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| style="background:lightyellow"|Developed by Aia, the founder of the Cacophony Guild, along with the Dead Voice of the Elder God Jagrerox, Necroscream is an intense musical style that is known for its volume as much as its beat and vivid lyrics.
| style="background:lightyellow"|Developed by Aia, the founder of the [[Cacophony|Cacophony Guild]], along with the Dead Voice of the [[Elder God]] [[Jagrerox]], Necroscream is an intense musical style that is known for its volume as much as its beat and vivid lyrics.
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{{SkillTableHeader}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Composition|Master|0|You may compose songs expressing your own creativity.}}
|[[#Composition|Composition]]||Master||You may compose songs expressing your own creativity.
{{SkillTableRow|Sustain|Master|0|The ability to maintain a song.}}
|-
{{SkillTableRow|VileBlood|Master|0|Let dark music surge through the blood of allies.}}
|[[#Sustain|Sustain]]||Master||The ability to maintain a song.
{{SkillTableRow|UndeadBlues|Master|33|Undead flesh can withstand physical punishment.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|DiscordantChord|Master|66|This painful chord shall crush the disharmonic soul.}}
|[[#VileBlood|VileBlood]]||Master||Let dark music surge through the blood of allies.
{{SkillTableRow|TortureSong|Gifted|0|Bindings will cut into the flesh of your enemies.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|DespairWeb|Gifted|25|Entanglements will hold enemies longer.}}
|[[#UndeadBlues|UndeadBlues]]||Master +33%||Undead flesh can withstand physical punishment.
{{SkillTableRow|Refrain|Gifted|50|A musical structure that allows repetition of a stanza.}}
|-
{{SkillTableRow|Reprise|Unknown|?|A musical structure that allows reversal of a stanza.}}
|[[#DiscordantChord|DiscordantChord]]||Master +66%||This painful chord shall crush the disharmonic soul.
{{SkillTableRow|IronChord|Gifted|75|A powerful chord to slay your enemies.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|NecroBallad|Unknown|?|Who will flourish under the ballads of the dead?}}
|[[#TortureSong|TortureSong]]||Gifted||Bindings will cut into the flesh of your enemies.
{{SkillTableRow|CarillonKnell|Expert|33|The raging sound of Ashtorath harms plague victims.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|SickeningPlague|Expert|66|Plague your enemies with pox and hunger.}}
|[[#DespairWeb|DespairWeb]]||Gifted +33%||Entanglements will hold enemies longer.
{{SkillTableRow|CaptiveAudience|Virtuoso|0|Both friends and enemies hear nothing but your songs.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|SobbingDread|Virtuoso|33|A dark despair so deep it is difficult to move.}}
|[[#Refrain|Refrain]]||Gifted +66%||A musical structure that allows repetition of a stanza.
{{SkillTableRow|EngineWords|Virtuoso|66|A sound to inspire the citizens of Magnagora.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|DemonSong|Fabled|0|Demons who hear will increase their speed.}}
|[[#NecroBallad|NecroBallad]]||Expert||Who will flourish under the ballads of the dead?
{{SkillTableRow|QueensLament|Fabled|33|Let the Laments of Nifilhema touch another.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Dyscrasia|Unknown|?|Draw out the worst of your plague.}}
|[[#CarillonKnell|CarillonKnell]]||Expert +33%||The raging sound of Ashtorath harms plague victims.
{{SkillTableRow|WrathfulCanticle|Fabled|66|The wrath of Ashtorath shall incite terrible violence.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Encore|Mythical|0|Play a rousing encore performance.}}
|[[#SickeningPlague|SickeningPlague]]||Expert +66%||Plague your enemies with pox and hunger.
{{SkillTableRow|TaintedLove|Mythical|25|Love for you can be a twisted and cruel gift--or not.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|BlackDeath|Mythical|75|This terrible tone will cause plagues to persist.}}
|[[#CaptiveAudience|CaptiveAudience]]||Virtuoso||Both friends and enemies hear nothing but your songs.
{{SkillTableRow|Threnody|Transcendent|0|Accompany enemies to the grave with the song of death.}}
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|[[#SobbingDread|SobbingDread]]||Virtuoso +33%||A dark despair so deep it is difficult to move.
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|[[#EngineWords|EngineWords]]||Virtuoso +66%||A sound to inspire the citizens of Magnagora.
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|[[#DemonSong|DemonSong]]||Fabled||Demons who hear will increase their speed.
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|[[#QueensLament|QueensLament]]||Fabled +33%||Let the Laments of Nifilhema touch another.
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|[[#WrathfulCanticle|WrathfulCanticle]]||Fabled +66%||The wrath of Ashtorath shall incite terrible violence.
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|[[#Encore|Encore]]||Mythical||Play a rousing encore performance.
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|[[#TaintedLove|TaintedLove]]||Mythical +25%||Love for you can be a twisted and cruel gift--or not.
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|[[#DarkMaster|DarkMaster]]||Mythical +50%||All must obey the Voice of the Dark Master!
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|[[#BlackDeath|BlackDeath]]||Mythical +75%||This terrible tone will cause plagues to persist.
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|[[#Threnody|Threnody]]||Transcendent||Accompany enemies to the grave with the song of death.
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|}
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[[Image:Necroscream.jpg|thumb|Disciple of Anguish (by Velaraith)]]
[[Image:Necroscream.jpg|thumb|Disciple of Anguish (by Velaraith)]]


