Music

Key facts

Characteristic

Presence

Skill group

Presence skills.

Test

2d10 + Presence; 11 or lower is tier 1, 12 to 16 tier 2, 17 or higher tier 3. Training grants a benefit and unlocks attempts untrained heroes cannot make.

Overview

Music covers performance and composition: holding a hall with a ballad, keeping rowers in time, recognizing a tune as an old funeral rite, hiding a signal inside a song the guards will not think twice about. It is a Presence skill because its effect on people runs through delivery. It comes up at courts and taverns, at funerals and festivals, on long marches, and whenever the party needs a reason to be in a room where they do not belong.

How it works

Characteristic: Presence.

How it is used: Tier 3 wins the room and the reward or reaction that goes with it. Tier 2 is competent and passes without note. Tier 1 is a poor showing, drawing mockery or unwanted attention.

Edges and banes: A good instrument, a familiar piece, or a receptive audience grants an edge (+2). Unfamiliar traditions, a hostile crowd, damaged instruments, or playing while injured imposes a bane (-2).

Tips and playstyle

Best for: Troubadours and Mage's Apprentices, and any hero whose cover story needs a reason to travel. Character concepts: Performer career minstrel, creative upbringing, an elf raised on the Wode's old songs. Synergies: Perform for staging and acting, Dance when the music has to move bodies, Culture to know which songs a given audience wants.

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