Voicecraft
Those with the skill of Voicecraft belong to the Bard class and are able to put their voices to far greater use than for simple entertainment or communication. Bards who transcend the skill gain the ability to whistle for a songbird to assist them in battle.
Abilities in Voicecraft
| Ability | Description |
| Maqam | A graceful song of the desert to cause clumsiness. |
Afflicts your target with clumsiness. | |
| Lay | Create a field of distortion to protect against fashioning. |
Creates a defense against puppet/doll fashioning of you. While active, truefashion will have a reduced chance to fire. | |
| Haiku | Alright, seriously now...what did that mean? |
Afflicts your target with confusion. | |
| Isorhythm | Claustrophobia is only a few, droning notes away. |
Afflicts your target with claustrophobia. | |
| Tune | Protect the target against damage of all types. |
Adds a damage-reducing defense, which decreases damage of all kinds. | |
| Dirge | Soothe the hands of the grave. |
Removes gravehands from your current location. If there is a necromancer in the room when you attempt to use this ability, it will have a channeled period during which time you may perform no actions. | |
| Fugue | Instill fear with a complex fugue. |
Afflicts your target with fear. | |
| Solo | Drain the mana from a victim. |
Drains some of the mana from your target and adds it to yours. | |
| Poem | A poem of gluttony and decay to induce nausea. |
Afflicts your target with nausea similar to the euphorbia effect. | |
| Yodel | Shatter a crystal forest with an irritating yodel. |
Shatter a crystal forest with your song. | |
| Pastorale | Cause a target to develop a fear of heights. |
Afflict your target with vertigo. | |
| Noise | A screeching, meaningless noise that numbs the mind. |
This song can be used to interrupt the tumble of other adventurers. The more afflictions a target suffers from, the higher the chance of success. | |
| Gimmegimme | A chant of generosity sure to pay off. |
Afflicts your target with generosity. | |
| Ditty | A ditty that will short-circuit one's brain. |
Afflict your target with epilepsy. | |
| March | Cause even the most steady of mounts to panic. |
Will panic any mounts in the room. | |
| Requiem | If you think they're out to get you, you're right. |
Afflict your target with paranoia. | |
| Tremolo | Crush a target's legs with a sonic pounding. |
Breaks a leg of your target. If that leg is already broken, causes that leg to take severe damage. This secondary function operates on an independent balance and has a reasonably high cooldown. | |
| Vibrato | Shatter an opponent's arms with a trilling vibrato. |
Breaks an arm of your target. If that arm is already broken, causes that arm to take severe damage. This secondary function operates on an independent balance and has a reasonably high cooldown. | |
| Epic | Paralyse a target with an epic tale of heroism. |
Afflict your target with paralysis. | |
| Aria | Give a friend a short-term health bonus. |
Aid someone with an increase in health for a short time. | |
| Prelude | Fashion an illusion from song. |
Create an illusion in song that the room will see. You may embed a single newline in the illusion by inserting \n at the appropriate spot. | |
| Ode | Addiction is a terrible disease. |
Afflict your target with addiction. | |
| Cantata | Sing down someone's shield. |
Bring down your target's shield and aura of rebounding. | |
| Dwinnu | A chant that will disintegrate that which binds you. |
Rapidly disintegrates certain things that entangle you, foremost among them being webs. | |
| Qasida | With a qasida of asceticism, afflict someone with anorexia. |
Afflict your target with anorexia. | |
| Passion | Instill stupidity with a glorious passion of Imithia. |
Dull your target's mind with the soaringly beautiful Passion of Imithia. | |
| Limerick | Sing an impatience-causing limerick at your opponent. |
Afflict your target with impatience. | |
| Chant | Strip defences with a sonorous chant. |
Strips a randomly-selected defence from your target. | |
| Songbird | Whistle a helpful songbird to your shoulder. |
Whistle for a songbird who will accompany many of your songs for a time, assisting you in battle. | |
| SoulfulVoice | Sing through vibrational barriers to reach your audience. |
Exercising such control over your voice that you are able to penetrate vibrational barriers to reach your audience. | |