==Composition==
{{AB
 
|skillname = Composition
{|
|syntax = COMPOSE NEW <song> <br>
|-
COMPOSE LIST <br>
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
COMPOSE <song> STANZA <number> LYRIC <text> <br>
|-
COMPOSE <song> STANZA <number> IMBUE [<power>{{!}}NONE] <br>
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>COMPOSE NEW <song></tt><br/>
COMPOSE <song> STANZA <number> DELETE <br>
<tt>COMPOSE LIST</tt><br/>
COMPOSE <song> DELETE <br>
<tt>COMPOSE <song> STANZA <number> LYRIC <text></tt><br/>
COMPOSE <song> [INFO] <br>
<tt>COMPOSE <song> STANZA <number> IMBUE [<power>|NONE]</tt><br/>
PERFORM SONG <song> [<target>] <br>
<tt>COMPOSE <song> STANZA <number> DELETE</tt><br/>
SONGSTAT, SONGSTATUS <br>
<tt>COMPOSE <song> DELETE</tt><br/>
|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 be 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.
<tt>COMPOSE <song> [INFO]</tt><br/>
<br><br>
<tt>PERFORM SONG <song> [<target>]</tt><br/>
<tt>SONGSTAT, SONGSTATUS</tt>
|-
|}
As your ability in your song specialization increases, you will be able to compose new songs. You can write your own song and sets 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 targetted and others will create a passive effect that stays around you. As a general rule, you will not be able to stack passive effects.
 
When playing a custom song, it always begins in stanza 1, each time you play the song, it progresses to the next stanza until the song ends or you change to another song or a certain amount of time elapses, whichever comes first. Note that before the time elapses, you can take other actions so long as you continue your performance before the time elapses.
When playing a custom song, it always begins in stanza 1, each time you play the song, it progresses to the next stanza until the song ends or you change to another song or a certain amount of time elapses, whichever comes first. Note that before the time elapses, you can take other actions so long as you continue your performance before the time elapses.
}}


{|
{{AB
|-
|skillname = Sustain
| style="background:darkgreen; color:white"|'''Additional Notes:'''
|syntax = SUSTAIN
|-
|description = This ability will allow you to slow the music you are playing to imperceptible levels, effectively freezing the music in place.
| style="background:lightgreen"|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]], plus on your intelligence and charisma, and can be extended with a Tempo enchantment.
{{AB
|skillname = VileBlood
|cost = Stanza: Low (1-3) <br>
Targetable: No <br>
Vitals Bonus: 1/3 ego for Viscanti only
|description = While the song plays, the dark strength of this music will flow through the blood of you and your allies, which can burn away ailments. Also, this song has a peculiar effect on the [[viscanti]] race, as vile blood coursing through their veins fleshes out their figures and gives them more confidence.
|notes = Cures one affliction every 10 seconds while the song is playing
}}


