Discordance

Discordance in Ultima Online

Effect:

• Discordance reduces the resistances and skills of a target creature.
• The reduction percentage depends on the bard's Discordance skill level:
  • At 50.0 skill: Target loses 12.5% from all resistances and skills.
  • At 100.0 skill: Target loses 25%.
  • At 120.0 skill: Target loses 28%.

Special Cases:

• For creatures with a barding difficulty of 160.0:
  • The debuff effect is halved.
  • A bard with 120.0 Discordance skill will debuff the creature by 14% (instead of 28%).
  • The message "your enemy seems to shake off some of the effects of your discordance" will appear.

Usage:

1. Click the blue gem next to the Discordance skill on your skill list.
2. Click on the creature you wish to discord.
3. If successful, the target loses a percentage of its skills and stats based on your Discordance skill level.
   • 50.0 skill: 12.5% loss.
   • 100.0 skill: 25% loss.
   • 120.0 skill: 28% loss.
4. For creatures with a barding difficulty of 160.0, the debuff is halved (14% with 120.0 skill).

Range:

• Base range for all bard abilities is 8 tiles.
• Each 15 points in Discordance skill increases the range by 1 tile.
• Bards must stay within this range for the ability to work.
• If the bard moves out of range, the effect ends.

Continuation:

• The bard must stay alive, visible, and within range of the target for the effect to continue.
• Creatures with “Dragon AI” (like daemons, drakes, hellhounds, nightmares, dragons) may retarget the bard if the bard moves while using any barding song.

Training:

• Discordance uses the same success/failure formula as Provocation.
• Training methods are the same for both skills.
• After reaching 90.0 skill and completing the "Wielding the Sonic Blade" quest, you can train Discordance to 120.0 by casting Tribulation on and off yourself.