Difference between revisions of "Shadowbeat"

{{AB

|skillname = Composition

|syntax = COMPOSE NEW <song><br>

COMPOSE LIST<br>

COMPOSE <song> STANZA <number> LYRIC <text><br>

COMPOSE <song> STANZA <number> IMBUE [<power><nowiki>|</nowiki>NONE]<br>

COMPOSE <song> STANZA <number> DELETE<br>

COMPOSE <song> DELETE<br>

COMPOSE <song> [INFO]<br>

PERFORM SONG <song> [<target>] [<effect>]<br>

SONGSTAT, SONGSTATUS

|description = As your ability in your song specialization increases, you will be able to compose new songs. You can write your own song and set it in stanzas. Each song can consist of up to 9 stanzas, and certain powers can also be invested in each stanza. Powers are divided into 3 types: Low (L), Medium (M) and High (H). Low types can only invested in stanzas 1-3, medium in stanzas 4-6 and high in stanzas 7-9. Low stanzas generally have simple effects, medium stanzas have stronger effects, and high stanzas have very strong effects. Some song powers need to be targeted and others will create a passive effect that stays around you. As a general rule, you will not be able to stack passive effects. <br><br>

|notes = [OUTDATED NOTE] Whenever you play a song, all the effects of the song (excluding targetted ones) up to whatever you've played are active as long as the song is playing, and each one will tick every ten seconds.  You can't control when each effect ticks relative to the others.  Thus, performing a song is more like raising defenses in advance than it is like attacking.

How long a song lasts from the last time it was played depends on your skill in [[Music]] and its specialization, and in [[Dramatics]], <del>plus on your intelligence and charisma</del>, and can be extended with a Tempo enchantment.

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{{AB

|skillname = Sustain

|syntax = SUSTAIN

|description = This ability will allow you to slow the music you are playing to imperceptible levels, effectively freezing the music in place.

{{AB

|skillname = VenomDrops

|cost = Stanza: Low (1-3)<br>

Targetable: No

|description = Those of your enemies who hear the sound of this music will find their resistance to [[poisons]] dramatically decreased and thus are more susceptible to being poisoned. Also, your allies who hear this song will find themselves better able to resist being poisoned.

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{{AB

|skillname = ShadowLight

|cost = Stanza: Low (1-3)<br>

|description = When your allies hear the sound of this music, they will become shrouded. Shrouded enemies that hear this music will become exposed. The shadows will also grant you 1/8 resistance to physical cutting and blunt damage.

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If you have an [[Music#Octave|octave]] active in the room, its magical ability to block the curing of auric ailments will prevent them from being consumed by the discordant chord. Additionally, it will increase the damage of your chord for no extra power cost.

{{AB

|skillname = NightFade

|cost = Stanza: Low (1-3)<br>

|description = Those who hear the vibrations of this music will find their ego dwindling, like the light during dusk. If it is actually night time, more ego will be drained.

{{AB

|skillname = SpiderLegs

|cost = Stanza: Low (1-3)<br>

|description = When you and your allies hear the sound of the Spider Legs, you can free yourself from webbing and other [[entangled|entanglements]] with greater ease.

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{{AB

|skillname = Refrain

|syntax = PERFORM REFRAIN <song> [<target>]

|description = Instead of moving forward in the stanzas of a song, you can repeat the last stanza you performed as a refrain. You can refrain as many times as you desire.

|notes = Refraining allows you to keep a song going without running out of stanzas to play, and also can be used to repeatedly use a targeted power.

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