Most song effects will impact only allies or enemies, and then, only those who are not deaf and not captivated by another bard. Even you, yourself, won't be affected by your own song if you're deaf.
{{AB
|skillname = UndeadBlues
|cost = Stanza: Low (1-3) <br>
Targetable: No <br>
Damage Modifier: 1/8 blunt, cold and cutting resistance
|description = This interesting sound turns you and your allies into the [[undead]], for the duration of the song. All undead (including liches) will have a slight resistance to physical and cold damage. Further, it allows [[influence|influencing]] of undead.
}}


Note that what is called a "stanza" here is really a single line, with a limit of 65 characters.  If you don't imbue a power into a stanza, it won't cost mana or ego when it's played, so you can use unimbued songs for performances. Imbued stanzas will have a description when played that's impacted by the imbued power.
{{AB
|skillname = TortureSong
|cost = Stanza: Low (1-3) <br>
Targetable: No
|description = Those enemies who are bound by most physical cords will find that their flesh is cut into ribbons whenever they writhe free. More bleeding will be done if they are afflicted by plague afflictions. This song will also cause bleeding upon use of [[Lowmagic#Summer|Lowmagic Summer]] or [[Highmagic#Tipheret|Highmagic Tipheret]].
}}


Note that you can change the imbued power in a stanza in a song already in progress, and the change will take effect immediately. This does not consume equilibrium or balance.
{{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.
}}


==Sustain==
{{AB
{|
|skillname = Reprise
|-
|syntax = PLAY REPRISE
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|cost = Power: 1 (any)
|-
|description = By reprising your melodies and harmonies, you can take your song back one stanza.
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>SUSTAIN</tt>
}}
|-
|}
This ability will allow you to slow the music you are playing to imperceptible levels, effectively freezing the music in place.


{|
{{AB
|-
|skillname = IronChord
| style="background:darkgreen; color:white"|'''Additional Notes:'''
|syntax = PLAY IRONCHORD <target>
|-
|cost = Damage Type: 50% Excorable, 50% Cutting <br>
| style="background:lightgreen"|The purpose of sustaining your song is to freeze it so it's inactive (none of the effects will impact anyone) but is no longer ticking down to its time running out.  You can then reactivate it before you need it by playing a single stanza (or refraining, if you have the [[#Refrain|Refrain]] skill), which reactivates all the effects in all played stanzas instantly.
Can Target Denizens
|-
|description = These notes are similar to [[Music#MinorSecond|minor second]], except it vibrates to the energies of the [[taint]], which can be sent to afflict your enemies. It also causes a small amount of bleeding.
|}
}}


==VileBlood==
{{AB
 
|skillname = NecroBallad
{|
|cost = Stanza: Low (1-3) <br>
|-
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:     Low (1-3)<br/>
Targetable: No
Targetable: No
|-
|description = While the song plays, all [[undead]] (including those made undead by [[#UndeadBlues|Undead Blues]]) will regenerate their health, mana, ego, willpower, and endurance.
|}
}}
While the song plays, the dark strength of this music will flow through the blood of you and your allies, which can burn away ailments. Also, this song has a peculiar effect on the viscanti race, as vile blood coursing through their veins fleshes out their figures and gives them more confidence, affording viscanti +3 charisma buff.
 
==UndeadBlues==
 
{|
|-
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:    Low (1-3)<br/>
Targetable: No<br/>
Damage Modifier: 10
|-
|}
This interesting sound turns you and your allies into the undead, for the duration of the song. All undead (including liches) will have a slight resistance to physical and cold damage. Further, it allows influencing of undead.
 
