Musicianship

Musicianship in Ultima Online

Overview:

Musicianship is the core Bard skill, essential for performing other Bard skills like Provocation, Discordance, and Peacemaking.
It also allows a Carpenter to produce musical instruments with a 10% success bonus over NPC-purchased instruments.

Uses:

Musicianship itself produces either fine music or unpleasant noise.
It influences the success rate of other Bard skills in conjunction with a target's Barding Difficulty.
Allows the use of the Fire Horn.

Training:

Active:
- 0 - 30: Purchase training from an NPC Bard.
- 30+: Double-click any musical instrument to gain skill. This is the quickest method if you've completed training other Bard skills.
Passive:
- 0 - 30: Purchase training from an NPC Bard.
- 30+: Musicianship may increase anytime other Bard skills are used. Typically, Musicianship will reach the desired level before other Bard skills are fully trained.

Instruments:

Instruments include tambourines, drums, bamboo flutes, lutes, lap harps, standing harps, aud char, and the Fire Horn.
Most instruments wear out with use:
- Non-exceptional player-made, NPC-purchased, or magical instruments: ~400 uses.
- Exceptional player-made instruments: ~700-900 uses.
The last instrument double-clicked will be used for Bard skills.
Double-clicking an instrument sets it as the new default.
Exceptional player-crafted instruments add a 10% success chance.
Magical instruments can be more effective against specific creatures, adding a 20% success chance, or less effective, reducing the success chance by 20% against opposing creatures.

Special Instruments:

Gwenno’s Harp: Repond and Reptile slayer, 1600 uses.
Iolo’s Lute: Demon and Undead slayer, 1600 uses.
Dreadhorn’s Flute: Regular instrument, self-recharging, 700 uses.
Cleanup Point Instruments:
- Nature’s Tears: Fey Slayer, 450 uses.
- Primordial Decay: Elemental Slayer, 450 uses.
- Arachnid Doom: Arachnid Slayer, 450 uses.
Flute of Renewal: Not currently spawning, superslayer in 6 forms, self-recharging, 300 uses. Destroyed if it reaches 0 uses.
Fire Horn: Common monster drop, area effect fire damage, requires 52.6 Musicianship and uses 4 Sulfurous Ash per use. 1% chance to break with each use.

Musicianship and Other Bard Skills:

A non-difficulty based check of Musicianship is made before attempting other Bard skills.
Failing the Musicianship check means the subsequent skill check is not made.
Each point above 100 in Musicianship grants a 1% success bonus to Discordance, Targeted Peacemaking, and Provocation attempts.

Restrictions:

All Bard abilities have a range (base range: 8 tiles, +1 tile per 15 skill points).
The bard must stay within range for the effect to continue.
If a creature is already under a Bard effect, the first effect takes precedence if another bard tries the same effect.

Bard Masteries:

Enhancements to Bard skills, making the bard a valuable addition to any hunting party.
Requires high intelligence, meditation skill, and mana regeneration items.