Incredible
Number of stacks       :  1
Sp Cost                :  104
Ep Cost                :  104
Using time             :  3 rounds
Affecting skills       :  please audience, storytelling
Affecting stats        :  cha, wis
Base Experience Cost   :  604
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The hymn of honor is a song sung by those recovering from battle. 
No one knows the origin of the song, all that is known is it 
heartens those who hear it, aiding them in healing.
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Created By             :  Pavilion
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Help on skill          :  History
Guild Level            :  Gamma
Skill type             :  Miscellaneous
Ep Cost                :  262
Using time             :  7 rounds
Base Experience Cost   :  739
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By means of this skill, a bard can think back over all the history he has
learned, and try to remember stories about the target.  Experience with battle
singing will give the bard more information and actual experience in battle
(gained through the thoughtful introspection of a funeral march at the end of
the day) will help one pick the true stories from the exaggerations.
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Created By             :  Daneel
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