==DiscordantChord==
 
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>PLAY DISCORDANTCHORD <target></tt>
|-
|style="background:pink"|Power: Variable (Any)<br/>
Damage Type: 100% Magic<br/>
Damage Source: Magical
|-
|}


The discordant chord is tuned to especially harm those ears which are already suffering the tonal ailments of a musician, doing greater damage the greater the number of these afflictions the victim has. The power cost is 2 power for each affliction the victim has from among: manabarbs, powerspikes, egovice, and an achromatic aura. If the hapless victim suffers all four of these tonal disorders, their suffering shall be grievous indeed - losing half their mana and ego in addition to immense pain.
{{AB
|skillname = CarillonKnell
|cost = Stanza: Mid (4-6) <br>
Targetable: No <br>
Damage Type: 100% Excorable
|description = When the knell of the [[Carillon of Screaming Hatreds]] is heard, your enemies who suffer from plague will be drained of health, mana, and ego. The amount of damage depends on the number of [[plague afflictions]] your victim suffers.  
}}


If you have an octave active in the room, its magical ability to block the curing of auric ailments will prevent then from being consumed by the discordant chord. Additionally, it will increase the damage of your chord for no extra power cost.
{{AB
|skillname = SickeningPlague
|cost = Stanza: Mid (4-6) <br>
Targetable: No
|description = While the song plays, your enemies who hear it will cry out from dreaded disease as well as suffer from a loss of ego.
<br><br>
Note: the ego drain is 9.5% and gives one of the following afflictions
*[[Dysentery]]  - Causes loss of equilibrium
*[[Epilepsy]]    - causes loss of balance
*[[Pox]]        - very minor health and mana damage
*[[Rigormortis]] - breaks random limbs
*[[Scabies]]    - causes loss of balance and is contagious
<br><br>
SickeingPlague fires 3 seconds after [[#WrathfulCanticle|WrathfulCanticle]] and 4 seconds before [[#CarillonKnell|CarillonKnell]]
}}


==TortureSong==
{{AB
|skillname = CaptiveAudience
|syntax = CAPTIVATE AUDIENCE
|description = This will affect all allies and enemies in the room who can hear and are not already captivated by a bard. Those who are captivated will only pay attention to your songs and thus will only be affected (either negatively or positively) by your song effects. [[Music#BlankNote|Blanknote]] or [[Music#BlankChord|Blankchord]] will break the captivation.
}}


{|
{{AB
|-
|skillname = SobbingDread
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:     Low (1-3)<br/>
|cost = Stanza: Mid (4-6) <br>
Targetable: No
Targetable: No
|-
|description = The dreadful sounds of this music will make enemies sob and be filled with despair, causing them to stumble when moving.
|}
}}
Those enemies who are bound by most physical cords will find that their flesh is cut into ribbons whenever they writhe free.


==DespairWeb==
{{AB
|skillname = EngineWords
|cost = Stanza: Mid (4-6) <br>
Targetable: No  <br>
Damage Modifier: 1/8 universal damage increase
|description = This rousing music will inspire the citizens of [[Magnagora]] to greater heights, causing the damage they do to be increased. This powerful sound was inspired by the lyrics of "Words of the Engine" by Aia, the first guildmistress and founder of the guild.
}}


{|
{{AB
|-
|skillname = DemonSong
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:     Low (1-3)<br/>
|cost = Stanza: Mid (4-6) <br>
Targetable: No
Targetable: No  
|-
|description = Any [[Nihilism#Thrall|demon]] who hears this song will go into a frenzy, attacking at a faster rate than normal.
|}
}}
If an enemy is entangled while the song is played, it will take them longer than normal to writhe free.


==Refrain==
{{AB
|skillname = QueensLament
|cost = Stanza: High (7-9) <br>
Targetable: Yes <br>
Power: 2 (Megalith of Doom) <br>
3 (Megalith of Doom) (Dyscrasia) 
|description = This song mimics the voice of [[Nifilhema|Queen Nifilhema]], and must be directed at a target. The victim will be bound and subject to unspeakable tortures.
<br><br>
If Dyscrasia is active, this song will also cause damage and [[stun]] proportional to the number of [[plague affliction]]s on the target.
|notes = While Dyscrasia is active, QueensLament causes 12% of your target's max health per plague affliction.
}}
'''Changelog:'''<br />
*Necroscream QueensLament will now deal 12% of your targets maximum health per plague affliction while Dyscrasia is up. '''(#1446 on 6-24-2018)'''


{|
{{AB
|-
|skillname = Dyscrasia
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|syntax = PLAGUECALL DYSCRASIA <br>
|-
PLAGUECALL EUCRASIA
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>PERFORM REFRAIN <song> [<target>]</tt>
|cost = Power: 2p (the Megalith of Doom) (dyscrasia)
|-
|description = By modifying the timbre and pitch of your melodies for dyscrasia, you can draw out the pain and suffering caused by your [[#SickeningPlague|sickening plague]] and guarantee your target is afflicted with [[pox]], in addition to its normal plague afflicting. When dyscrasia is active, [[#SickeningPlague|sickening plague]] will not drain ego.
|}
<br><br>
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.
Eucrasia will return your plague to normal.
}}


{|
{{AB
|-
|skillname = WrathfulCanticle
| style="background:darkgreen; color:white"|'''Additional Notes:'''
|cost = Stanza: High (7-9) <br>
|-
Targetable: No
| style="background:lightgreen"|Refraining allows you to keep a song going without running out of stanzas to play, and also can be used to repeatedly use a targetted power.
|description = The Wrathful Canticles of [[Ashtorath]] inspire unending torment to your enemies, especially those afflicted with plague afflictions. It will cause them to be filled with new afflictions, the severity of which increases as the number of [[plague affliction]]s increases.
|-
<br><br>
|}
Note: The affliction given corresponds to the number of plague afflictions the target has.


==NecroBallad==
0 - A random plague affliction
1 - [[Recklessness]]
2 - [[Confusion]]
3 - [[Stupidity]]
4 - [[Sensitivity]]
5 - [[Powersap]]
}}


{|
{{AB
|-
|skillname = Encore
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:    Low (1-3)<br/>
|syntax = ENCORE PERFORMANCE
Targetable: No
|cost = Power: 3 (Any)
|-
|description = By playing an encore performance, you will speed quickly through your song at a faster tempo - your recovery of equilibrium when playing songs will be halved.
|}
}}
While the song plays, all undead (including those made undead by Undead Blues) will regenerate their health, mana, ego, willpower, and endurance.


==CarillonKnell==
{{AB
|skillname = TaintedLove
|cost = Stanza: High (7-9) <br>
Targetable: No
|description = If you stand upon tainted ground, those who love you will be strongly affected. If an ally, their equilibrium and balance recovery will be faster in your presence (2/4 bonus). If an enemy, the love will become twisted and they will find themselves to be slower in your presence(-4/-4 penalty).
}}


{|
{{AB
|-
|skillname = DarkMaster
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:    Mid (4-6)<br/>
|cost = Stanza:    High (7-9) <br>
Targetable: No<br/>
Targetable: No  
Damage Type: Magical<br/>
|description = When the sound of the Dark Master swells within you, you can use his voice to command others to do your bidding, i.e. COMMAND <target> <action>.
Damage Source: Magical
}}
|-
|}
When the knell of the Carillon of Screaming Hatreds is heard, your enemies who suffer from plague will be drained of health, mana, and ego. The amount of damage depends on the number of plague afflictions your victim suffers.


==SickeningPlague==
{{AB
 
|skillname = BlackDeath
{|
|cost = Stanza: High (7-9)
|-
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:    Mid (4-6)<br/>
Targetable: No
|-
|}
While the song plays, your enemies who hear it will cry out from dreaded disease as well as suffer from the deprivations of hunger.
 
==CaptiveAudience==
 
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>CAPTIVATE AUDIENCE</tt>
|-
|}
This will effect all allies and enemies in the room who can hear and are not already captivated by a bard. Those who are captivated will only pay attention to your songs and thus will only be affected (either negatively or positively) by your song effects. Blanknote or Blankchord will break the captivation.
 
==SobbingDread==
 
{|
|-
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:    Mid (4-6)<br/>
Targetable: No
|-
|}
The dreadful sounds of this music will make enemies sob and be filled with despair, causing them to stumble when moving.
 
==EngineWords==
 
{|
|-
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:    Mid (4-6)<br/>
Targetable: No
|-
|}
This rousing music will inspire the citizens of Magnagora to greater heights, causing the damage they do to be increased. This powerful sound was inspired by the lyrics of "Words of the Engine" by Aia, the first guildmistress and founder of the guild.
 
{|
|-
| style="background:darkgreen; color:white"|'''Additional Notes:'''
|-
| style="background:lightgreen"|Affects all Magnagorans who can hear it, even if they're unallied or enemied.
|-
|}
 
==DemonSong==
 
{|
|-
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:    Mid (4-6)<br/>
Targetable: No
|-
|}
Any demon who hears this song will go into a frenzy, attacking at a faster rate than normal.
 
==QueensLament==
 
{|
|-
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:    High (7-9)<br/>
Targetable: Yes<br/>
Power:      2 (Megalith of Doom)
|-
|}
This song mimics the voice of Queen Nifilhema, and must be directed at a target. The victim will be bound and subject to unspeakable tortures.
 
==WrathfulCanticle==
 
{|
|-
|style="background:pink"|Stanza: High (7-9)<br/>
Targetable: No
|-
|}
The Wrathful Canticles of Ashtorath inspire unending torment to your enemies, especially those afflicted with plague afflictions. It will cause them to be filled with new afflictions, the severity of which increases as the number of plague afflictions increases.
 
==Encore==
 
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>ENCORE PERFORMANCE</tt>
|-
|style="background:pink"|Power: 3 (Any)
|-
|}
By playing an encore performance, you will speed quickly through your song at a faster tempo - your recovery of equilibrium when playing songs will be halved.
 
==TaintedLove==
 
{|
|-
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:     High (7-9)<br/>
Targetable: No
Targetable: No
|-
|description = While this terrible tone plays, your enemies who are diseased by the ailments of the sickening plague will find it hard to cure these ailments as there is a chance that they will come back but moments later.
|}
}}
If you stand upon tainted ground, those who love you will be strongly affected. If an ally, their equilibrium and balance recovery will be faster in your presence. If an enemy, the love will become twisted and they will find themselves to be slower in your presence.


==DarkMaster==
{{AB
 
|skillname = Threnody
{|
|cost = Stanza: High (7-9) <br>
|-
Targetable: Yes <br>
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:    High (7-9)<br/>
Power: 3 (Megalith of Doom)  
Targetable: No
|description = Let the music of the threnody escort your enemies to the sweet oblivion of death. Once you start the killing note, you can do nothing that will disrupt the song.
|-
}}
|}
[[Category: Class Skills]]
When the sound of the Dark Master swells within you, you can use his voice to command others to do your bidding, i.e. <tt>COMMAND <target> <action></tt>.
 
==BlackDeath==
 
{|
|-
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:    High (7-9)<br/>
Targetable: No
|-
|}
While this terrible tone plays, your enemies who are diseased by the ailments of the sickening plague will find it hard to cure these ailments as there is a chance that they will come back but moments later.
 
==Threnody==
 
{|
|-
|style="background:pink"|Stanza:     High (7-9)<br/>
Targetable: Yes<br/>
Power:     3 (Megalith of Doom)
|-
|}
Let the music of the threnody escort your enemies to the sweet oblivion of death. Once you start the killing note, you can do nothing that will disrupt the song.
 
{|
|-
| style="background:darkgreen; color:white"|'''Additional Notes:'''
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Latest revision as of 19:08, 23 July 2022

Developed by Aia, the founder of the Cacophony Guild, along with the Dead Voice of the Elder God Jagrerox, Necroscream is an intense musical style that is known for its volume as much as its beat and vivid lyrics.
Skill Learned At Description
Composition Master+0% You may compose songs expressing your own creativity.
Sustain Master+0% The ability to maintain a song.
VileBlood Master+0% Let dark music surge through the blood of allies.
UndeadBlues Master+33% Undead flesh can withstand physical punishment.
DiscordantChord Master+66% This painful chord shall crush the disharmonic soul.
TortureSong Gifted+0% Bindings will cut into the flesh of your enemies.
DespairWeb Gifted+25% Entanglements will hold enemies longer.
Refrain Gifted+50% A musical structure that allows repetition of a stanza.
Reprise Unknown+?% A musical structure that allows reversal of a stanza.
IronChord Gifted+75% A powerful chord to slay your enemies.
NecroBallad Unknown+?% Who will flourish under the ballads of the dead?
CarillonKnell Expert+33% The raging sound of Ashtorath harms plague victims.
SickeningPlague Expert+66% Plague your enemies with pox and hunger.
CaptiveAudience Virtuoso+0% Both friends and enemies hear nothing but your songs.
SobbingDread Virtuoso+33% A dark despair so deep it is difficult to move.
EngineWords Virtuoso+66% A sound to inspire the citizens of Magnagora.
DemonSong Fabled+0% Demons who hear will increase their speed.
QueensLament Fabled+33% Let the Laments of Nifilhema touch another.
Dyscrasia Unknown+?% Draw out the worst of your plague.
WrathfulCanticle Fabled+66% The wrath of Ashtorath shall incite terrible violence.
Encore Mythical+0% Play a rousing encore performance.
TaintedLove Mythical+25% Love for you can be a twisted and cruel gift--or not.
BlackDeath Mythical+75% This terrible tone will cause plagues to persist.
Threnody Transcendent+0% Accompany enemies to the grave with the song of death.
Disciple of Anguish (by Velaraith)


Composition

Syntax
COMPOSE NEW <song>

COMPOSE LIST
COMPOSE <song> STANZA <number> LYRIC <text>
COMPOSE <song> STANZA <number> IMBUE [<power>|NONE]
COMPOSE <song> STANZA <number> DELETE
COMPOSE <song> DELETE
COMPOSE <song> [INFO]
PERFORM SONG <song> [<target>]
SONGSTAT, SONGSTATUS

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 be 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.

When playing a custom song, it always begins in stanza 1, each time you play the song, it progresses to the next stanza until the song ends or you change to another song or a certain amount of time elapses, whichever comes first. Note that before the time elapses, you can take other actions so long as you continue your performance before the time elapses.


Sustain

Syntax
SUSTAIN

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


VileBlood

Stanza: Low (1-3)

Targetable: No
Vitals Bonus: 1/3 ego for Viscanti only

While the song plays, the dark strength of this music will flow through the blood of you and your allies, which can burn away ailments. Also, this song has a peculiar effect on the viscanti race, as vile blood coursing through their veins fleshes out their figures and gives them more confidence.

Additional Notes:
Cures one affliction every 10 seconds while the song is playing


UndeadBlues

Stanza: Low (1-3)

Targetable: No
Damage Modifier: 1/8 blunt, cold and cutting resistance

This interesting sound turns you and your allies into the undead, for the duration of the song. All undead (including liches) will have a slight resistance to physical and cold damage. Further, it allows influencing of undead.


TortureSong

Stanza: Low (1-3)

Targetable: No

Those enemies who are bound by most physical cords will find that their flesh is cut into ribbons whenever they writhe free. More bleeding will be done if they are afflicted by plague afflictions. This song will also cause bleeding upon use of Lowmagic Summer or Highmagic Tipheret.


Refrain

Syntax
PERFORM REFRAIN <song> [<target>]

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.


Reprise

Syntax
PLAY REPRISE
Power: 1 (any)

By reprising your melodies and harmonies, you can take your song back one stanza.


IronChord

Syntax
PLAY IRONCHORD <target>
Damage Type: 50% Excorable, 50% Cutting

Can Target Denizens

These notes are similar to minor second, except it vibrates to the energies of the taint, which can be sent to afflict your enemies. It also causes a small amount of bleeding.


NecroBallad

Stanza: Low (1-3)

Targetable: No

While the song plays, all undead (including those made undead by Undead Blues) will regenerate their health, mana, ego, willpower, and endurance.


CarillonKnell

Stanza: Mid (4-6)

Targetable: No
Damage Type: 100% Excorable

When the knell of the Carillon of Screaming Hatreds is heard, your enemies who suffer from plague will be drained of health, mana, and ego. The amount of damage depends on the number of plague afflictions your victim suffers.


SickeningPlague

Stanza: Mid (4-6)

Targetable: No

While the song plays, your enemies who hear it will cry out from dreaded disease as well as suffer from a loss of ego.

Note: the ego drain is 9.5% and gives one of the following afflictions

  • Dysentery - Causes loss of equilibrium
  • Epilepsy - causes loss of balance
  • Pox - very minor health and mana damage
  • Rigormortis - breaks random limbs
  • Scabies - causes loss of balance and is contagious



SickeingPlague fires 3 seconds after WrathfulCanticle and 4 seconds before CarillonKnell


CaptiveAudience

Syntax
CAPTIVATE AUDIENCE

This will affect all allies and enemies in the room who can hear and are not already captivated by a bard. Those who are captivated will only pay attention to your songs and thus will only be affected (either negatively or positively) by your song effects. Blanknote or Blankchord will break the captivation.


SobbingDread

Stanza: Mid (4-6)

Targetable: No

The dreadful sounds of this music will make enemies sob and be filled with despair, causing them to stumble when moving.


EngineWords

Stanza: Mid (4-6)

Targetable: No
Damage Modifier: 1/8 universal damage increase

This rousing music will inspire the citizens of Magnagora to greater heights, causing the damage they do to be increased. This powerful sound was inspired by the lyrics of "Words of the Engine" by Aia, the first guildmistress and founder of the guild.


DemonSong

Stanza: Mid (4-6)

Targetable: No

Any demon who hears this song will go into a frenzy, attacking at a faster rate than normal.


QueensLament

Stanza: High (7-9)

Targetable: Yes
Power: 2 (Megalith of Doom)
3 (Megalith of Doom) (Dyscrasia)

This song mimics the voice of Queen Nifilhema, and must be directed at a target. The victim will be bound and subject to unspeakable tortures.

If Dyscrasia is active, this song will also cause damage and stun proportional to the number of plague afflictions on the target.

Additional Notes:
While Dyscrasia is active, QueensLament causes 12% of your target's max health per plague affliction.

Changelog:

  • Necroscream QueensLament will now deal 12% of your targets maximum health per plague affliction while Dyscrasia is up. (#1446 on 6-24-2018)


Dyscrasia

Syntax
PLAGUECALL DYSCRASIA

PLAGUECALL EUCRASIA

Power: 2p (the Megalith of Doom) (dyscrasia)

By modifying the timbre and pitch of your melodies for dyscrasia, you can draw out the pain and suffering caused by your sickening plague and guarantee your target is afflicted with pox, in addition to its normal plague afflicting. When dyscrasia is active, sickening plague will not drain ego.

Eucrasia will return your plague to normal.


WrathfulCanticle

Stanza: High (7-9)

Targetable: No

The Wrathful Canticles of Ashtorath inspire unending torment to your enemies, especially those afflicted with plague afflictions. It will cause them to be filled with new afflictions, the severity of which increases as the number of plague afflictions increases.

Note: The affliction given corresponds to the number of plague afflictions the target has.

0 - A random plague affliction 1 - Recklessness 2 - Confusion 3 - Stupidity 4 - Sensitivity 5 - Powersap


Encore

Syntax
ENCORE PERFORMANCE
Power: 3 (Any)

By playing an encore performance, you will speed quickly through your song at a faster tempo - your recovery of equilibrium when playing songs will be halved.


TaintedLove

Stanza: High (7-9)

Targetable: No

If you stand upon tainted ground, those who love you will be strongly affected. If an ally, their equilibrium and balance recovery will be faster in your presence (2/4 bonus). If an enemy, the love will become twisted and they will find themselves to be slower in your presence(-4/-4 penalty).


DarkMaster

Stanza: High (7-9)

Targetable: No

When the sound of the Dark Master swells within you, you can use his voice to command others to do your bidding, i.e. COMMAND <target> <action>.


BlackDeath

Stanza: High (7-9)

Targetable: No

While this terrible tone plays, your enemies who are diseased by the ailments of the sickening plague will find it hard to cure these ailments as there is a chance that they will come back but moments later.


Threnody

Stanza: High (7-9)

Targetable: Yes
Power: 3 (Megalith of Doom)

Let the music of the threnody escort your enemies to the sweet oblivion of death. Once you start the killing note, you can do nothing that will disrupt the song.